Burns
The first escharotomy was recorded in 1607 by a German surgeon. However, it wasn’t until the 1950s that the procedure gained more popularity. This was when surgeons like Blocker and…
Read MoreEsophagus Anatomy
Andreas Vesalius was an anatomist and physician who was the first person to provide an anatomical description of the esophagus in 1543 in his book titled De Humani Corporis Fabrica.…
Read MoreMeckel Diverticulum
Meckel diverticulum is true congenital diverticulum found in the small intestines. Its name comes from Johann Friedrich Meckel (1781-1833), a German anatomist, who first described the embryological origin in 1809.…
Read MoreOstomy Complications
Stomas were intentionally created beginning in the 1700s. Alexis Littré is credited with developing the concept of a need for stoma creation. Another notable development in stoma management was creation…
Read MoreModified Radical Mastectomy
Modified radical mastectomy is the surgical removal of the entire breast, including the nipple-areolar complex, majority of excess skin, and level I and II axillary lymph nodes. It may also…
Read MoreOmphalocele
Omphalocele occurs when there is a defect in the central abdomen. It was first described in a publication 1634 by Ambroise Paré. Hey completed the first successful surgical repair of…
Read MoreAbdominal Wall Anatomy
Ephraim McDowell performed the first successful laparotomy on December 25, 1809. The patient was Jane Todd Crawford, a distant cousin of Abraham Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln. Abdominal Wall Layers…
Read MoreRadial Scar
Benign sclerosing lesions include radial scars and complex sclerosing lesions. Radial scars are are always ≤10 mm while complex sclerosing lesions are >10 mm. They exist as an area of…
Read MoreOstomy Care
Ostomies are made when a portion of the GI tract is brought out through the abdominal wall, opened, and matured by suturing the wall of the bowel to the abdominal…
Read MoreBreast Fat Necrosis
Breast fat necrosis was described by Geoffrey Hadfield in a report written in 1926 in the British Journal of Surgery. In this description, it was described as an “innocent condition”…
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