Download full-text PDF |
Source |
---|
Int J Cardiol
June 2017
Unit of General Surgery 2, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
One hundred years have elapsed since Thomas Jonnesco performed the first left cardiac sympathetic denervation (LCSD) in a patient with unmanageable angina pectoris and ventricular tachyarrhythmias, and the progress in the field has surpassed imagination. Here we will review the historic basis of cardiac sympathectomy for the management of life-threatening arrhythmias and will then discuss the often forgotten critical experimental studies that provided the rationale for the amazing growth of its role in clinical management. We will then mention the evolution in the surgical approaches, with their pros and cons.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChirurgia (Bucur)
September 2010
Centrul de Chirurgie Generală si Transplant Hepatic, Institutul Clinic de Boli Digestive Si Transplant Hepatic Fundeni, Bucureşti U.M.E Carol Davila, Bucureşti.
Anatomical knowledge of rectum and its fascial relationship is crucial in modem surgery and it represents the basis of total mesorectal excision. Most of the contemporary authors make reference to Waldeyer's description and use the name fascia propria recti. However, there are evidence regarding Thomas Jonnesco's priority in describing this fascial structure 5 years before Waldeyer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChirurgia (Bucur)
September 2010
Catedra de Istorie a Medicinei, Universitatea de Medicina şi Farmacie Carol Davila, Bucureşti.
One of the most important surgeons of the 1900 period was the Romanian-born Thomas Jonnesco. He became a surgeon in Paris (1885-1890) under the guidance of D.M.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFActa Chir Belg
April 2010
Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Gr.T. Popa, University St. Spiridon Hospital Iagi, Romania.
Thoma Ionescu, the distinguished surgeon and anatomist, is rightly considered the founder of the Romanian school of surgery and topographic anatomy whose achievements became well-known in Europe and North America. He introduced several new surgical techniques, as wall as rachianaesthesia, and identified and formulated the main principles of rectal and uterine oncologic surgery. Moreover, he was the first to describe the paraduodenal fossae and the internal retroperitoneal hernias.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!