Letter | Procedure | Name | Field | Description | External link or reference |
A | Anderson-Hynes pyeloplasty | | Urology | Dismembered type of pyeloplasty used to treat stricture of the uretero-pelvic junction | |
B | Bankart repair | Arthur Bankart | Orthopaedic surgery | Procedure to treat recurrent shoulder dislocation by suturing the joint capsule to the glenoid labrum | Bankart's operation at Who Named It? |
B | Belsey fundoplication | Ronald Herbert Robert Belsey | Upper gastrointestinal surgery | Fundoplication with 240° wrap | "Belsey mark iv fundoplication". Medcyclopaedia. GE. |
B |
Bentall's procedure |
Hugh Bentall |
Cardiothoracic surgery |
Composite graft replacement of the aortic valve, aortic root and ascending aorta, with re-implantation of thecoronary arteries into the graft |
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B |
Bier's block |
August Bier |
Anesthesiology |
Intravenous regional anesthesia. Usually used for short upper limb surgeries. |
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B | Billroth's operation I | Theodor Billroth | Upper gastrointestinal surgery | Resection of the pyloric antrum and end-to-end anastomosis of the gastric remnant to the duodenum | Billroth's operation I at Who Named It? |
B | Billroth's operation II | Theodor Billroth | Upper gastrointestinal surgery | Resection of the pyloric antrum and side-to-side anastomosis of the gasstric remnant to the jejunum | Billroth's operation II at Who Named It? |
B | Blalock–Hanlon shunt | Alfred Blalock, C. Rollins Hanlon | Paediatric surgery | Palliative atrial septostomy to treat infants with complete transposition of the great arteries | Blalock-Hanlon operation at Who Named It? |
B | Blalock–Taussig shunt | Alfred Blalock, Helen B. Taussig | Paediatric surgery | Palliative surgical procedure to treat infants with cyanotic heart defects | Blalock-Taussig operation at Who Named It? |
B |
Burrow's triangle excision |
Karl August von Burrow |
Reconstructive surgery |
Triangles of skin adjacent to a sliding flap are excised to facilitate movement of the flap |
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C | Collis gastroplasty | John Leigh Collis, British cardiothoracic surgeon | Upper gastrointestinal surgery | Procedure for lengthening oesophagus[2] | COLLIS JL (September 1957). "An operation for hiatus hernia with short oesophagus". Thorax. 12 (3): 181–8. doi:10.1136/thx.12.3.181. PMC 1019207. PMID 13467876. Retrieved 2010-08-07. |
D | Dor fundoplication | Dor | Upper gastrointestinal surgery | Partial fundoplication with 180° anterior wrap[3] | Dor fundoplication at Medilexicon.com |
F | Finney pyloroplasty | Finney 1902 | Upper gastrointestinal surgery | |
F | Foley operation | Frederic Foley | Urology | Pyeloplasty performed to treat stricture of the uretero-pelvic junction | Foley's plastic at Who Named It? |
F | Fontan procedure | François Fontan | Pediatric surgery | Palliative procedure used to treat complex congenital heart defects in children | Fontan's operation at Who Named It? |
G | Gavriliu's operation | Dan Gavriliu | Upper gastrointestinal surgery | Procedure to replace or bypass the esophagus with part of the stomach | Gavriliu's operation at Who Named It? |
G | Gundersen flap | Trygve Gundersen | Ophthalmology | Procedure to replace a damaged section of cornea with part of the conjunctiva | |
H |
Hadfield's procedure |
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Breast surgery |
Excision of all major ducts of breast for managing duct ectasia |
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H | Halsted's operation (hernia) | William Stewart Halsted | General surgery | Repair of inguinal hernia[4] | Halsted's operation I at Who Named It? |
H | Halsted's operation (mastectomy) | William Stewart Halsted | Breast surgery | Radical mastectomy for the treatment of breast cancer | Halsted's operation II at Who Named It? |
H | Hartmann's operation | Henri Albert Hartmann | Colorectal surgery | Resection of the rectosigmoid colon with closure of the rectal stump and formation of a colostomy | Hartmann's operation at Who Named It? |
H | Heineke–Mikulicz pyloroplasty | Hermann Heineke, Jan Mikulicz-Radecki | Upper gastrointestinal surgery | | |
H | Heller myotomy | Ernest Heller | Upper gastrointestinal surgery | Procedure in which the lower oesophageal sphincter is cut to allow passage of food into the stomach in patients with achalasia | Heller E (1913). "Extramucose Cardiaplastik beim chronischen Cardiospasmus mit Dilatation des Oesophagus.". Mitteil Grenzgeb Med Chir. 27: 141. |
H | Homans operation | John Homans | Vascular surgery | Ligation of the femoral vein to prevent pulmonary embolism in patients with deep venous thrombosis | Homans' operation at Who Named It? |
I | Ivor Lewis oesophagoastrectomy | Ivor Lewis (1895–1982) | Upper gastrointestinal surgery | Trans-thoracic removal of the oesophagus and part of the stomach to treat cancer of the oesophagus and gastro-oesophageal junction | T.J. Crofts (October 2000). "Ivor-Lewis oesophagectomy for middle and lower third oesophageal lesions - how we do it". J.R.Coll.Surg.Edinb. 45: 296–303. Retrieved 2010-08-07. |
J | Jaboulay's pyloroplasty | Mathieu Jaboulay | Upper gastrointestinal surgery | Pyloroplasty by forming a side-to-side gastroduodenal anastomosis | Jaboulay's pyloroplasty at Who Named It? |
J | Jaboulay–Winkelmann operation | Mathieu Jaboulay, Karl Winkelmann (1863 – 1925) | Urology | Excision of tunica vaginalis to treat hydrocele testis | Jabouley–Winkelmann operation at Who Named It? |
K | Kausch–Whipple procedure | Walther Kausch, Allen Whipple | Upper gastrointestinal surgery | Radical pancreaticoduodenectomy used to treat cancer of the head of the pancreas | Kausch–Whipple operation at Who Named It? |
K |
Keller's excision arthroplasty |
William L. Keller |
Orthopaedic surgery |
Proximal third of proximal phalanx is excised in Hallux valgus |
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K | Killian's operation | Gustav Killian | Otolaryngology | Operation to treat frontal sinusitis | Killian's operation at Who Named It? |
L |
Ladd's procedure |
William Ladd |
Upper gastrointestinal surgery |
Done for small intestinal malrotation. |
[1] |
L | Lisfranc's amputation | Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin | Orthopaedic surgery | Partial foot amputation through the tarsometatarsal joint | Lisfranc's amputation at Who Named It? |
L | Lord's procedure for haemorrhoids | Peter H. Lord | Colorectal surgery | Digital anal dilatation under general anaesthetic to treat haemorrhoids or anal fissure | Lord's procedure for haemorrhoids at Who Named It? |
L | Lord's procedure for hydrocele | Peter H. Lord | Urology | Incision and eversion of the tunica vaginalis to treat hydrocele testis | Lord's procedure at Who Named It? |
M | Miles operation | William Ernest Miles | Colorectal surgery | Abdominoperineal resection of the rectum to treat rectal cancer | Miles'operation at Who Named It? |
N | Nissen fundoplication | Rudolph Nissen | Upper gastrointestinal surgery, laparoscopic surgery | Gastric fundus is wrapped fully around the lower oesophagus to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease | Nissen's fundoplication at Who Named It? |
P | Paul's operation | Frank Thomas Paul (1851–1941) | Colorectal surgery | Extra-abdominal resection of colon | [5] |
P | Polya gastrectomy | Eugen Pólya | Upper gastrointestinal surgery | Partial gastrectomy with posterior gastrojejunostomy, a modification of the Billroth II operation | Polya's operation at Who Named It? |
R |
Ramstedt's pyloromyotomy |
Wilhelm Ramstedt |
Upper gastrointestinal surgery |
Splits hypertrophic muscle and leaves mucosa intact in Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis |
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R | Roux-en-Y anastomosis | César Roux | Upper gastrointestinal surgery | End-to-side anastomosis between cut end of small bowel and distal small bowel | Roux' operation at Who Named It? |
S |
Sistrunk procedure |
Walter Sistrunk |
Otorhinolaryngology |
Surgical management option for thyroglossal cyst. Complete excision of thyroglossal tract with removal of hyoid and suprahyoid tract. |
[1] |
S | Smith's operation | Henry Smith | Ophthalmology | Removal of intact immature cataract from within the lens (i.e. intracapsular cataract removal) | Smith's operation at Who Named It? |
S | Syme's amputation | James Syme | Orthopaedic surgery | Amputation of the foot at the ankle with removal of the malleoli | Syme's amputation at Who Named It? |
T | Tommy John surgery | Tommy John | Orthopaedic surgery | Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction | Named after the Major League Baseball pitcher who was the first professional athlete to undergo the procedure, in 1974.[6] |
T | Toupet fundoplication | | Upper gastrointestinal surgery | Fundoplication with 270° posterior wrap | Laparoscopy Hospital article |
T | Trendelenburg's operation[7] | Friedrich Trendelenburg | Cardiothoracic surgery | Pulmonary embolectomy for the treatment of pulmonary embolism | Trendelenburg's operation at Who Named It? |
W | Wertheim's operation[8] | Ernst Wertheim | Gynaecology | Radical abdominal hysterectomy used to treat cervical cancer | Wertheim's operation at Who Named It? |
W | Whipple's procedure | Allen Whipple | Upper gastrointestinal surgery | Radical pancreaticoduodenectomy used to treat cancer of the head of the pancreas | Kausch–Whipple operation at Who Named It? |