Transcript June 2012, Antwerp

Report of the Historian
Andreas Gohritz
FESSH Council Meeting
June 20th, 2012, Antwerpen
J Hand Surg E Volume
Otfrid Foerster
(1873-1941) –
a widely unrecognized
self-taught pioneer
of peripheral nerve
reconstruction
Andreas Gohritz, Lee A. Dellon*,
Peter M. Vogt
Hannover Medical School, Germany
John Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA *
Microsurgery –
the past
Andreas Gohritz,
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Plastische, Hand- und
Wiederherstellungschirurgie
Spring Meeting, Nürnberg 2011
Who was really the first ?
Jesus „replanted“ the ear of
Malchus (= his last wonder)
„And he touched his ear
and healed it (Lk 22,51)
Overview on the History of
Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Andreas Gohritz
Hannover,
Germany
History of Peripheral
Nerve Surgery in Europe
• Introductory Book Chapter
• FESSH Instructional Course 2013
• Chairman:
Lars Dahlin, Sweden
From da Vinci to Kapandji
Nikolaus Rüdinger (1832-1896) –
from apprentice
barber to anatomy
professor and his
description of joint
innervation in 1857
Andreas Gohritz
DAM Meeting, Vienna 2011, FESSH 2012
Invited publication in Plast Chir, Dec 2011
Submitted paper, J Rec Microsurg, April 2012
Introduction
Ca. 300 000 joint prostheses in Germany / y !
Selective denervation =
palliative therapy of
joint pain of multiple origins
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Lee A. Dellon
Albrecht Wilhelm
Wrist,
Shoulder, elbow, finger / CMC 1 joint
Knee, ankle
Temporo-mandibular joint
„Scheiben-Toni“
(Sliced Tony)
(* ca. 1880 + ca. 2000)
R. I. P.
3-dimensional pappmaché model of trunk
• in 8 sagital slices
• coloured
• slices (re)movable
Influence of Hand Disease on
Life and Work of Famous
Musicians and Painters
Clara Schumann – Overuse Pain Syndrome / Focal Dystonia ?
Robert Schumann – Focal Dystonia, PIN Compression ?
Nicolo Paganini / Sergej Rachmaninoff – Marfan Syndrome
Django Reinhard – Burn Contractures of Fingers
Paul Wittgenstein, Rick Allen – Upper Arm Amputation
Peter Paul Rubens, Auguste Renoir – Rheumatoid Arthritis
Paul Klee - Scleroderma
Django Reinhardt (*1910 +1953)
Own grip techniques
 Own Sound
On the historical development
of muscle and nerve transfer
operations in the
late 19th / early 20th
century in Germany
Andreas Gohritz,
Jan Fridén, Peter M. Vogt
German Hand Society Meeting 2010
German-Austrian Plast Surg Congress 2011
Oskar Vulpius (1856-1934)
2012: Centenary of VulpiusKlinik, Rappenau Germany
Frank Unglaub
Andreas Gohritz
Peter Hahn
Historical article in
Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir
Guillaume Dupuytren (1777-1835) –
a colourful character behind a
disease‘s name
Dupuytren‘s
statue in Paris
Invited presentations
Dupuytren traveling
April, Regensburg
January, Stade
June, Paris
Daily Work
Up to 300 patients
in hospital
5 h standing up
6-9 h ward round
Amphithéatre (Lecture, operations,
1st lecture /
autopsies)
out-patients / operations
„Consultation Générale et Gratuite“
18-19 Uhr 2nd lecture, ward round
Left hospital rarely before 23 h
 about 10 000 (!) patients / year
Book chapter on
history of hand surgery
Martin Langer
Andreas Gohritz
Horst Haferkamp
Thank you
for your
kind attention !