Arne Torkildsen, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Arne Torkildsen

Norwegian physician

Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1899

Date of Death: 07-Mar-1968

Profession: professor, surgeon, neurosurgeon

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Arne Torkildsen (14 September 1899 – 7 March 1968) was a Norwegian neurosurgeon.
He described the surgical technique of ventriculocisternostomy (lateral ventricle to cisterna magna,; a predecessor of today's endoscopic third ventriculostomy), which is also called "Torkildsen's operation".