Vincenz Czerny, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Vincenz Czerny

German surgeon

Date of Birth: 19-Nov-1842

Place of Birth: Trutnov, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 03-Oct-1916

Profession: physician, professor, surgeon

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Vincenz Czerny

  • Vincenz Czerny (19 November 1842 – 3 October 1916) was a German Bohemian surgeon whose main contributions were in the fields of oncological and gynecological surgery. Czerny was born in Trutnov, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire.
  • He initially studied at Karl-Ferdinand University in Prague, later transferring to the University of Vienna, where he was a student of Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke (1819–1892).
  • In 1866 he graduated summa cum laude.
  • Afterwards, he remained in Vienna as an assistant to Johann Ritter von Oppolzer (1808–1871) and Theodor Billroth (1829–1894).
  • In 1871 he became a clinical director at the University of Freiburg. In 1877 Czerny was appointed professor at Heidelberg, where he succeeded surgeon Gustav Simon (1824–1876).
  • In 1906 he founded the Institut für Experimentelle Krebsforschung (Institute for Experimental Cancer Research), which was a forerunner to today's German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg.
  • Here he established a hospital for 47 cancer patients, known as the Samariterhaus (Samaritan House). Czerny developed operational techniques for cancer surgery.
  • He is also remembered for his treatment of patients with inoperable cancer.
  • In 1887 Czerny performed the first open partial nephrectomy for renal carcinoma.Czerny made contributions to other surgical fields, including a new radical operation for inguinal hernia, a pyelolithotomy for kidney stone disease, and in 1879 performed the first total hysterectomy via the vagina.
  • He has been called the "father of cosmetic breast surgery": in 1895 he published the first account of a breast implant which he had carried out, by moving a benign lipoma to "avoid asymmetry" after removing a tumor in a patient's breast. In 1901 Czerny was president of the German Society of Surgery, and in 1908 was president of the International Surgical Congress.
  • His father-in-law was renowned German physician, Adolf Kussmaul (1822–1902).
  • He died in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, German Empire.

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