Richard Frommel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German obstetrician and gynaecologists
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Place of Birth: Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
About Richard Frommel
- Richard Julius Ernst Frommel (16 July 1854 – 6 April 1912) was a German obstetrician and gynecologist who was a native of Augsburg. In 1877 he received his medical doctorate at the University of Würzburg, and for the next ten years worked in Vienna, Berlin and Munich.
- At Berlin he was an assistant to gynecologist Karl Ludwig Ernst Schroeder (1838–1887).
- From 1887 until 1901 he was director of the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Erlangen.
- Despite a successful career in gynecology, Frommel abruptly retired from medicine in 1901 at the age of 46. Frommel is known for his pioneer work in treatment of ruptured ectopic pregnancy.
- A surgical technique known as the "Frommel operation" is used as treatment for retroversion of the uterus.
- This surgery involves shortening the uterosacral ligaments via the abdominal route.With Johann Baptist Chiari (1817–1854), the eponymous "Chiari-Frommel Syndrome" is named.
- This condition is a rare endocrine disorder that affects women who have recently given birth.
- It is also known as postpartum galactorrhea-amenorrhea syndrome.
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