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ABBE, Robert (1851 – 1928)

ABBE, Robert (1851 – 1928)

1851 – 1928

3 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source from the book Portraits of the noted physicians of N.Y., p. 113 · resource.nlm.nih.gov · CC0

1889 CE

#4860.1

A contribution to the surgery of the spine.

Posterior rhizotomy.

1892 CE

#3501

Intestinal anastomosis and suturing.

Abbe, a New York surgeon, introduced catgut rings for intestinal suturing. See also Med. News (Phila.), 1889, 54, 589-92.

1898 CE

#5755.2

A new plastic operation for the relief of deformity due to double harelip.

Abbe’s lip-switch flap, transferring a full-thickness flap from one lip of the oral cavity to fill a defect in the other lip. This is also known eponymically as the Abbe–Estlander operation, crediting Jako…