KOCHER, Emil Theodor (1841 – 1917)

1870 CE

#4425

Eine neue Reductionsmethode für Schulterverrenkung.

Kocher was Professor of Surgery at Berne, and among the greatest surgeons of his day. He is remembered, among other things, for his method of reduction of subluxation of the shoulder-joint.

1878 CE

#3826

Exstirpation einer Struma retroesophagea.

Kocher, a pupil of Billroth, was a pioneer of thyroidectomy for goitre. Before his time the operation was seldom performed. Garrison says that Kocher performed this difficult operation 2,000 times, with a mortality ra…

1880 CE

#3473

Ueber Radicalheilung des Krebses.

Kocher’s operation of radical extirpation of the tongue for carcinoma.

1883 CE

#3827

Ueber Kropfexstirpation und ihre Folgen.

Kocher coined the term “cachexia strumipriva” to describe the myxedema following total extirpation of the thyroid. His work on the subject led to a better understanding of the cause of myxedema.

1888 CE

#5619.1

Eine einfache Methode zurErzielung sicherer Asepsis.

Kocher introduced silk sutures.

1892 CE

#3600

Zur Radicalcur der Hernien.

Kocher’s hernia operation.