Article ID: CBB000831630

Augusto Pellegrini (1877--1958): Contributions to Surgery and Prosthetic Orthopaedics (2007)

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Augusto Pellegrini worked as a general surgeon in Northern Italy. In 1905, in the field of orthopaedics, he described post-traumatic knee ossification associated particularly with sports activities, which took the name of Pellegrini disease. In collaboration with Giuliano Vanghetti, he contributed to the application of kinematic prostheses of the upper extremity (kineplasty), enabling the patient to use his muscles to power the prosthesis. His surgical innovations were particularly in the field of abdominal surgery at a time when antibiotics were not available and when radiological diagnostics were in their infancy. He advocated the surgical treatment of acute appendicitis `at presentation', namely within 24--48 hours of diagnosis, thereby reducing the development of abdominal complications. In 1904 he introduced disinfection of the hands solely with alcohol before each surgical operation, encouraging the healing of wounds by first intention.

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Authors & Contributors
Quin, Grégory
Riccardo Gattai
Musiani, Elena
Laura Faustini
Loredana Ginevra Ianni
Garbarino, Maria Carla
Concepts
Medicine
Biographies
Physicians; doctors
Orthopedics
Historiography
Orthopedic surgery
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
17th century
16th century
Renaissance
Places
Italy
Germany
Nuremberg (Germany)
England
Weimar Republic (1919-1933)
Bologna (Italy)
Institutions
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg
Royal Army Medical Corps
Università di Padova
Charité (Hospital: Berlin)
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