Medicine's greatest gifts to surgery

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作者：
Perrier, ND
Boger, MS
机构：
[1] Wake Forest Univ, Dept Surg, Baptist Med Ctr, Winston Salem, NC 27157 USA
[2] Wake Forest Univ, Dept Internal Med, Baptist Med Ctr, Winston Salem, NC 27157 USA
来源：
WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY | 2004年 / 28卷 / 10期
关键词：
Thyroid Gland; Goiter; Iron Deficiency Anemia; Exophthalmic Goiter; Thyroid Storm;
D O I：
10.1007/s00268-004-7558-2
中图分类号：
R61 [外科手术学];
学科分类号：
摘要：
Dr. Robert Graves and Dr. Henry Plummer are immortalized by the thyroid diseases bearing their names. Dr. Graves' clinical lectures and Dr. Plummer's "goiter lunches" were considered medical masterpieces; they introduced novel concepts in physical diagnosis that helped surgeons determine when to operate on patients with thyrotoxicosis. Dr. Plummer's observations with perioperative iodine administration helped lower the mortality associated with thyroidectomy-at that time a treacherous operation-to make it one of the safest operations in history. Their fascinating discoveries laid foundations for thyroid surgery today. They truly are among medicine's greatest gifts to surgery.
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页码：1057 / 1059
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