title: [History of surgical instruments: 4. The Deschamp ligation needle for the Overholt forceps: development of instruments for blood-saving tissue preparation].
abstract: The development of effective ligature carrying forceps is described, which are useful in dissection. The ligature needle, which has been developed by the French surgeon J.F.L. Deschamp (1740-1824), is presented on the basis of his original publication from 1793. Today many surgeons use a ligature forceps, which has been developed in 1938 by R.H. Overholt (b. 1901) in Boston and was modified by R. Geissendörfer (1902-1976) in the 1950s.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Allgemeinchirurgie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sachs
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D005602:France; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation / Q000266:history; D009339:Needles / Q000266:history*; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States
vernacular_title: Aus der Geschichte des chirurgischen Instrumentariums: 4. Von der Deschamps-Unterbindungsnadel zur Overholt-Klemme: Die Entwicklung des Instrumentariums zur blutsparenden Gewebepräparation.