title: [From the history of surgical instruments: 6. Sauerbruch's instruments for thoracic surgery].
abstract: The historical development of thoracic surgery, which was established in Germany in the years 1904/1905 and the armamentarium of the chest designed by Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875-1951) are described. Sauerbruch designed between 1904 and 1920 many instruments to facilitate thoracic surgery, e.g. several rib retractors, a special rib shear for the first rib, a rib shear for all ribs other than the first. Furthermore he designed a special lung grasping forceps with rubber covered jaws, a lung compression forceps and a fenestrated lung retractor to facilitate lung resections.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Allgemeinchirurgie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sachs
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Bederke
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000266:history*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation