title: Gastric resection Billroth or Rydygier?
abstract: The Authors present the history of the first gastric resections and of the two men who first made this bold step in surgery. Although the famous Viennese surgeon Theodor Billroth is credited with the first gastric resection, known as the Billroth I procedure, the less well known Ludwik Rydygier from Chelmno, Poland, performed and described the procedure several months earlier. The Authors present the lives and major achievements of these two pioneering surgeons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Institute of Oncology, Cancer Centre, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Andrzej L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Komorowski
authors.forename: Wojciech M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Wysocki
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roviello
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marrelli
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D011044:Poland