- Anton Wölfler
Anton Wölfler (
January 12 ,1850 -January 31 ,1917 ) was an Austriansurgeon who was born in Kopezten, a village nearKladrau ,Bohemia .In 1874 he earned his medical doctorate from the
University of Vienna , where he was a student ofTheodor Billroth (1829-1894). Afterwards, he remained inVienna for several years as Billroth's assistant. In 1886 he became a professor of surgery at theUniversity of Graz , and in 1895 was a professor atCharles University in Prague .Wölfler is remembered for his work in
gastrointestinal surgery, and his investigations involving thethyroid gland . On September 28, 1881, he performed the firstgastroenterostomy , which occurred on a patient with pyloric obstruction. He is also credited with providing the first detailed description of postoperativetetany .
* Associated eponym:
* "Wölfler's gland": An accessory thyroid gland.References
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* [http://books.google.com/books?id=f70MZLHwvp0C&pg=PA771&lpg=PA771&dq=%22Anton+W%C3%B6lfler%22+1850&source=web&ots=xq7W1Oxb5H&sig=TD7emNO9mCnA8xlK5qNK-cgRCxE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result Definition of Wölfler's operation]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=Xrjbx039p6kC&pg=PA2&lpg=PA2&dq=%22Anton+W%C3%B6lfler%22+tetany&source=web&ots=B1JRIUyVdN&sig=qNZqunqaAfDXrnsCd0NqupI91w8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result Endocrine Surgery of the Head and Neck]
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