Georg Lotheissen

Georg Lotheissen (September 14, 1868 - October 28, 1941) was an Austrian surgeon who was born in Geneva, Switzerland.

In 1892 he earned his medical doctorate in Vienna, and following graduation was an assistant to Emil Zuckerkandl (1849-1910), and a surgical apprentice under Theodor Billroth (1829-1894) and Carl Gussenbauer (1842-1903). From 1895 to 1901 he was first assistant to Viktor von Hacker (1852-1933) at the surgical clinic at Innsbruck, where in 1899 he was habilitated for surgery. In 1902 he returned to Vienna, where in 1915 he became an associate professor (extraordinarius).

Lotheissen made important contributions in his work involving esophageal surgery and herniorrhaphy. In 1897 he was the first surgeon to suture the conjoint tendon to Cooper's (pectineal) ligament, which he performed on a patient with a recurrent inguinal hernia. Decades later, American surgeon Chester McVay (1911-1987) popularized this operation, and this procedure is now referred to as a "Lotheissen-McVay herniotomy".

His name is also associated with "Lotheissen's operation", which is also known as "Lotheissen‘s trans-inguinal approach". This surgery involves operating for femoral hernia through the posterior wall of the inguinal canal.

References

* [http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/1573.html "Georg Lotheissen"] @ Who Named It
* cite book
title=Nyhus and Condon's Hernia
author=Robert J. Fitzgibbons, A. Gerson Greenburg, Lloyd Milton Nyhus, Robert Edward Condon
year=2001
publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
isbn=0781719623
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=kfASqVs2r5QC&pg=PA139&lpg=PA139&dq=Lotheissen+inguinal&source=web&ots=cJ8YjkikCG&sig=qcX6nM_zHf0cyTBG6uks_sJPiFE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result