- Gavril Ilizarov
Infobox Medical Person
name =Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov
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caption =Gavriil Ilizarov
birth_date =15 June 1921
birth_place = Kusar,Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic ,Soviet Union
death_date =24 July 1992 (aged 71)
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profession =Surgeon ,Physician
specialism =Orthopedic surgery
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known_for =Ilizarov apparatus forlengthening limb bones
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education =Crimea Medical School
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prizes =Lenin Prize (1979)
relations =Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov ( _ru. Гавриил Абрамович Илизаров;
15 June 1921 –24 July 1992 ) was aRussia nphysician , known for inventing theIlizarov apparatus forlengthening limb bones and for his eponymous surgery. He was aHero of Socialist Labor (1981), a winner of theLenin Prize (1979), and a member ofRussian Academy of Sciences (1991).Life and work
Ilizarov was born in the
Azerbaijan city ofKusar . He graduated from Derbent MedicalRabfac (an educational establishment set up to prepare workers and peasants for higher education) then fromCrimea Medical School. In 1944 he was sent to a rural hospital inKurgan Oblast inSiberia . In 1955 he became the head of Surgery Department of a hospital and a surgeon with theair ambulance .His residency was carried out in
orthopedic surgery , during which he developed an "external fixator system". In 1961 he created the "Kurgan Center of the Restorational Surgery and Orthopedy". He was the head of this center until 1991. It was said that the Center became the largest orthopedic center in the world.Bone experiments
Ilizarov discovered that by carefully severing a bone without severing the
periosteum around it, one could separate two halves of a bone slightly and fix them in place, and the bone would grow to fill the gap. He also discovered that bone regrows at a fairly uniform rate across people and circumstances.These experiments led to the design of what is known as an
Ilizarov apparatus , which holds a bone so severed in place, by virtue of a framework and pins through the bone, and separates halves of the bone by a tiny amount; by repeating this over time, at the rate of the bone's regrowth, it is possible to extend a bone by a desired amount.This research was introduced to the western world by professor
A. Bianchi-Maiocchi .Family
Svetlana Ilizarov, daughter, She was trained by her father at the Limb Lengthening and Deformity Correction at the Center of Reconstructive Orthopaedics and Trauma in Kurgan, Siberia. She is currently a Medical Doctor practicing in the United States.
He also had daughter named Maria and a son Alexander.
Later life and death
Ilizarov made a trip to the
United States in the early 1990s to discuss his work, which was still largely unknown there. He died of heart failure in 1992, at the age of 71.References
* [http://www.ilizarov.com/english/ Ilizarov.com] English-language portal
* [http://www.ilizarov.org.uk/biog.htm Ilizarov.org.uk]
*ru icon [http://www.mountain-jews.co.il/People/People4.htm Biography]
*ru icon [http://gorskie.ru/personalii/person3.htm Biography]
*ru icon [http://www.rubricon.com/wbiog_ann/..%5Cann%5Cwbiog%5C10_i%5C10_i451.asp Biography]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7D91F3BF936A15754C0A964958260 New York Times Health Obituary]
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