Viktor Schmieden

Viktor Schmieden (19 January 1874 - 1945) was a German surgeon who was born in Berlin. In 1897 he earned his medical doctorate from the University of Bonn, and subsequently worked in hospitals in Göttingen, Berlin and Bonn. Later he was a professor at Halle (1913) and Frankfurt am Main (1919).

Schmieden is remembered for his work with Franz Volhard (1872-1950) concerning the establishment of pericardectomy for the treatment of constrictive pericarditis. Historically this procedure was referred to as "Schmieden's operation". In 1926 he identified that polyps of the colon were a precursor of colorectal cancer. Schmieden also made important contributions in regards to the treatment of hydrocephalus.

Schmieden was a prolific writer; with Ernst Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875-1951) he published the sixth edition of August Karl Gustav Bier's "Chirurgische Operationslehre" (Surgical Operation Teachings).

References

* [http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/2661.html Who Named It?, Viktor Schmieden]
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9340969&dopt=Abstract Victor Schmieden (1874-1945) and his contribution to the development of modern surgery]