Otto Spiegelberg

Otto Spiegelberg (January 9, 1830 - August 9, 1881) was a German gynecologist who was a native of Peine.

He studied medicine at the University of Göttingen, and afterwards furthered his studies in Berlin, Prague and throughout the United Kingdom. In 1851 he earned his medical doctorate, and was habilitated at Göttingen in 1853. Later he was a professor of obstetrics at the Universities of Freiburg, Königsberg and Breslau.

Spiegelberg specialized in the fields of obstetrics and gynecological surgery, and made contributions involving diagnostics and surgical procedures of ovariotomy. He is remembered for the eponymous "Spiegelberg criteria.",^[1]

Spiegelberg published many medical treatises, including a popular textbook on obstetrics called Lehrbuch für Geburtshilfe. In 1870 with Carl Benno Credé (1847–1929), he founded the journal Archiv für Gynäkologie.

Spiegelberg's criteria

• Four criteria for differentiating ovarian from other ectopic pregnancies:

1. The gestational sac is located in the region of the ovary.
2. The ectopic pregnancy is attached to the uterus by the ovarian ligament.
3. Ovarian tissue in the wall of the gestational sac is proved histologically.
4. The tube on the involved side is intact.

References

• This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
• Otto Spiegelberg @ Who Named It

1. ^ Mondofacto Dictionary definition of eponym

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Name	Spiegelberg, Otto
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