| Title |
Lietuvos kraujagyslių chirurgijos raida 1963–2003 metais / |
| Translation of Title |
Development of Lithuanian vascular surgery in 1963–2003. |
| Authors |
Triponis, Vytautas Jonas |
| DOI |
10.15388/LietChirur.2004.2.2366 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Lietuvos chirurgija.. Vilnius. 2004, t. 2, nr. 2, p. 92-98.. ISSN 1392-0995 |
| Abstract [eng] |
The development of Lithuanian vascular surgery over the last 40 years is reviewed. The old Vilnius University was the craddle of vascular surgery in the Great Duchy of Lithuania. Several dissertations were written on vascular diseases and surgical technique in 1816–1825. But it was not until 1936 that an attempt to operate on blood vessels and perform angiography was made. In the period 1952–1956, only solitary operations of injured arteries and veins were performed. A. Dirsë was the first to start reconstructive surgery in cases of peripheral arterial disease (1961). He initiated the production of synthetic vascular grafts in Kaunas in 1960... |
| Published |
Vilnius |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2004 |
| CC license |
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