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TO MARK THE 150-th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL OPERATION IN RUSSIA FOR TRANSPERITONEAL REMOVAL OF THE UTERUS, PERFORMED BY N.V. EKK IN ST. PETERSBURG

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Until 1874, all attempts in Russia to perform transperitoneal removal of the uterus (hysterectomy) affected by myomatous nodes or a malignant tumor ended in death. The main cause of the adverse outcomes was bleeding from the surgery area and peritonitis. The first, successful hysterectomy in Russia, which ended with the recovery of the patient, was performed on 08/22/1874 by an employee of the Medical Surgical Academy, virtuoso surgeon Nikolai Vladimirovich Ekk. N.V.Ekk reported on the patient at a meeting of the Society of Russian Doctors in St. Petersburg on 05/02/1877 (Protocol No. 14).

Source: Bulletin of Pirogov National Medical & Surgical Center

DOI: 10.25881/20728255_2025_20_1_173

Authors: M. D. Khanevich, N. N. Rukhlyada

Institutions: Russian Research Institute of Hematology and Transfusiology, Federal Medical-Biological Agency, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University

Language: English

Topic: Medical History and Innovations

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4408300633

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