Angiology and Vascular Surgery in Europe and in the Russian Empire in the 2nd Half of the 19th Century. On the 215th Anniversary of the Birth of N.I. Pirogov (Based on the Materials of the Moscow Medical Newspaper from 1858 to 1878)
Abstract
The article presents a content analysis of brief articles from the Moscow Medical Newspaper (1858–1874) devoted to significant events of the «Pirogov» period in angiology, surgery of arterial aneurysm and bleeding from large vessels. The analysis showed that the period under study in angiology and vascular surgery should be characterized, as a transitional period from the pre-anesthetic and pre-antiseptic era to the post-anesthetic and antiseptic era.
As a result of the introduction of general anesthesia and antisepsis in vascular surgery, the geography of vascular interventions expanded, and their results improved. However, the choice of method for stopping blood flow through vessels (compression, ligation, or sclerotherapy), as well as the techniques for temporary and permanent stopping of bleeding, remained relevant and poorly studied. The selection of reports by both Russian and foreign surgeons, their translation, and the experience of Russian surgeons allow us to conclude that vascular surgery in Russia was at a European level in terms of the variety of methods used to treat vascular diseases and their outcomes.
We note the newspaper references by both Russian and foreign surgeons to N.I. Pirogov's dissertation (1832), his atlas «Surgical Anatomy of Arterial Trunks and Fasciae» (1861), and his contribution to angiology and vascular surgery.
About the Authors
Marat R. Yalyshev
FSBI «Research Institute of Pulmonology» of the FMBA of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Marat R. Yalyshev, MD, PhD, Senior Researcher,
28, b. 10, Orekhovy Blv., Moscow, 115672.
Sergey P. Glyantsev
FSBI «National Medical Research Center named after A.V. Vishnevsky» of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergey P. Glyantsev, MD, PhD, professor, Chief Researcher,
27, Bolshaya Serpukhovskaya St., Moscow, 117997.
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Yalyshev M.R., Glyantsev S.P. Angiology and Vascular Surgery in Europe and in the Russian Empire in the 2nd Half of the 19th Century. On the 215th Anniversary of the Birth of N.I. Pirogov (Based on the Materials of the Moscow Medical Newspaper from 1858 to 1878). Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular Surgery. 2025;1(2):10-25. (In Russ.)
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