Christian Albert Theodor Billroth, German-Austrian Surgeon

Christian Albert Theodor Billroth (1829-1894) was a German-born Austrian surgeon and amateur musician. As a surgeon, he is generally regarded as the founding father of modern abdominal surgery. He was directly responsible for a number of landmarks in surgery, including the first esophagectomy (1871), the first laryngectomy (1873), and most famously, the first successful gastrectomy (1881) for gastric cancer

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1829 Abdominal Billroth German-austrian Surgeon Surgery Theodor

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