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Schmieden's operation
Also known as:
Rehn-Schmieden operation
Rehn-Volhard-Schmieden operation
Associated persons:
Ludwig Wilhelm Carl Rehn
Viktor Schmieden
Franz Volhard
Description:
Pericardectomy for constrictive pericarditis.
Bibliography:
- Franz Volhard (1872-1950) and V. Schmieden:
Ueber Erkennung und Behandlung der Umklammerung des Herzens durch schwielige Parikarditis. Klinische Wochenschrift, Berlin, 1923, 2: 5-9.
Schmieden collaborated with Volhard in the work that that led to the first pericardectomy for constrictive pericarditis.
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