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Halsted's operation I
Associated persons:
William Stewart Halsted
Description:
Operation for inguinal hernia.
Simultaneous with with he Italian surgeon Edoardo Bassini (1844-1924), Halsted devised the modern operation for the radical cure of inguinal hernia.
Bibliography:
- W. S. Halsted:
The radical cure of hernia.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital Bulletin, 1889, 1: 12-13, 112.
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