Brogan Thomas V, Alfieris George M
Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2003 Oct;4(4):450-3. doi: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000090014.95775.3A.
To describe the contribution of Vivien Thomas to the scientific and technical development of the Blalock-Taussig shunt.
Review of the literature and of the papers of Vivien Thomas, Alfred Blalock, and Helen Thomas. Literature review was done using MEDLINE, Ovid, and Library of Congress databases for topics including Vivien Thomas, Alfred Blalock, Helen Taussig, and tetralogy of Fallot. Bibliographies of articles were also searched.
The papers of Thomas, Blalock, and Taussig were reviewed at the Alan M. Chesney Medical Archives at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.
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Vivien Thomas was a primary contributor in both the scientific basis for and the surgical technical aspect of the Blalock-Taussig shunt. He did much of the fundamental studies in Dr. Blalock's laboratory by himself. Blalock was able to do only one practice procedure in the animal model before performing the first surgery in a 15-month-old girl with tetralogy of Fallot. Thomas stood behind Blalock during the procedure to provide advice to Blalock.
Thomas' essential contributions to the development of the Blalock-Taussig shunt remain obscured by the stature of Alfred Blalock and Helen Taussig. This oversight should be corrected.
描述维维恩·托马斯对布劳洛克-陶西格分流术的科学技术发展所做的贡献。
对维维恩·托马斯、阿尔弗雷德·布劳洛克和海伦·托马斯的文献及论文进行回顾。使用MEDLINE、Ovid和美国国会图书馆数据库对包括维维恩·托马斯、阿尔弗雷德·布劳洛克、海伦·陶西格和法洛四联症等主题进行文献回顾。还对文章的参考文献进行了检索。
在约翰霍普金斯医疗机构的艾伦·M·切斯尼医学档案馆对托马斯、布劳洛克和陶西格的论文进行了回顾。
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维维恩·托马斯在布劳洛克-陶西格分流术的科学基础和手术技术方面均是主要贡献者。他独自在布劳洛克医生的实验室进行了许多基础研究。在对一名15个月大的法洛四联症女童进行首次手术前，布劳洛克仅在动物模型上进行了一次练习操作。手术过程中，托马斯站在布劳洛克身后为其提供建议。
托马斯对布劳洛克-陶西格分流术发展的重要贡献仍因阿尔弗雷德·布劳洛克和海伦·陶西格的声望而被掩盖。这种忽视应予以纠正。
