Department of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Medical Center of Postgraduate Education, 231 Czerniakowska Str., 00-416 Warsaw, Poland.
J Physiol Pharmacol. 2011 Feb;62(1):125-30.
Ludwik Rydygier is undoubtedly the father of Polish gastrointestinal surgery. He performed two pioneering stomach operations: on 16 November 1880, first in Poland and second in the world after Jules Pean, the surgical removal of the pylorus in a 64-year-old patient suffering from stomach cancer; the operation took about four hours, unfortunately the patient died 12 hours later, and on 21 November 1881 he performed the world's first pylorectomy due to gastric ulcer, applying his own method of pylorectomy followed by the restoration by end-to-end anastomosis of the duodenal stump with the stomach stump; the patient survived the operation and recovered. Three years later, Rydygier introduced a new method of surgical treatment of peptic ulcer disease by means of gastroenterostomy. This review was designed to commemorate the outstanding achievements of Professor Rydygier, who worked at two universities: at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, and at the Lemberg (Lviv) University. He was one of the founders of the Association of Polish Surgeons and an organizer of the first Meeting of Polish Surgeons in 1889. He was the author of over 200 published papers and several text-books on surgical infections, surgical techniques, orthopaedics and traumatology, urology, neurosurgery, and gynaecology. Professor Ludwik Rydygier possessed comprehensive knowledge of surgery and other medical disciplines, he was a courageous surgeon and skilled operator, being at the same time an extremely gifted organizer. His promotion to the rank of General of Polish Army crowned his credits for country's defence. At the anniversary of 90 years after his death, Polish surgeons pay the tribute to their mentor.
卢德维克·里德吉尔无疑是波兰胃肠外科学的奠基人。他进行了两项开创性的胃部手术：1880 年 11 月 16 日，他为一名 64 岁的胃癌患者进行了首例胃切除术，这是在世界上仅次于朱尔斯·佩恩（Jules Pean）的首例手术；手术耗时约 4 小时，但不幸的是患者在 12 小时后死亡；1881 年 11 月 21 日，他为一名因胃溃疡患者进行了世界上首例胃次全切除术，采用了自己的胃次全切除术方法，随后通过十二指肠残端与胃残端的端端吻合术进行修复；患者手术成功并康复。三年后，里德吉尔通过胃空肠吻合术引入了一种治疗消化性溃疡病的新手术方法。本综述旨在纪念在两所大学工作的里德吉尔教授的杰出成就：克拉科夫的雅盖隆大学和利沃夫（利维夫）大学。他是波兰外科医生协会的创始人之一，也是 1889 年第一届波兰外科医生会议的组织者。他著有 200 多篇已发表的论文和几本关于外科感染、外科技术、矫形和创伤学、泌尿科、神经外科和妇科的教科书。卢德维克·里德吉尔教授拥有全面的外科和其他医学学科知识，他是一位勇敢的外科医生和熟练的手术操作者，同时也是一位极具天赋的组织者。他晋升为波兰陆军将军，为国家的防御事业赢得了荣誉。在他去世 90 周年之际，波兰外科医生向他们的导师致敬。
