Bumbasirević Marko Z, Zagorac Slavisa G, Lesić Aleksandar R
Acta Chir Iugosl. 2013;60(3):7-11. doi: 10.2298/aci1303007b.
Theodor Emil Kocher (1841-1917), born in Bern, educated in many universities in Europe. Kocher as many surgeons of that time performed orthopedic surgery, general surgery, neurosurgery and endocrine surgery, but he become famous in orthopaedic surgery and endocrine surgery. He is remember as a surgeon who described the approach to the hip joint, elbow joint, maneuver for the reduction of dislocated shoulder joint. He introduced many instruments and many of them, such as Kocher clamp is still in use. Most important Kocher work was the thyroid gland surgery, and he received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1909, for-in this matter. His nature of meticulous surgeon, scientific and hard working person, dedicated to his patients and students made- found him the place in a history of medicine.
西奥多·埃米尔·科赫尔（1841 - 1917），出生于伯尔尼，曾在欧洲多所大学接受教育。科赫尔和当时的许多外科医生一样，进行骨科手术、普通外科手术、神经外科手术和内分泌外科手术，但他在骨科手术和内分泌外科领域声名远扬。他被铭记为一位描述了髋关节、肘关节手术方法以及肩关节脱位复位手法的外科医生。他还引入了许多器械，其中很多，比如科赫尔钳至今仍在使用。科赫尔最重要的工作是甲状腺手术，为此他在1909年获得了诺贝尔医学奖。他细致入微的外科医生本性、科学勤奋的品质、对患者和学生的奉献精神，使他在医学史上占有一席之地。
