Durakiewicz Marek, Jabłoński Mirosław, Zarębska Aneta
Department of Vascular Surgery, Pope John Paul II Regional Hospital, Zamość, Poland.
Department of Rehabilitation and Orthopaedics, Lublin Medical University, Poland.
Ortop Traumatol Rehabil. 2017 Apr 12;19(2):191-2000. doi: 10.5604/15093492.1238036.
On May 16, 1914, The Lancet Journal published a paper by Romuald Węgłowski, a Polish-born professor of Moscow University, entitled "Malignant tumours of bones: a new method in conservative operative treatment." The idea of biological resection presented in the paper consisted in thermocoagulation of the apparently cancerous part of a bone with a jet of steam. According to the author, dead bone rid of live malignant cells reconstructed itself quickly, which helped to preserve the functionality of the organ without considerable limitations. The events of the First World War, political changes in tsarist Russia and the recovery of independence by Poland greatly complicated Węgłowski's professional career. We thought it would be interesting to present the life story of the great Polish surgeon in the context of his own method of bone cancer treatment, which without doubt marked the beginning of Polish orthopaedic oncology aimed at limb-saving surgery.
1914年5月16日，《柳叶刀》杂志发表了一篇由莫斯科大学波兰裔教授罗穆阿尔德·韦格洛夫斯基撰写的论文，题为《骨恶性肿瘤：保守手术治疗的新方法》。该论文中提出的生物切除理念是用一股蒸汽对骨骼表面看似癌变的部分进行热凝。据作者称，去除活恶性细胞的死骨能迅速自我修复，这有助于在没有太大限制的情况下保留器官的功能。第一次世界大战的事件、沙皇俄国的政治变革以及波兰恢复独立，极大地复杂化了韦格洛夫斯基的职业生涯。我们认为，在这位伟大的波兰外科医生自己的骨癌治疗方法的背景下展现他的生平故事会很有趣，这种方法无疑标志着旨在保肢手术的波兰骨肿瘤学的开端。
