2nd Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, 68989National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
Department of Surgery, 12250Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Surg Innov. 2021 Feb;28(1):159-162. doi: 10.1177/1553350620950908. Epub 2020 Aug 18.
Edward Delos Churchill, one of the most notorious American surgeons of the 20th century, influenced countless surgeons and set medical practices that were used for decades. His scope of interests included surgery of the lungs, heart, thyroid, parathyroid glands, and military surgery among others. Churchill was one of the first to expand the field of the newly found parathyroid bodies by performing several experimental excisions of the glands and publishing numerous guidelines based on his innovative work. Additionally, he aspired to address many of the literature gaps that led him to conclusions that would benefit both the surgeons and patients throughout the country. Most importantly, his deep interest in endocrinology and his aggregate approach of medicine led him to discoveries that paved the way to the modern endocrine surgery practices.
爱德华·德洛斯·丘吉尔（Edward Delos Churchill）是 20 世纪最声名狼藉的美国外科医生之一，他影响了无数外科医生，并设定了数十年来一直沿用的医疗实践。他的兴趣范围包括肺部、心脏、甲状腺、甲状旁腺和军事外科等领域。丘吉尔是最早通过对几个腺体进行实验性切除并根据他的创新工作发布了许多指南来扩大新发现的甲状旁腺体领域的人之一。此外，他还希望解决许多文献空白问题，这些问题使他得出了对全国的外科医生和患者都有益的结论。最重要的是，他对内分泌学的浓厚兴趣和他对医学的综合方法使他的发现为现代内分泌外科实践铺平了道路。
