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TREITZ, Václav (Wenzel) (1819 – 1872)

1819 – 1872

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

1853 CE

#7241

Ueber einen neuen Muskel am Duodenum des Menschens, über elastische Sehnnen, und einige andere anatomische Verhãltnisse.

Treitz, a Czech pathologist, discovered the muscle at the duodenojejunal junction, later called “muscle of Treitz”; the fold of peritoneum over the muscle of Treitz is known as the "ligament of Treitz."

1857 CE

#3591

Hernia retroperitonealis. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte innerer Hernien.

Treitz described retroperitoneal hernia through the duodeno-jejunal recess – “Treitz’s hernia”.