DEBAKEY, Michael Ellis (1908 – 2008)
1908 – 2008
4 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1953 CE
#3047.4
Successful resection of aneurysm of thoracic aorta and replacement by graft.
1955 CE
#2993.2
Total excision of the aortic arch for aneurysm.
Total excision and replacement by polyvinyl sponge (Ivalon) prosthesis.
1958 CE
#12561
Cold injury, ground type.
Summary of what was learned about frostbite and trenchfoot encountered by military personel in World War II. Digital facsimile from U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link.
1973 CE
#3047.25
Aortocoronary bypass with saphenous vein graft: seven year follow-up.
"Probably the first successful saphenous bypass graft was by Edward Garrett (1964), whilst he was working with DeBakey. He performed the bypass graft in order to wean a patient from cardiopulmonary bypass, and the lon…