James Hogarth Pringle

James Hogarth Pringle (* 1863 in Parramatta, † April 24, 1941 in Killearn ) was a native of Australia surgeon.

Life

Pringle, son of surgeon James Hogarth Pringle (1831-1872) concluded in 1885 at the University of Edinburgh his medical studies. He then worked in various hospitals in England, Scotland, Germany and Austria. From 1890 he was at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary worked with William MacEwen as a surgeon. At the Medical School of Queen Margaret College, which merged into the University of Glasgow in 1895, Pringle worked as prosector and assistant professor of surgery. In 1923 he retired, but still remained scientifically active and teaching.

The case descriptions left by him to be kept in the archives of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow ( RCPSG ).

Work

To control the bleeding in injuries of the liver led the surgeon in 1908 which was later named after him, a Pringle maneuver. Pringle hesitated at first to stop the blood supply from the portal vein and the hepatic artery, as Carl Lange book had previously stated that this measure was fatal. After Pringle had successfully performed surgery on rabbits, he turned the maneuver operations on humans.

The 1910 monograph published Fractures and Their Treatment draws on the experience of the author in dealing with open and closed fractures. To prevent infections from Pringle sat for an extensive debridement of the open fracture one. In the treatment of fractures, he reached back often to implants, giving him at that time - brought fierce criticism of his colleagues - long before the use of antibiotics. Contrast Pringle led lower amputation rates at over the conservative method.

1913 Pringle described bridging a portion of the popliteal artery ( popliteal artery ) through a vein ( autologous graft ) after aneurysm resection. In a second case he acted similarly after an injury of the brachial artery. Pringle documented the postoperative course thoroughly. His first patient died several years later, the graft was removed and placed in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh.

In two patients in whom a malignant melanoma on the thigh or forearm occurred, led Pringle 1908 a radical extirpation. The success of these interventions was again documented over several decades ( until 1937 ).

1904 by Pringle cases where urethral injury were bridged by a graft of an ox.

Publications (selection)

  • XIII. Repair of the Urethra by Transplantation of the urethra of Animals. In: Annals of Surgery. Volume 40, Number 3, September 1904, pp. 387-397, ISSN 0003-4932. PMID 17,861,519th PMC 1425757 (Free full text ).
  • V. Notes on the Arrest of Hepatic Hemorrhage Due to Trauma. In: Annals of surgery. Volume 48, Number 4, October 1908, pp. 541-549, ISSN 0003-4932. PMID 17,862,242th PMC 1406963 (Free full text ).
  • I. Avulsion of the Spine of the Tibia. In: Annals of surgery. Volume 46, Number 2, August 1907, pp. 169-178, ISSN 0003-4932. PMID 17,862,006th PMC 1414389 (Free full text ).
  • A method of preparation in cases of melanotic tumors of the skin. In: Edinburgh Medical Journal. Volume 23, 1910, pp. 496-499.
  • Fractures and Their treatment. Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1910.
  • Two cases of vein grafting for the maintenance of a direct arterial circulation. In: The Lancet. 181, 1913, pp. 1795-1796, doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (01) 24514-0.
  • An analysis of 230 cases of open fracture of the long bones Treated by surgical methods. In: British Journal of Surgery. 2, 1914, pp. 102-109, doi: 10.1002/bjs.1800020510.
  • Cutaneous melanoma. Two cases alive thirty and thirty-eight years after operation. In: The Lancet. 229, 1937, pp. 508-509, doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (00) 75819-3.
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