Volume 32, Issue 11 2357 pp. 2527-2529
Article

Franz Kaspar Hesselbach (1759–1816): Anatomist and Surgeon

R. Shane Tubbs

Corresponding Author

R. Shane Tubbs

Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital of Alabama, 1600 7th Avenue South ACC 400, 35233 Birmingham, AL, USA

Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35233 Birmingham, AL, USA

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Walter B. Gribben

Walter B. Gribben

University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA

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Marios Loukas

Marios Loukas

Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies

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Mohammadali M. Shoja

Mohammadali M. Shoja

Tuberculosis and Lung Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Daneshgah Street, 51884 Tabriz, Iran

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Kevin O. Tubbs

Kevin O. Tubbs

Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35233 Birmingham, AL, USA

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W. Jerry Oakes

W. Jerry Oakes

Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital of Alabama, 1600 7th Avenue South ACC 400, 35233 Birmingham, AL, USA

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First published: 30 August 2008
Citations: 8

Abstract

Although the term Hesselbach’s triangle is used in everyday general surgical practice, little is written and known regarding the life of the early surgical pioneer for whom it is named. The present paper reviews the life of the German Franz Kaspar Hesselbach (1759–1816) and his contributions to the anatomical sciences and practice of surgery.

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