Fedor Krause (1857–1937): the father of neurosurgery

Bacigaluppi, Susanna; Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi; Martini, Mariano

doi:10.1007/s10143-019-01186-1

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“…Integration of discectomy into laminectomy procedures became progressively more popular as an understanding of intervertebral disc disease developed [ 18 , 19 ]. A discectomy is used to remove part of a damaged disc that has herniated and is irritating and compressing the associated nerves.…”

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A Comprehensive Review of the Historical Description of Spine Surgery and Its Evolution

Mamdouhi,

Wang,

Echevarria

et al. 2024

Cureus

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Major strides in the advancement of spine surgery came about in the 21 st century. However, the extensive history of spine surgery can be traced back to long before this time. A clear description of the journey from a primitive yet accurate understanding of the human musculoskeletal system to today’s modern aspects of spinal techniques is lacking. A narrative literature review was conducted to elucidate where spine surgery began and the techniques used that evolved over time. This review was conducted using PubMed and Google Scholar. Search terms used included “history of spine surgery," “evolution of spine surgery," “origins of spine surgery," “history of laminectomy," “history of spinal fusion," “history of lumbar interbody fusion," “minimally invasive spine surgery," and “navigation in spine surgery." We highlight the evolution of the basic understanding of anatomy and non-surgical and surgical techniques, including bracing, laminectomy, discectomy, and spinal fusion. The current evolution and integration of minimally invasive techniques, lumbar interbody fusion techniques, robotics, navigation, and motion preservation are discussed, as these are the major areas of focus for technological advancement. This review presents an overarching synopsis of the events that chronicle the progress made in spine surgery since its conception. The review uniquely contributes to the growing body of literature on the expansion of spine surgery and highlights major events in its history.

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“…A discectomy is used to remove part of a damaged disc that has herniated and is irritating and compressing the associated nerves. The first discectomy was done by Fedor Krause in 1908 in Berlin and involved a laminectomy for access [ 18 , 19 ]. The tissue removed was mistaken for an osteochondroma at the time, a common misconception.…”

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A Comprehensive Review of the Historical Description of Spine Surgery and Its Evolution

Mamdouhi,

Wang,

Echevarria

et al. 2024

Cureus

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“…After the achievement of Lister's antisepsis in open surgery, the first discectomy was performed by Fedor Krause collaborated with neuropathologist Hermann Oppenheim in 1908 at Berlin Augusta Hospital 12) . In 1934, open discectomy technique procedure to treat ruptured disc without the assistance of the magnifying device was initially advocated by Mixter and Barr, this is a qualitative leap in the history of spine surgery and they described that the sciatica was associated with the compression of nerve root and spinal cord 13) .…”

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A Review of Full-endoscopic Interlaminar Discectomy for Lumbar Disc Disease: A Historical and Technical Overview

Liu

Kim

Chen³

et al. 2021

J Minim Invasive Spine Surg Tech

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Lumbar disc disease is an age or trauma-related disc injury with the clinical symptoms such as lower back pain or sciatica. Surgical treatment is the reliable and effective solution only if the symptoms grow progressively worse and conservative treatments fail. The purpose of spinal surgery is to remove the real pain generator and maintain physiological spinal alignment. Traditionally, patients after discectomy tend to experience the risk of postoperative intervertebral disc degeneration with intractable low back pain. Therefore, the minimally invasive techniques have rapidly developed in the past decades and brought revolutionary progress on techniques modification. Herein, we report the historical overview of the interlaminar fullendoscopic lumbar discectomy and technical evolution based on the review of literature.

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“…The zygomatic approach is key to the middle fossa, cavernous sinus, petrous apex, and infratemporal fossa; it minimizes the depth of field and is highly advantageous in chordoma located mainly lateral to the cavernous carotid artery. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12] This article demonstrates the advantages of this approach, including the mobilization of the zygomatic arch alleviating temporal lobe retraction, the peeling of the middle fossa dura for exposure of the cavernous sinus, the safe dissection of the trigeminal and oculomotor nerves, and total control of the petrous and cavernous carotid artery. Tumor extensions to the sphenoid sinus, sella, petrous apex, and clivus can be removed.…”

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Zygomatic Approach to Cavernous Sinus Chordoma: 2-Dimensional Operative Video

Aversa

Al‐Mefty

2021

ONSURG

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Chordoma is not a benign disease. It grows invasively, has a high rate of local recurrence, metastasizes, and seeds in the surgical field.1 Thus, chordoma should be treated aggressively with radical resection that includes the soft tissue mass and the involved surrounding bone that contains islands of chordoma.2–5 High-dose radiation, commonly by proton beam therapy, is administered after gross total resection for long-term control. About half of chordoma cases occupy the cavernous sinus space and resecting this extension is crucial to obtain radical resection. Fortunately, the cavernous sinus proper extension is the easier part to remove and pre-existing cranial nerves deficit has good chance of recovery. As chordomas originate and are always present extradurally (prior to invading the dura), an extradural access to chordomas is the natural way for radical resection without brain manipulation. The zygomatic approach is key to the middle fossa, cavernous sinus, petrous apex, and infratemporal fossa; it minimizes the depth of field and is highly advantageous in chordoma located mainly lateral to the cavernous carotid artery.6–12 This article demonstrates the advantages of this approach, including the mobilization of the zygomatic arch alleviating temporal lobe retraction, the peeling of the middle fossa dura for exposure of the cavernous sinus, the safe dissection of the trigeminal and oculomotor nerves, and total control of the petrous and cavernous carotid artery. Tumor extensions to the sphenoid sinus, sella, petrous apex, and clivus can be removed. The patient is a 30-yr-old who consented for surgery.

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Fedor Krause (1857–1937): the father of neurosurgery

Cited by 6 publications

References 17 publications

A Comprehensive Review of the Historical Description of Spine Surgery and Its Evolution

A Comprehensive Review of the Historical Description of Spine Surgery and Its Evolution

A Review of Full-endoscopic Interlaminar Discectomy for Lumbar Disc Disease: A Historical and Technical Overview

Zygomatic Approach to Cavernous Sinus Chordoma: 2-Dimensional Operative Video

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