Facets

1955

#3047.7

Controlled cross circulation for direct-vision intracardiac surgery; correction of ventricular septal defects, atrioventricularis communis, and tetralogy of Fallot.

Controlled cross circulation (human heart–lung “machine”) for intracardiac surgery.

1955

#10995

Intracardiac surgery with the aid of a mechanical pump oxygenator system (Gibbon type): Report of eight cases.

Co-authored with JW Dushane, RT Patrick, DE Donald, PS Hetzel and EH Wood, "Kirklin refined the heart-lung machine (screen type) originally developed by Gibbon, to the point that it allowed the person to receive oxyge…

1955

#14312

The maser - new type of microwave amplifier, frequency standard, and spectrometer.

In 1964 Townes shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Nicolay Gennadiyevich Basov and Alexandr Mihailovich Prokhorov "for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of osci…

1956

#3047.9

A simple, expendable, artificial oxygenator for open heart surgery.

DeWall bubble oxygenator. With six co-authors.

1957

#4405.01

Atlas of arthroscopy.

The first atlas of arthroscopy, a major step in gaining wide acceptance of this operating technique. The color illustrations were prepared by an artist as available arthroscopes did not permit color photography. Watan…

1959

#14227

Einführung in die stereotaktischen Operationen mit einem Atlas des menschlichen Gehirns. Introduction to stereotaxis with an atlas of the human brain. Large folio text plus 2 large folio binders of plates with captions.

One of the most elaborately produced medical books of the 20th century, with numerous very large plates folding out to the size of four folio sheets, and numerous photographs with plastic overlays.

1962

#11602

Heart-lung bypass: Principles and techniques of extracorporeal circulation.

1963

#6941

Effect of the laser beam on the skin.

One of the first papers on the application of lasers in medicine. In 1961 Goldman became the first researcher to use a laser to treat a human skin disease when he treated melanoma. The method later became popular in r…

1965

#4914.3

Stereotactic tractotomy in the surgical treatment of mental illness.

1967

#6942

Biomedical aspects of the laser: The introduction of laser applications into biology and medicine.

The first book on the use of lasers in medicine and biology.

1973

#4914.6

Stereotactic limbic leucotomy: Neurophysiological aspects and operative technique.

With A. Richardson and N. Mitchell-Heggs.

1973

#9353

Albucasis on surgery and instruments. A definitive edition of the Arabic text, with English translation and commentary by M. S. Spink and G. L. Lewis.

1984

#12333

Cold hearts: The story of hypothermia and the pacemaker in heart surgery.

1987

#7136

Correction of astigmatism with the excimer laser.

In 1985 Seiler performed the first large area ablation in a human eye to remove a corneal scar, having previously performed T-incisions with an excimer laser to correct for astigmatism.

1988

#7952

A robot with improved absolute positioning accuracy for CT guided stereotactic brain surgery.

With Jin Hou, E. A. Jonckheere, and S. Hyati.

1990

#7135

Laser in situ keratomileusis.

Though several researchers developed the procedures for using an excimer laser to perform in situ karatomileusis (LASIK), "Pallikaris also independently conceived of a hinged flap using a microkeratome he had specific…

1994

#8140

The NeuroStation--a highly accurate, minimally invasive solution to frameless stereotactic neurosurgery.

The beginning of image-guided surgery. Abstract: "The NeuroStation is an image-guided neurosurgery workstation designed to deliver frameless stereotaxy within an ergonomic, integrated surgical environment. Generally, …

1997

#6906

American surgical instruments: The history of their manufacture and a directory of instrument makers to 1900.

2000

#8718

A brief history of endoscopy.

2001

#7959

Transatlantic robot-assisted telesurgery.

The "Lindbergh operation", a complete very long distance tele-surgical gallbladder operation carried out by a team of French surgeons located in New York on a patient in Strasbourg, France using high-spreed telecommun…

2002

#7953

Semiotic flesh: Information and the human body. Edited by Phillip Thurtle and Robert Mitchell.

Includes "The virtual surgeon: Operating on the data in an age of medialization" by Timothy Lenoir.

2004

#7958

Robotic surgery: A current perspective.

A review of the history, development and then-current applications of robotics in surgery. The paper is freely available from PubMedCentral at this link.

2004

#8137

Primer of robotic & telerobotic surgery. Edited by Garth H. Ballantyne, Jacques Marescaux, and Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti.

2006

#6905

The evolution of surgical instruments: An illustrated history from ancient times to the twentieth century.

2006

#7951

Robotics in surgery: History, Current and future applications. Edited by Russel A. Faust.

2012

#8402

La chirurgie en Égypte ancienne. À propos des instruments médico-chirurgicaux métalliques égyptiens conserves au musée du Louvre.

2013

#12927

History of orthodontics.

This history covers 19th century and earlier developments but emphasizes 20th century material including "History of dental lasers and their applications in orthodontics," "History of of Invisalign," etc.

2018

#10186

Artificial hearts: The allure and ambivalence of a controversial medical technology.