List of eponymous surgical procedures

Eponymous surgical procedures are generally named after the surgeon or surgeons who performed or reported them first. In some instances they are named after the surgeon who popularised them or refined existing procedures, and occasionally are named after the patient who first underwent the procedure.

Procedure	Name	Field	Description	External link or reference
Anderson-Hynes pyeloplasty	James Christie Anderson, Wilfred Hynes	Urology	Dismembered type of pyeloplasty used to treat stricture of the uretero-pelvic junction
Bankart repair	Arthur Bankart	Orthopaedic surgery	Procedure to treat recurrent shoulder dislocation by suturing the joint capsule to the glenoid labrum	Bankart's operation at Who Named It?
Belsey fundoplication	Ronald Herbert Robert Belsey	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Fundoplication with 240° wrap	"Belsey mark iv fundoplication". Medcyclopaedia. GE.
Bentall's procedure	Hugh Bentall	Cardiothoracic surgery	Composite graft replacement of the aortic valve, aortic root and ascending aorta, with re-implantation of thecoronary arteries into the graft
Bier's block	August Bier	Anesthesiology	Intravenous regional anesthesia. Usually used for short upper limb surgeries.	[1]
Billroth's operation I	Theodor Billroth	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Resection of the pyloric antrum and end-to-end anastomosis of the gastric remnant to the duodenum	Billroth's operation I at Who Named It?
Billroth's operation II	Theodor Billroth	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Resection of the pyloric antrum and side-to-side anastomosis of the gasstric remnant to the jejunum	Billroth's operation II at Who Named It?
Blalock–Hanlon shunt	Alfred Blalock, C. Rollins Hanlon	Paediatric surgery	Palliative atrial septostomy to treat infants with complete transposition of the great arteries	Blalock-Hanlon operation at Who Named It?
Blalock–Taussig shunt	Alfred Blalock, Helen B. Taussig	Paediatric surgery	Palliative surgical procedure to treat infants with cyanotic heart defects	Blalock-Taussig operation at Who Named It?
Burrow's triangle excision	Karl August von Burrow	Reconstructive surgery	Triangles of skin adjacent to a sliding flap are excised to facilitate movement of the flap	[1]
Collis gastroplasty	John Leigh Collis, British cardiothoracic surgeon	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Procedure for lengthening oesophagus[2]	COLLIS JL (September 1957). "An operation for hiatus hernia with short oesophagus". Thorax. 12 (3): 181–8. doi:10.1136/thx.12.3.181. PMC 1019207. PMID 13467876.
Dor fundoplication	Dor	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Partial fundoplication with 180° anterior wrap[3]	Dor fundoplication at Medilexicon.com
Finney pyloroplasty	Finney 1902	Upper gastrointestinal surgery
Foley operation	Frederic Foley	Urology	Pyeloplasty performed to treat stricture of the uretero-pelvic junction	Foley's plastic at Who Named It?
Fontan procedure	François Fontan	Pediatric surgery	Palliative procedure used to treat complex congenital heart defects in children	Fontan's operation at Who Named It?
Gavriliu's operation	Dan Gavriliu	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Procedure to replace or bypass the esophagus with part of the stomach	Gavriliu's operation at Who Named It?
Gillies lift	Harold Gillies	Maxillofacial Surgery	Procedure to lift depressed fractured zygoma via temporal approach
Gundersen flap	Trygve Gundersen	Ophthalmology	Procedure to replace a damaged section of cornea with part of the conjunctiva
Hadfield's procedure	Geoffrey John Hadfield	Oncologic Surgery, Breast surgery	Surgical removal (excision) of all lactiferous ducts of the breast for managing duct ectasia.	[1]
Halsted's operation (hernia)	William Stewart Halsted	General surgery	Repair of inguinal hernia[4]	Halsted's operation I at Who Named It?
Halsted's operation (mastectomy)	William Stewart Halsted	Breast surgery	Radical mastectomy for the treatment of breast cancer	Halsted's operation II at Who Named It?
Hartmann's operation	Henri Albert Hartmann	Colorectal surgery	Resection of the rectosigmoid colon with closure of the rectal stump and formation of a colostomy	Hartmann's operation at Who Named It?
Heineke–Mikulicz pyloroplasty	Hermann Heineke, Jan Mikulicz-Radecki	Upper gastrointestinal surgery
Heller myotomy	Ernest Heller	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Procedure in which the lower oesophageal sphincter is cut to allow passage of food into the stomach in patients with achalasia	Heller E (1913). "Extramucose Cardiaplastik beim chronischen Cardiospasmus mit Dilatation des Oesophagus". Mitteil Grenzgeb Med Chir. 27: 141.
Homans operation	John Homans	Vascular surgery	Ligation of the femoral vein to prevent pulmonary embolism in patients with deep venous thrombosis	Homans' operation at Who Named It?
Ivor Lewis oesophagoastrectomy	Ivor Lewis (1895–1982)	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Trans-thoracic removal of the oesophagus and part of the stomach to treat cancer of the oesophagus and gastro-oesophageal junction	T.J. Crofts (October 2000). "Ivor-Lewis oesophagectomy for middle and lower third oesophageal lesions - how we do it". J.R.Coll.Surg.Edinb. 45 (5): 296–303. PMID 11077777. Archived from the original on 2010-04-12. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
Jaboulay's pyloroplasty	Mathieu Jaboulay	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Pyloroplasty by forming a side-to-side gastroduodenal anastomosis	Jaboulay's pyloroplasty at Who Named It?
Jaboulay–Winkelmann operation	Mathieu Jaboulay, Karl Winkelmann (1863 – 1925)	Urology	Excision of tunica vaginalis to treat hydrocele testis	Jabouley–Winkelmann operation at Who Named It?
Kasai procedure	Morio Kasai	Paediatric surgery	A gastrointestinal tract surgery to treat infants with biliary atresia	[5]
Kausch–Whipple procedure	Walther Kausch, Allen Whipple	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Radical pancreaticoduodenectomy used to treat cancer of the head of the pancreas	Kausch–Whipple operation at Who Named It?
Keller's excision arthroplasty	William L. Keller	Orthopaedic surgery	Proximal third of proximal phalanx is excised in Hallux valgus	[1]
Killian's operation	Gustav Killian	Otolaryngology	Operation to treat frontal sinusitis	Killian's operation at Who Named It?
Ladd's procedure	William Ladd	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Done for small intestinal malrotation.	[1]
Lisfranc's amputation	Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin	Orthopaedic surgery	Partial foot amputation through the tarsometatarsal joint	Lisfranc's amputation at Who Named It?
Lord's procedure for haemorrhoids	Peter H. Lord	Colorectal surgery	Digital anal dilatation under general anaesthetic to treat haemorrhoids or anal fissure	Lord's procedure for haemorrhoids at Who Named It?
Lord's procedure for hydrocele	Peter H. Lord	Urology	Incision and eversion of the tunica vaginalis to treat hydrocele testis	Lord's procedure at Who Named It?
Mayo Repair		General Surgery	Repair of Umblical hernia Double breasted (Vast over Trouser)
Miles operation	William Ernest Miles	Colorectal surgery	Abdominoperineal resection of the rectum to treat rectal cancer	Miles'operation at Who Named It?
Mohs surgery	Frederic E. Mohs	Dermatology surgery	Microscopically controlled surgery to treat common skin cancers, most often basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma	MOHS Surgery at Who Named It?
Nissen fundoplication	Rudolph Nissen	Upper gastrointestinal surgery, laparoscopic surgery	Gastric fundus is wrapped fully around the lower oesophagus to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease	Nissen's fundoplication at Who Named It?
Paul's operation	Frank Thomas Paul (1851–1941)	Colorectal surgery	Extra-abdominal resection of colon	[6]
Phemister graft	Dallas B. Phemister	Bone graft	Method of bone graft which uses bone tissue harvested from the patient to treat slow-healing, or delayed union bone fractures.	[7]
Polya gastrectomy	Eugen Pólya	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Partial gastrectomy with posterior gastrojejunostomy, a modification of the Billroth II operation	Polya's operation at Who Named It?
Ramstedt's pyloromyotomy	Wilhelm Ramstedt	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Splits hypertrophic muscle and leaves mucosa intact in Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis	[1]
Roux-en-Y anastomosis	César Roux	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	End-to-side anastomosis between cut end of small bowel and distal small bowel	Roux' operation at Who Named It?
Sistrunk procedure	Walter Sistrunk	Otorhinolaryngology	Surgical management option for thyroglossal cyst. Complete excision of thyroglossal tract with removal of hyoid and suprahyoid tract.	[1]
Smith's operation	Henry Smith	Ophthalmology	Removal of intact immature cataract from within the lens (i.e. intracapsular cataract removal)	Smith's operation at Who Named It?
Syme's amputation	James Syme	Orthopaedic surgery	Amputation of the foot at the ankle with removal of the malleoli	Syme's amputation at Who Named It?
Tommy John surgery	Tommy John	Orthopaedic surgery	Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction	Named after the Major League Baseball pitcher who was the first professional athlete to undergo the procedure, in 1974.[8]
Toupet fundoplication	Andre Toupet	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Fundoplication with 270° posterior wrap	Laparoscopy Hospital article
Trendelenburg's operation[9]	Friedrich Trendelenburg	Cardiothoracic surgery	Pulmonary embolectomy for the treatment of pulmonary embolism	Trendelenburg's operation at Who Named It?
Wertheim's operation[10]	Ernst Wertheim	Gynaecology	Radical abdominal hysterectomy used to treat cervical cancer	Wertheim's operation at Who Named It?
Whipple's procedure	Allen Whipple	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Radical pancreaticoduodenectomy used to treat cancer of the head of the pancreas	Kausch–Whipple operation at Who Named It?

Notes

1. O'Connell, ed. by Norman S. Williams, Christopher J. K. Bulstrode, P. Ronan (2013). Bailey & Love's short practice of surgery (26th ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1444121278.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
2. Often used in conjunction with Nissen or Belsey fundoplication to treat gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
3. The Dor fundoplication may be performed together with the Heller myotomy to reduce the incidence of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease encountered after the Heller myotomy (Richards WO, Torquati A, Holzman MD, et al. (September 2004). "Heller myotomy versus Heller myotomy with Dor fundoplication for achalasia: a prospective randomized double-blind clinical trial". Ann. Surg. 240 (3): 405–12, discussion 412–5. doi:10.1097/01.sla.0000136940.32255.51. PMC 1356431. PMID 15319712.)
4. Technique also developed by Edoardo Bassini during the 1880s
5. Ramachandran, Priya; Safwan, Mohamed; Srinivas, Sankaranarayanan; Shanmugam, Naresh; Vij, Mukul; Rela, Mohamed (2016). "The extended Kasai portoenterostomy for biliary atresia: A preliminary report". Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons. 21 (2): 66–71. doi:10.4103/0971-9261.176941. ISSN 0971-9261. PMC 4790131. PMID 27046977.
6. Corman, Marvin L (1986). "Classic Articles in Colonic and Rectal Surgery: Frank Thomas Paul 1851–1941". Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 29 (2): 149–154. doi:10.1007/BF02555407.
7. Stedman, Thomas Lathrop (2005). Stedman's Medical Eponyms. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 9780781754439.
8. Carroll, Will; Gorman, Thomas (2004-09-22). "Inside Tommy John Surgery: Thirty Years of Fixing Pitchers". Baseball Prospectus. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
9. Described by Trendelenburg in 1908, first performed successfully by Martin Kirschner in 1924
10. Also known as Watkins-Schauta-Wertheim operation, Wertheim-Meigs operation and Wertheim-Schauta operation