Carl Gussenbauer

Carl Gussenbauer in 1902
Gussenbauer memorial in Obervellach

Carl Gussenbauer (October 30, 1842 - June 19, 1903) was an Austrian surgeon.

Biography

Gussenbauer was a native of Obervellach. He received his medical doctorate from the University of Vienna in 1867, and was later a professor in Liège, Prague and Vienna. After graduation he was an assistant to Theodor Billroth in Vienna, and in 1894 returned to Vienna and succeeded Billroth as director of the second surgical university clinic.

Gussenbauer was a pioneer of modern pancreatic surgery. In 1882 he performed the first successful operation of a pancreatic cyst via the external drainage technique that he developed. Prior to Gussenbauer's method, attempts at pancreatic surgery yielded negative results. Gussenbauer's external drainage procedure represented the first safe and effective solution for pancreatic cysts, and was widely used until the 1950s.

Following Billroth's first successful laryngectomy on December 31, 1873, Gussenbauer created an external vocal prosthesis (artificial larynx) for the patient. It was a mechanism with a vibrating reed that was inserted into a fistula from a tracheostomy tube to the pharynx. It was reported that the patient spoke with an intelligible voice.

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