Alexandru Tzaicu
Alexandru Tzaicu (22 April 1883 – 7 February 1958) was a Romanian surgeon known for being the first surgeon to have Self-surgery, self-operated an inguinal hernia. Biography Alexandru Tzaicu attended high school and medical studies in Iași, being a scholar of the Adamachi Fund of the Romanian Academy. In 1909, in order to demonstrate the qualities of the spinal anaesthesia method developed by the surgeons Thoma Ionescu and Amza Jianu, Tzaicu performed an inguinal hernia Self-surgery, self-operation. This surgical intervention was described in paper and later allowed him to get a doctorate in surgery. Tzaicu self-operated his left groin, being the first self-intervention of this kind in the world (the next "first" being the American surgeon Evan O'Neill Kane who performed in 1921 self-surgery for appendicitis under local anesthetic with novocaine). The surgery was performed in a sitting position, Tzaicu being assisted by Ernest Juvara, a professor of surgical anatomy at the Iași ...
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Bivolari
Bivolari is a commune in Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Bivolari, Buruienești, Soloneț, Tabăra and Traian. Natives *Vlad Neculau Vlad Neculau (born 7 January 1998) is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a flanker for professional SuperLiga club Timișoara Saracens. Club career Vlad Neculau started playing rugby as a youth for a school based local Romanian club, C ... * Alexandru Tzaicu References {{Iaşi County Communes in Iași County Localities in Western Moldavia Populated places on the Prut ...
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