Albert Narath (13 September 1864,

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– 15 August 1924,

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) was an Austrian

surgeon In modern medicine, a surgeon is a medical professional who performs surgery. Although there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern surgeon usually is also a licensed physician or received the same medical training as ...

and anatomist. He was an assistant of Theodor Billroth (1829-1894) at the

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, and from 1896 to 1906 was a professor of surgery at

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. In 1906 he succeeded

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(1842-1916) as chair of surgery at the

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surgical clinic. He resigned this position in 1910 due to health reasons, but continued to contribute articles to scientific publications during the ensuing years. Narath made contributions in his studies involving the structure of bronchial systems, as well as in investigations of

hernia A hernia is the abnormal exit of tissue or an organ (anatomy), organ, such as the bowel, through the wall of the cavity in which it normally resides. Various types of hernias can occur, most commonly involving the abdomen, and specifically the gr ...

s. His name is lent to "Narath’s

femoral hernia Femoral hernias occur just below the inguinal ligament, when abdominal contents pass through a naturally occurring weakness in the abdominal wall called the femoral canal. Femoral hernias are a relatively uncommon type, accounting for only 3% of ...

" (prevascular hernia), being described as a hernia behind the femoral vessels that is due to displacement of the psoas muscle in patients with

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.Google Books
Essentials Of Abdominal Wall Hernias By V. K. Nigam, S. Nigam Narath was the author of papers on

varicocele varicocele is an abnormal enlargement of the pampiniform venous plexus in the scrotum. This plexus of veins drains blood from the testicles back to the heart. The vessels originate in the abdomen and course down through the inguinal canal as part ...

surgery,

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parotid, retroperitoneal lymph cysts and omentum-plasty, to name a few.

References

University Clinic of Heidelberg
(biography) *

External links

Surgery in Austria
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