Arne Torkildsen (14 September 1899 – 7 March 1968) was a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

neurosurgeon Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty concerned with the surgical treatment of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord and peri ...

. He described the surgical technique of ventriculocisternostomy (lateral ventricle to cisterna magna,; a predecessor of today's endoscopic third

ventriculostomy Ventriculostomy is a neurosurgical procedure that involves creating a hole (stoma) within a cerebral ventricle for drainage. It is most commonly performed on those with hydrocephalus. It is done by surgically penetrating the skull, dura mater, an ...

), which is also called "Torkildsen's operation".

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Skeletons in the cupboard: the University of Oslo and Arne Torkildsen's academic career.
- biographic article in the

Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association The ''Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association'' ( no, Tidsskrift for den Norske Legeforening) is a biweekly peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Norwegian Medical Association. It was established in 1881, five years before the Norweg ...

. Norwegian neurosurgeons 1899 births 1968 deaths 20th-century surgeons {{Norway-med-bio-stub