Friedrich Paul Reichel (born 23 December 1858 in Breslau, died December 1934) was a German

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 ...

. 1881 - 1885: Assistant (Breslau - Surgery - Fischer) 1882: Doctor of medicine 1885 - 1888: Assistant ( Berlin -

Gynecology Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) is the area of medicine that involves the treatment of women's diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, forming the combined are ...

Karl Ludwig Ernst Schroeder Karl Ludwig Ernst Friedrich Schroeder (11 September 1838, Neustrelitz – 7 February 1887, Berlin) was a German gynecologist . He studied medicine at the Universities of Würzburg and Rostock. He earned his doctorate in 1864, subsequently serving ...

and Robert Michel von Olshausen) 1888 - 1892: Assistant ( Würzburg - Surgery -

Karl Wilhelm Ernst Joachim Schönborn Karl Wilhelm Ernst Joachim Schönborn (May 8, 1840 – 1906) was a German surgeon who was a native of Breslau. He studied medicine at the Universities of Breslau, Heidelberg, Göttingen and Berlin, receiving his medical doctorate in 1863. ...

) 1889: Habilitation in Surgery 1896: Moved to Breslau

Medical Progress Related

Reichel-Polya Operation A gastrectomy is a partial or total surgical removal of the stomach. Indications Gastrectomies are performed to treat stomach cancer and perforations of the stomach wall. In severe duodenal ulcers it may be necessary to remove the lower porti ...

: Type of posterior

gastroenterostomy A gastroenterostomy is the surgical creation of a connection between the stomach and the jejunum. The operation can sometimes be performed at the same time as a partial gastrectomy (the removal of part of the stomach). Gastroenterostomy was in the ...

that is a modification of the

Billroth II operation Billroth II, more formally Billroth's operation II, is an operation in which a partial gastrectomy (removal of the stomach) is performed and the cut end of the stomach is closed. The greater curvature of the stomach (not involved with the previo ...

. Named with Hungarian surgeon,

Eugen Pólya Jenő Sándor Pólya, german: Eugen Alexander Pólya, hu, Pólya (Pollák) Jenő Sándor (April 30, 1876 – 1944) was a Hungarian surgeon who was a native of Budapest. He was the brother of George Pólya (1887–1985), who was a professor of m ...

(1876-1944) * Reichel's syndrome: Also known as

synovial osteochondromatosis Synovial osteochondromatosis (SOC) (synonyms include synovial chondromatosis, primary synovial chondromatosis, synovial chondrometaplasia) is a rare disease that creates a benign change or proliferation in the synovium or joint-lining tissue, which ...

References

Reference M.D., definition of eponym
German surgeons Physicians from Wrocław 1858 births 1934 deaths People from the Province of Silesia {{Germany-med-bio-stub