Selman Uranues

Selman Uranues is an Austrian physician and professor of surgery at the Medical University of Graz. He is known for his work in the fields of minimally invasive surgery, spleen-, gastrointestinal- and acute surgery and visceral traumatology.

Biography

Selman Uranues received his degree in 1981 from the Medical University of Graz and board certification in surgery in 1988. Upon acceptance of his postgraduate thesis he advanced to the rank of lecturer in general surgery at the same institution in 1990, and then to professor of surgery in 1996. In that same year, he was named director of the Section for Surgical Research.

He has held visiting professorships in surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia USA, at the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, USA, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA, John Hunter Hospital of the University of Newcastle, Australiachirurgiezentrum.at
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Scientific contribution

Selman Uranues has acquired an international reputation on the basis of his work in minimally invasive surgery, visceral traumatology and acute surgery. His early interest in surgical research coincided with the introduction of laparoscopy and minimally invasive surgery. Based on his experimental studies and on the growing demand for clinical application of ever smaller instruments and sophisticated techniques, including virtual reality and robotics, of which he was an earl proponent, he played a leading role in the development of this field.S. Uranues: ''From blackboard to whiteboard: The old style of classroom education is dead.'' In: R. Latifi (Hrsg.): ''Establishing telemedicine in developing countries: From inception to implementation.'' IOS Press, Amsterdam 2004, .S. Uranues, H. Mächler, P. Bergmann, St. Huber, G. Hoebarth, J. Pfeifer, B. Rigler, K. H. Tscheliessnigg, H. J. Mischinger: ''Early experience with telemanipulative abdominal and cardiac surgery with the Zeus robotic system.'' In: ''European Surgery (ACA).'' 2002(34), S. 190–193.G. Hoebarth, Q. Xia, L. Kronberger, G. Bretthauer, S. Uranues: ''Virtual Reality in der Ausbildung der Laparoskopischen Chirurgie.'' In: ''Eur Surg.'' 2001; 33(175), S. 364 - Chirurgenkongress 2001; JUN 14-16, 2001; Graz, AUSTRIA. He has since gone on to advanced work in reduced port and endoscopic surgery,S. Uranüs, Z. Peng, L. Kronberger, J. Pfeifer, B. Salehi: ''Laparoscopic cholecystectomy using 2-mm instruments.'' In: ''J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A.'' 1998; 8(5), S. 255–259.S. Uranues, G. Tomasch, D. Nagele-Moser: ''Technique and outcome of 2 mm needlescopic cholecystectomy.''(*) In: ''EUR SURG.'' 2011; 43(6), S. 374–377.S. Uranues: ''Laparoscopic Techniques in the Repair of Large Defects.'' In: R. Latifi (Hrsg.): ''Surgery of Complex Abdominal Wall Defects.'' Springer Science+Business Media, New York 2013, S. 167–172. where there is enormous potential for future reduction of surgical trauma. He was one of the first to advocate the preservation of the spleen in trauma cases.S. Uranues, L. Kronberger: ''Therapie der Milzverletzungen.'' In: ''ACTA CHIR AUST.'' 1989;(3), S. 236.S. Uranues, L. Kronberger, A. Beham, W. Stenzl: ''Anwendung des TA-Staplers in der Milzchirurgie.'' In: ''Langenbecks Arch Chir.'' 1989. Suppl. II, S. 399ff.J. Fruhwirth, S. Uranues, L. Kronberger: ''Milzerhaltung im Experiment - partielle Splenektomie mit dem TA-Stapler.'' In: ''ACTA CHIR AUST.'' 1988; (3), S. 348.S. Uranues: ''Orthotope Milzerhaltung unter Anwendung des TA-Staplers und der Kunststoffnetz-Splenorrhaphie.'' In: ''Langenbecks Arch Chir.'' 1990.

In this context, he played a pioneering role in developing laparoscopic techniques to preserve the spleen and pancreas, publishing one of the first papers on laparoscopic partial removal of the pancreas preserving the spleen and essential blood vessels.S. Uranues, O. Alimoglu: ''Laparoscopic surgery of the spleen.'' In: ''SURG CLIN N AMER.'' 2005; 85(1)S. 75-90.S. Uranues: ''Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery - NOTES.'' In: ''Minimal Invasive Chirurgie.'' 2007; 16(4), S. 233–236.S. Uranues: ''Laparoscopic surgery in upper gastrintestinal tract. Progress in surgical techniques in digestive system neoplasms.'' 2013; -Gong Ji Surgery Forum; OCT 27, 2013; Shanghai, CHINA.S. Uranues, O. Alimoglu, B. Todoric, N. Toprak, T. Auer, L. Rondon, G. Sauseng, J. Pfeifer: ''Laparoscopic resection of the pancreatic tail with splenic preservation.'' In: ''Am J Surg.'' 2006; 192(2), S. 257–261.S. Uranues, B. Salehi, P. Kornprat, B: Todoric: ''Technique of laparoscopic left pancreatic resection preserving the splenic vessels.'' In: ''European Surgery (ACA).'' 2006; 38(6), S. 191–196. Other scientific work focuses on the application of laparoscopy in diagnostics and the therapy of reflux surgery.

Honors and awards

* 1990 Science Prize of the ''Steirische Ärztekammer''
* 1991 Science Prize of the ''Steirische Ärztekammer''
* 2008 3rd place of "ebiz e-government award 2008 Steiermark" for the project "Virtual surgery techniques in surgery", Graz
* 2012 Innovation prize of the ''Familie Klee Stiftung'', Frankfurt, Germany
* 2014 Honorary doctorate from the University of Bucharestyoutube.com
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* 2014 Visiting Professor Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Affiliated First People's Hospital

Publications

Books

* with Hans-Jörg Oestern, Otmar Trentz: ''Head, thoracic, abdominal and vascular injuries.'' Band 1, Springer, Heidelberg u. a. 2011.
* with Hans-Jörg Oestern, Otmar Trentz: ''General Trauma Care and Related Aspects.'' Band 2, Springer, Heidelberg u.a. 2014.
* with Hans-Jörg Oestern, Otmar Trentz: ''Bone and Joint Injuries.'' Band 3, Springer, Heidelberg u. a. 2014.

External links

Interview with Prof. Uranues after receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Bucharest, Romania 2014

References

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21st-century Austrian physicians
Austrian surgeons
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)