Arthur Bankart
Arthur Bankart | |
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| Born | 1879 |
| Died | 1951 |
| Known for | Bankart lesion, Bankart repair |
Arthur Sidney Blundell Bankart
orthopaedic surgeon best known for describing the Bankart lesion and Bankart repair for shoulder dislocation
.
Biography
Bankart was born in
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1909, and Master of Surgery in 1910.[2]
In 1909 he became the first surgical registrar at the newly established
orthopaedic surgeon to the Middlesex Hospital, and also performed many of the neurosurgical operations carried out there. He was one of the first surgeons in the United Kingdom to perform lateral cordotomy for pain relief.[3]
During the
Second World War he worked at Mount Vernon Hospital. He retired in 1944, but continued working until his death on 8 April 1951, after a full day of operating at Mount Vernon Hospital.[3]
Legacy
Bankart is remembered for developing a precise and fast surgical technique after studying under
Arbuthnot-Lane. He would tell his students that during his time at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital he would discharge the old patients when the senior surgeons went on summer holiday, and would then admit new patients on whom he would operate.[2]
Bankart described the
shoulder dislocation in 1923,[4] and again in 1938.[5] Although this procedure was described by Perthes in 1906,[6] Bankart is credited with popularizing the technique.[3] Thus the terms Bankart lesion and Bankart Operation
remain in use.
References
- ^ "Bankart, Arthur Sydney Blundell (BNKT898AS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-85233-786-5
- ^ a b c d Arthur Bankart at Who Named It
- shoulder-joint. Br Med J 1923; 2: 1132-3
- ^ Bankart ASB. The pathology and treatment of recurrent dislocation of the shoulder. Br J Surg 26: 23-39
- ^ Perthes G. Über Operationen bei habitueller Schulterluxation. Deutsche Zeitschrift für Chirurgie, Leipzig, 1906, 85: 199-227
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