Billroth-II

Billroth II is a surgeon who made a significant contribution to the development of surgery. He was born in Austria in 1829 and died in 1903. Billroth was famous for his work on intestinal amputation and the creation of an artificial food canal by creating an artificial esophagus from the small intestine.

Billroth was educated at the University of Vienna and after graduation worked in various hospitals in Budapest and Vienna. In 1870 he moved to Berlin, where he became a professor of surgery at the Friedrich Wilhelm II University, and a few years later took German citizenship. In Berlin, Billroth made many important discoveries in the field of surgical operations, including liver transplants and the creation of an artificial food canal.

One of Billroth's most famous methods is the creation of an artificial food tract for those who have undergone gastric or intestinal surgery. This method is also known as colopexy. The essence of the method is that part