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Erich Lexer (22 May 1867 – 4 December 1937) was a German surgeon born in Freiburg im Breisgau. He studied medicine at the University of Würzburg, afterwards working as an assistant to Friedrich Sigmund Merkel in Göttingen (1891) and to Ernst von Bergmann in Berlin (from 1892). Later on, he was a professor of surgery at Albertina University in Königsberg (1905-1910), Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (1910-1919) and Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (1919-1928). In 1928 he succeeded Ferdinand Sauerbruch at the university clinic in Munich (1928-1936).〔(NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie ) (biography in German).〕 He is remembered for his introduction of surgical techniques associaed with plastic and cosmetic surgery. He is credited for his pioneer research of forehead lift surgery as a means to lessen the signs of aging in the upper part of the face.〔(NCBI, The forehead lift. A review ) Arch Otolaryngol. 1985 May;111(5):325-9.〕 In 1921 he pioneered a technique for mammaplastic surgery, a procedure that later became popular in the 1950s. Lexer is also credited as the first physician to advocate subcutaneous mastectomy for treatment of fibrocystic breast disease.〔(NCBI, Erich Lexer's mammaplasty ) Aesthetic Plast Surg. 1992 Spring;16(2):101-7.〕 Today, the Erich Lexer Clinic for Aesthetic-Plastic Surgery at the Freiburg Medical Centre is named in his honor.〔(Erich Lexer Klinik )〕 == Published works == He was the author of a popular surgical textbook, "''Lehrbuch der allgemeinen Chirurgie''". First published in 1904, it was issued over numerous editions and also translated into English. Other writings by Lexer include: * ''Die Ätiologie und Die Mikro-organismen Der Akuten Osteomyelitis'', 1897 – The etiology and the micro-organisms associated with acute osteomyelitis. * ''Untersuchungen über Knochenarterien'', 1904. * ''Die freien Transplantationen'', 1924 – The "free" transplantation. * ''Die gesamte Wiederherstellungschirurgie'', 1931 – The total reconstructive surgery.〔(Google Search ) published works〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Erich Lexer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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