Henri Albert Hartmann

Henri Hartmann in 1920

Henri Albert Hartmann (16 June 1860 – 1 January 1952) was a French surgeon. He wrote numerous papers on a wide variety of subjects, ranging from war injuries to shoulder dislocations to gastrointestinal cancer. Hartmann is best known for Hartmann's operation, a two-stage colectomy he devised for colon cancer and diverticulitis.

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References

  • Ronel D, Hardy M (2002). "Henri Albert Hartmann: Labor and discipline". Curr Surg. 59 (1): 59–64. doi:10.1016/S0149-7944(01)00572-4. PMID 16093106.


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