the first successful open heart surgery was performed in 1956.
the first successful open heart surgery was performed in 1956.
when was the first successful open heart surgery performed?
1956
in 1951, doctors conrad lam and edward munnell developed a technique for the correction of mitral valve stenosis, using a special six-finger glove with a knife attached to the sixth mid-palm finger. in 1952, henry ford hospital vascular surgeon, doctor d. emerick szilagyi, performed one of the world's first grafts of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. in 1956, henry ford hospital cardiothoracic surgeon dr. conrad lam performed the first successful open heart surgery in michigan using the heart-lung machine on 15 month old kathleen mcquillen. that same year, henry ford's dr. james barron developed the barron food pump, a device used to deliver pureed food through a small nasal gastric tube.
henry ford hospital
bullet::::- 1925. the first open heart surgery by english surgeon henry souttar.









































bullet::::- 1929. werner forssmann performed the first cardiac catheterization, on himself.









































bullet::::- 1931. the first sex reassignment surgery.









































bullet::::- 1940. the first successful metallic hip replacement surgery.









































bullet::::- 1948. the first successful open heart surgery operations since 1925.









































bullet::::- 1952. the first successful open heart surgery using hypothermia.









































bullet::::- 1953. the first carotid endarterectomy.









































bullet::::- 1954. the first kidney transplant.









































bullet::::- 1955. the first artificial cardiac pacemaker.









































bullet::::- 1955. the first separation operation for conjoined twins.









































bullet::::- 1961. the cochlear implant was invented by william f. house.
history of surgery