Henri Albert Hartmann

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Henri Albert Hartmann (16 June 1860 - 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 the two-stage colectomy he devised for colon cancer and diverticulitis.

[edit] See also

• Hartmann's critical point
• Hartmann's mosquito forceps
• Hartmann's operation
• Hartmann’s pouch

[edit] 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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