The Greek Surgeon-Gynecologist Savvas Georgiadis (1857-1942) and the First Vaginal Reconstruction in Smyrna. (October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vladimiros, Lazaros; Tsoucalas, Gregory; Thomaidis, Vasilios; Kakagia, Despoina
• Is Part Of: Surgical innovation. Volume 26:Number 5(2019)
• Page Start: 630
• Page End: 632
• Publication Date: 2019-10
• Subjects: plastic surgery -- hematocolpos -- neovagina -- Agios Charalampos Hospital of Smyrna; Surgery, Operative -- Periodicals; Endoscopic surgery -- Periodicals; Laparoscopic surgery -- Periodicals; Surgical Procedures, Operative -- Periodicals; Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive -- Periodicals; Diffusion of Innovation -- Periodicals; Chirurgie opératoire -- Périodiques; Chirurgie endoscopique -- Périodiques; Chirurgie laparoscopique -- Périodiques; 617.91
• DOI: 10.1177/1553350619842760
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1553-3506

Abstract

The Greek surgeon-gynecologist Savvas Georgiadis from Phocaea in Asia Minor had performed in 1897 an innovative surgical operation in a young female patient, reconstructing her vagina. Having been educated both in Greece and France, specialized in gynecology, he became a famous surgeon in the Hellenic Hospital of Smyrna "Agios Charalampos, " where the operation was masterfully executed. Although among the pioneers in neovagina techniques, Georgiadis still is searching his place among the important figures in the history of plastic surgery.