Walter E. Dandy: his contributions to pituitary surgery in the context of the overall Johns Hopkins Hospital experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Walter E. Dandy (1886-1946) was an outstanding neurosurgeon who spent his entire career at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. After graduating from medical school in 1910, he completed a research fellowship in the Hunterian laboratory with Harvey Cushing and then joined the Department of Surgery as resident, rising to the rank professor in 1931. Dandy made several contributions that helped building the neurosurgical specialty, most famously the introduction of pneumo-ventriculography to image brain lesions for which he received a Nobel prize nomination. He also performed many pituitary surgeries, although his role in this area is less known and overshadowed by that of Cushing's.

Purpose

This retrospective cohort study was designed to unveil Dandy's pituitary work and pla

SUBMITTER: Corsello A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5893136 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature