In memory of Vladimir Mikhailovich Mysh (1873-1947) – a prominent surgeon, humanist and urologist


DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/urology.2020.6.162-165

T.Sh. Morgoshiia, N.A. Syroezhin, V.D. Kalashnikov

1) Saint Petersburg Clinical Hospital of Russian Academy of Sciences (chief – O.L. Chagunava), Saint Petersburg, Russia; 2) Research and Clinical Institute for Pediatrics named after Academician Yuri Veltischev of the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Russian Ministry of Healthcare of Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia; 3) FGBOU VO «Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg, Russia
There is a mention in the article that V.M. Mysh has published more than 130 scientific papers, including manuals and monographs, on abdominal and thoracic surgery, oncology, urology, bone and joint diseases, general and plastic surgery. It is shown that in 1912, he was the first in our country to perform radical procedures for hepatic alveolar hydatid cysts caused by Echinococcus and a two-stage transvesical simple prostatectomy for benign prostatic hyperplasia. V.M. Mysh suggested a number of original procedures, including modified ureteral transplantation, plastic interventions for treating phimosis, restoration of mobility of the mandibular joint in bilateral bone ankylosed joint, etc. Vladimir Mikhailovich, being one of the founders of the Siberian school of urology, as well as a mentor and teacher of outstanding clinicians, is worthily recognized as one of the patriarchs of Russian surgery.
Keywords: V.M. Mysh, biography, surgery, urology, liver echinococcosis, transvesical simple prostatectomy, ureteral transplantation, treatment of phimosis

About the Autors


Corresponding author: T.Sh. Morgoshiia – Ph.D., surgeon and oncologist at the Surgical Department of Saint Petersburg Clinical Hospital of Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia; e-mail: temom1972@mail.ru


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