List of eponymous medical treatments
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Eponymous medical treatments are generally named after the physician or surgeon who described the treatment.
Letter | Treatment | Name | Specialty | Description | Reference/External link |
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B | Brandt–Daroff manoeuvre | Thomas Brandt, Robert B. Daroff | Otolaryngology | Exercises used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo | Brandt–Daroff manoeuvre at Who Named It? |
C | Carrel–Dakin treatment | Alexis Carrel, Henry Drysdale Dakin | General surgery | Irrigation of wounds with the antiseptic Dakin's solution (no longer used) | Carrel–Dakin treatment at Who Named It? |
E | Epley's manoeuvre | John Epley | Otolaryngology | Manoeuvre used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Citation/CS1/Suggestions' not found. |
H | Heimlich manoeuvre | Henry Heimlich | Emergency medicine | Abdominal thrust used to clear airway obstruction by foreign body | Heimlich's manoeuvre at Who Named It? |
K | Kocher's method | Emil Theodor Kocher | Orthopaedics | Method used to reduce dislocated shoulders | Kocher's method III at Who Named It? |
M | Mitchell's rest cure | Silas Weir Mitchell | Psychiatry | Treatment involving bed rest for anxiety disorders | Mitchell's rest cure at Who Named It? |
O | Ochsner–Sherren treatment | Albert John Ochsner, James Sherren | General surgery | Conservative (i.e. non-operative) management of appendicitis (no longer used) | Ochsner–Sherren treatment at Who Named It? |
P | Pasteur's treatment | Louis Pasteur | Virology | Daily inoculations of suspensions of partially inactivated rabies, used to treat or prevent rabies (no longer used) | Pasteur's treatment at Who Named It? |
P | Plummer treatment | Henry Stanley Plummer | Endocrinology | Use of iodine for the treatment of hyperthyroidism | Plummer treatment at Who Named It? |
S | Semont manoeuvre | A Semont | Otolaryngology | Manoeuvre used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo | Semont A, Freyss G, Vitte E (1988). "Curing the BPPV with a liberatory maneuver". Adv. Otorhinolaryngol. 42: 290–3. PMID 3213745. |
S | Sippy diet | Bertram Sippy | Gastroenterology | Diet of milk and antacid powders to treat gastric ulcer (no longer used) | Sippy diet at Who Named It? |
S | Stroganoff' method | Vasilii Vasilovich Stroganoff | Obstetrics | Treatment of eclampsia with morphine, chloral hydrate, quiet and rapid delivery (obsolete term) | Stroganoff's method at Who Named It? |
W | Wagner–Jauregg treatment | Julius Wagner Jauregg | Infectious diseases | Treatment of general paresis of the insane by infecting the patient with malaria | Wagner–Jauregg therapy at Who Named It? |
Y | Yeo's treatment | Isaac Burney Yeo | Bariatrics | Treatment of obesity using hot drinks and carbohydrate avoidance | Yeo's treatment at Who Named It? |