List of eponymous surgical procedures

Eponymous surgical procedures are generally named after the surgeon or surgeons who performed or reported them first. In some instances they are named after the surgeon who popularised them or refined existing procedures, and occasionally are named after the patient who first underwent the procedure.

Letter	Procedure	Name	Field	Description	External link or reference
A	Anderson-Hynes pyeloplasty		Urology	Dismembered type of pyeloplasty used to treat stricture of the uretero-pelvic junction
B	Bankart repair	Arthur Bankart	Orthopaedic surgery	Procedure to treat recurrent shoulder dislocation by suturing the joint capsule to the glenoid labrum	Bankart's operation at Who Named It?
B	Belsey fundoplication	Ronald Herbert Robert Belsey	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Fundoplication with 240° wrap	Belsey mark iv fundoplication at Medcyclopaedia
B	Billroth's operation I	Theodor Billroth	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Resection of the pyloric antrum and end-to-end anastomosis of the gastric remnant to the duodenum	Billroth's operation I at Who Named It?
B	Billroth's operation II	Theodor Billroth	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Resection of the pyloric antrum and side-to-side anastomosis of the gasstric remnant to the jejunum	Billroth's operation II at Who Named It?
B	Blalock-Hanlon shunt	Alfred Blalock, C. Rollins Hanlon	Paediatric surgery	Palliative atrial septostomy to treat infants with complete transposition of the great arteries	Blalock-Hanlon operation at Who Named It?
B	Blalock-Taussig shunt	Alfred Blalock, Helen B. Taussig	Paediatric surgery	Palliative surgical procedure to treat infants with cyanotic heart defects	Blalock-Taussig operation at Who Named It?
C	Collis gastroplasty	J. Leigh Collis	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Procedure for lengthening oesophagus
D	Dor fundoplication	Dor	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Partial fundoplication with 180° anterior wrap	Dor fundoplication at Medilexicon.com
F	Finney pyloroplasty	Finney 1902	Upper gastrointestinal surgery
F	Foley operation	Frederic Foley	Urology	Pyeloplasty performed to treat stricture of the uretero-pelvic junction	Foley's plastic at Who Named It?
F	Fontan procedure	François Fontan	Pediatric surgery	Palliative procedure used to treat complex congenital heart defects in children	Fontan's operation at Who Named It?
G	Gavriliu's operation	Dan Gavriliu	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Procedure to replace or bypass the esophagus with part of the stomach	Gavriliu's operation at Who Named It?
H	Halsted's operation (hernia)	William Stewart Halsted	General surgery	Repair of inguinal hernia	Halsted's operation I at Who Named It?
H	Halsted's operation (mastectomy)	William Stewart Halsted	Breast surgery	Radical mastectomy for the treatment of breast cancer	Halsted's operation II at Who Named It?
H	Hartmann's operation	Henri Albert Hartmann	Colorectal surgery	Resection of the rectosigmoid colon with closure of the rectal stump and formation of a colostomy	Hartmann's operation at Who Named It?
H	Heineke–Mikulicz pyloroplasty	Hermann Heineke, Jan Mikulicz-Radecki	Upper gastrointestinal surgery
H	Heller myotomy	Ernest Heller	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Procedure in which the lower oesophageal sphincter is cut to allow passage of food into the stomach in patients with achalasia	Heller E (1913). "Extramucose Cardiaplastik beim chronischen Cardiospasmus mit Dilatation des Oesophagus". Mitteil Grenzgeb Med Chir. 27: 141.
H	Homans operation	John Homans	Vascular surgery	Ligation of the femoral vein to prevent pulmonary embolism in patients with deep venous thrombosis	Homans' operation at Who Named It?
I	Ivor Lewis oesophagoastrectomy	Ivor Lewis (1895-1982)	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Trans-thoracic removal of the oesophagus and part of the stomach to treat cancer of the oesophagus and gastro-oesophageal junction
J	Jaboulay's pyloroplasty	Mathieu Jaboulay	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Pyloroplasty by forming a side-to-side gastroduodenal anastomosis	Jaboulay's pyloroplasty at Who Named It?
J	Jaboulay–Winkelmann operation	Mathieu Jaboulay, Karl Winkelmann	Urology	Excision of tunica vaginalis to treat hydrocele testis	Jabouley–Winkelmann operation at Who Named It?
K	Kausch–Whipple procedure	Walther Kausch, Allen Whipple	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Radical pancreaticoduodenectomy used to treat cancer of the head of the pancreas	Kausch–Whipple operation at Who Named It?
K	Killian's operation	Gustav Killian	Otolaryngology	Operation to treat frontal sinusitis	Killian's operation at Who Named It?
L	Lisfranc's amputation	Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin	Orthopaedic surgery	Partial foot amputation through the tarsometatarsal joint	Lisfranc's amputation at Who Named It?
L	Lord's procedure for haemorrhoids	Peter H. Lord	Colorectal surgery	Digital anal dilatation under general anaesthetic to treat haemorrhoids or anal fissure	Lord's procedure for haemorrhoids at Who Named It?
L	Lord's procedure for hydrocele	Peter H. Lord	Urology	Incision and eversion of the tunica vaginalis to treat hydrocele testis	Lord's procedure at Who Named It?
M	Miles operation	William Ernest Miles	Colorectal surgery	Abdominoperineal resection of the rectum to treat rectal cancer	Miles'operation at Who Named It?
N	Nissen fundoplication	Rudolph Nissen	Upper gastrointestinal surgery, laparoscopic surgery	Gastric fundus is wrapped fully around the lower oesophagus to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease	Nissen's fundoplication at Who Named It?
P	Paul's operation	Frank Thomas Paul (1851-1941)	Colorectal surgery	Extra-abdominal resection of colon	Corman, Marvin L. "Classic Articles in Colonic and Rectal Surgery: Frank Thomas Paul 1851–1941". Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 29 (2): 149–154. doi:10.1007/BF02555407. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
P	Polya gastrectomy	Eugen Pólya	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Partial gastrectomy with posterior gastrojejunostomy, a modification of the Billroth II operation	Polya's operation at Who Named It?
R	Roux-en-Y anastomosis	César Roux	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	End-to-end anastomosis between cut end of small bowel and distal small bowel	Roux' operation at Who Named It?
S	Smith's operation	Henry Smith	Ophthalmology	Removal of intact immature cataract from within the lens (i.e. intracapsular cataract removal)	Smith's operation at Who Named It?
S	Syme's amputation	James Syme	Orthopaedic surgery	Amputation of the foot at the ankle with removal of the malleoli	Syme's amputation at Who Named It?
T	Toupet fundoplication		Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Fundoplication with 270° posterior wrap	Laparoscopy Hospital article
T	Trendelenburg's operation	Friedrich Trendelenburg	Cardiothoracic surgery	Pulmonary embolectomy for the treatment of pulmonary embolism	Trendelenburg's operation at Who Named It?
W	Wertheim's operation	Ernest Wertheim	Gynaecology	Radical abdominal hysterectomy used to treat cervical cancer	Wertheim's operation at Who Named It?
W	Whipple's procedure	Allen Whipple	Upper gastrointestinal surgery	Radical pancreaticoduodenectomy used to treat cancer of the head of the pancreas	Kausch–Whipple operation at Who Named It?