Tadeusz Krwawicz

 ( 1910 Births ) 

Tadeusz Krwawicz (15 January 1910 – 17 August 1988) was a Polish people ophthalmologist. He pioneered the use of cryosurgery in ophthalmology.A . Skłodowska, J. Szaflik. " Tadeusz Krwawicz - Distinguished Ophthalmologist and Polish Scientist (1910-1988) ". Okulistyka. 4/2007. p. 9. . A. Wróbel. Tadeusz Krwawicz (1910-1988) . PAN Lublin.

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Career He was the first to formulate a method of cataract extraction by cryoadhesion in 1961,A. C. B. Moleteno et al. "The 'Wits' Cryophake - a new principle in cryophake design". S.A. Medical Journal. 16 November 1968. p. 1201.S. P. Amoils. "A cryothermic cataract extraction technique". S. A. Medical Journal. 10 September 1966. p. 797.T. Gwilym Davies. "Intracapsular cataract extraction using low temperature". British Journal of Ophthalmology. 49, 137. 1965. p. 137. and to develop a cryogenic probe for removal of cataracts.G. Gorin. History of Ophthalmology. Publish or Perish Inc. 1982. p. 474.

The Tadeusz Krwawicz Gold Medal is awarded by the International Council of Ophthalmology Board every four years. ICO Board Announces 2012 Award Recipients. August 29, 2011. .

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External links

A. Wróbel. [http://www.pan-ol.lublin.pl/biul_1/krwawicz.htm Tadeusz Krwawicz (1910-1988)] . PAN Lublin.
     

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