World journal of urology
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World journal of urology · Feb 2008
Biography Historical ArticleJohann Anton von Mikulicz-Radecki (1850-1905)--a pioneer of gastroscopy and modern surgery: his credit to urology.
The author presents the life and achievements of Johann von Mikulicz-Radecki and his contribution to European and world surgery. Mikulicz was born in Czernowitz, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was educated in numerous Austrian schools and graduated at Vienna University in 1875. ⋯ Besides his many contributions to general, gastrointestinal and thoracic surgery Mikulicz devoted himself also to urological surgery. He performed ureterointestinal anastomosis and the first ileocystoplasty on a patient suffering from extrophy of the bladder. He died prematurely at the age of 55 in Breslau.