Ludwik Antoni Rydygier (1850 to 1920) was a Polish surgeon, professor of medicine, rector of the University of Lwów and brigadier general of the Polish Army. Born near Grudziądz in the Prussian Partition of Poland, he studied medicine at Greifswald, ran a private clinic in Chełmno and later led the surgery faculty and clinic at Lwów University. In 1880 he performed the first removal of the pylorus for stomach cancer in Poland and the second in the world, and in 1881 he carried out the first peptic ulcer resection. He introduced gastroenterostomy for ulcer treatment in 1884, organised the first surgical conference in Poland in 1889, and was rector of Lwów University in 1901 and 1902. He died in 1920.
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Ludwik Antoni Rydygier (21 August 1850
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25 June 1920) was a Polish surgeon
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was a Polish surgeon, professor of medicine
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In 1881, as the first in the world, he carried out a peptic ulcer resection.
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was a Polish surgeon, professor of medicine
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