Pi·ro·goff's amputation
or Pi*ro*goff amputation n : amputation of the foot through the articulation of the ankle with retention of part of the calcaneus - compare SYME'S AMPUTATION Pirogoff, Nikolai Ivanovich (1810-1881), Russian surgeon. Pirogoff is regarded as the greatest Russian surgeon and as one of the founders of modern surgery. He headed the department of surgery and the surgical clinic at a hospital in St. Petersburg. He also served as a professor of pathological anatomy and for a time as an army field surgeon. He introduced his procedure for the amputation of the foot in 1854.
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