Doctor who dissected his own

In a way, the doctor performed the surgery 'supermarket'. A doctor stationed in the Antarctic expedition in 1961 to do his own appendix operation. Options that he took because of the difficulty of the situation. The worsening weather made it difficult to contact his help, while he was the only doctor there. Fever and pain in the lower right abdomen makes forced to make an appendix operation on himself.





Assisted by a team of colleagues, an engineer and a meteorologist, at night he dissected his own, with local anesthesia and medical devices in the post. He made an incision along the 12 cm, injecting antibiotics into the abdominal cavity itself, and remove the inflamed appendix. The doctor paused for a moment after about 30 minutes of surgery because he felt dizzy and faint-penghliatannya same. And after that he went back operations. The operation lasted about 1 hour. The doctor Russian nationals were also recovered in 5 days, and the next 2 days opersinya stitches removed.