Surgery

By michaelarnold95
  • 3300 BCE

    First surgery

    First surgery
    The very first surgery was a leg amputation, this started surgical procedures a long time ago. This was 31000 years ago. (date is approximate)

  • The first blood transfusion

    The first blood transfusion
    The very first transfusion of blood was performed leading surgery to be easier to handle blood loss.

  • Anesthesia first used

    Anesthesia first used
    John Collins Warren first used anesthesia while extracting a tooth.

  • Antiseptic Surgery

    Antiseptic Surgery
    Joseph Lister used carbonic acid as sterilization to prevent asepsis.

  • First brain tumor removal

    First brain tumor removal
    William Macewen performed the first brain tumor removal.

  • Coronary artery bypass

    Coronary artery bypass
    (moving to 75 years )
    Robert Goetz performed the first coronary heart bypass this was groundbreaking cardiac surgery.

  • First heart transplant

    First heart transplant
    Louis Washkansky was terminally ill and recieved a heart transplant.

  • Heart-Lung transplant

    Heart-Lung transplant
    The girl only survived 14 hours but proved the surgery could potentially work.

  • First robotic assisted surgery

    First robotic assisted surgery
    Arthobot was used to assist is surgery opening a gateway to advanced robotic surgery.

  • Da Vinci surgical robot

    Da Vinci surgical robot
    The device was proved safe by the FDA.

  • Self contained heart

    Self contained heart
    The very first self-sustaining artificial heart was AbioCor.

  • First virtual surgery

    First virtual surgery
    The very first virtual reality surgery for students was invented.