On the development of artery aneurysm surgery in Russia in the XIX century (based on thematerials of the medical newspaper “Friend оf Health”, published from 1833 to 1869)

Arterial aneurysm in Russia in the nineteenth century was diagnosed quite successfully, but operations with this vascular lesion were isolated. Only 15 (2%) out of 197 reports were devoted to the description of clinical observations and surgical treatment of this disease in the newspaper 'Friend of Health', which may indicate both the difficulties of diagnosis and the high risk of aneurysm surgery. During these years, for the first time in Russia, an aneurysm of the unnamed artery was described (I.V. Buyalsky, 1833, 1834) and an aneurysm of the ascending aorta (K.I. Groom, 1842), a method of ligation of the abdominal aorta in an aneurysm of the iliac artery in an experiment (N.I. Pirogov, 1839). Operations for aneurysms performed after the discovery of anesthesia (1847) and before the introduction of antiseptics (1867) included ligation of arteries according to the methods of Antill, Filagrius, P. Brazdor, J. Gunther.