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Dan Gavriliu
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Dan Gavriliu (April 26, 1915 in Brăila — November 4, 2012)[1] was a Romanian surgeon who performed the first total surgical replacement of the human esophagus, using sections of stomach to bypass damaged or deformed tissue.[2]
Gavriliu first performed the operation on April 20, 1951;[3] it was the first successful replacement of a human organ. After describing his procedure in the scientific literature,[4] however, Gavriliu did not write extensively about his research, as he could not afford to pay the publication fees.[5]
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Honors
Gavriliu was made a Knight-Cavalier of the Italian Republic and an emeritus member of the International Society of Surgery in 1983.[6] In 1985 he was inducted into the Académie Nationale de Médecine.[7]
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