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Govert Bidloo (1649–1713) and the first description of lipomyelomeningocele

Authors: R. Shane Tubbs, Phillip Cezayirli, William T. Blackerby, Mohammadali M. Shoja, Marios Loukas, W. Jerry Oakes

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 8/2013

Abstract

Introduction

Govert Bidloo was a Dutch anatomist and royal physician who lived during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Most remembered for his anatomy text and feud with contemporary William Cowper, Bidloo’s surgical text appears to describe the first case of what is now known as a lipomyelomeningocele.

Methods

The authors review the life of Bidloo and his description of this pathologic entity.

Conclusions

Govert Bidloo appears to have described a lipomyelomeningocele almost 200 years before the description often mentioned as the sentinel paper on this topic.

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Title: Govert Bidloo (1649–1713) and the first description of lipomyelomeningocele
Authors: R. Shane Tubbs
Phillip Cezayirli
William T. Blackerby
Mohammadali M. Shoja
Marios Loukas
W. Jerry Oakes
Publication date: 01-08-2013
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Child's Nervous System / Issue 8/2013
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-013-2108-6

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Govert Bidloo (1649–1713) and the first description of lipomyelomeningocele

Abstract

Introduction

Methods

Conclusions

At a glance: The STEP trials

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Abstract

Introduction

Methods

Conclusions

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