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Feng You-xian 冯友贤
Born
China
Known forInvention of silk vascular prosthesis Vascular surgery

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Feng You-xian 冯友贤 was a famous vascular surgeon, he pioneered and headed the department of vascular surgery in Shanghai First Medical College of Chong Shan Hospital 中山医院, the most prestigious teaching hospital in the People’s Republic of China.


In the 1950s, Dr Feng developed the first silk graft in Shanghai. In 1957, he performed using the silk graft for a lower limb aneurysm operation on a patient. It was reported to be a landmark  success in the history of medicine since the establishment of the PRC in 1949.


He wrote the first textbook on the subject of vascular surgery published in 1980 by Shanghai Kexue Jishu Chubanshe 上海科学技术出版社.[4]

References

  1. ^ Wan, Song; Yim, Anthony P.C (December 2003). "The evolution of cardiovascular surgery in China". The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 76 (6): 2147–2155. doi:10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00837-3.
  2. ^ Li, Hai‐Lei; Chan, Yiu Che; Cheng, Stephen W. (May 2023). "Vascular training and sub‐specialization in mainland China". Surgical Practice. 27 (2): 85–87. doi:10.1111/1744-1633.12627. ISSN 1744-1625.
  3. ^ Basir, Amir; Loncq de Jong, Mylène; Gründeman, Paul F.; van Herwaarden, Joost A.; Kluin, Jolanda; Moll, Frans L. (October 2020). "The early days of vascular and heart valve prostheses: a historical review". The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery. 61 (5): 528–537. doi:10.23736/S0021-9509.19.11011-7. ISSN 1827-191X. PMID 31486614.
  4. ^ Feng, You-xian (1980). Vascular Surgery (1st ed.). PRC: Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers.