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Sir Peter Freyer: the man who gave the world prostatectomy
Author(s) -
Goddard Jonathan Charles,
Dinneen Michael D
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
trends in urology and men's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2044-3749
pISSN - 2044-3730
DOI - 10.1002/tre.770
Subject(s) - prostatectomy , medicine , general surgery , prostate , cancer
Sir Peter Johnston Freyer transformed many men's lives performing the procedure that bears his name and demonstrated that prostatectomy could be done with few complications and a low mortality rate. Here the authors provides some insight into the career of this gifted urological surgeon who completed almost 1700 prostatectomies.