JM Cruse, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
RE Lewis, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002384
1873–1944 French surgeonwho successfully joined blood vessels by end-to-end anastomosis with triangulation sutures, thereby permitting the rapid reestablishment of blood circulation to a transplanted organ.
Keywords: vascular anastomosis; organ transplantation; tissue culture; carrel flask
| Further Reading | |
| Carrel A (1911) Rejuvenation of cultures of tissues. Journal of the American Medical Association 57: 1611. | |
| Carrel A (1902) La technique operatoire des anastomoses vasculaires et la transplantation des viscères. Lyon Médecine 98: 859–864. | |
| Carrel A (1907) The surgery of blood vessels. Johns Hopkins Hospital Bulletin 18: 18–28. | |
| Carrel A (1908a) Results of the transplantation of blood vessels, organs and limbs. Journal of the American Medical Association 51: 1662–1667. | |
| Carrel A (1908b) Transplantation in mass of the kidneys. Journal of Experimental Medicine 10: 98–140. | |
| Carrel A (1910) Latent life of arteries. Journal of Experimental Medicine 12: 460–486. | |
| Carrel A (1915) Traitement abortif de l'infection des plaies. Bulletin de l'Académie de Médecine (Paris) 74: 361–368. | |
| Carrel A and Burrows MT (1910) Cultures de sarcome en dehors de l'organisme. Comptes Rendue Soc. Biol. (Paris) 69: 332–334. | |
| book Fox DM, Meldrum M and Rezak I (eds) (1990) Nobel Laureates in Medicine or Physiology. New York: Garland. | |
| book Garrison FH (1929) An Introduction to the History of Medicine. Philadelphia: WB Saunders. | |
| book Lyons AS and Petrucelli RJ II (1987) Medicine: An Illustrated History. New York: Harry N Abrams. | |
| Witkowski SA (1980) Dr Carrel's immortal cells. Medical History 24: 129–142. | |
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