D.R Leonid , one who Able to operate on Itself

April 29, 1961, a doctor from the Russian Antarctic expedition (the South Pole of Earth) at the station expedition "Novolazarevskaya", Leonid Rogozof (27 years), had a fever and the bottom of her stomach was very painful.



The next day the situation is getting worse. It was impossible in the polar regions are remote that he hired a plane to take him to hospital. No way did she ask for help to another doctor, because he is the only physician in the expedition.

Finally on the night of 30 April 1961, Dr. Leonid forced to perform surgery on himself, to cut and remove their organs in the form of an appendix (appendix) which has been inflamed.

In the operation, he uses local anesthesia (local anesthesia), assisted by a mechanic and a meteorologist who is in the expedition.

As he lay half-bent toward the left side, he injects into his liquid local anesthetic "novocaine", then do a 12 cm incision along the right abdominal (iliac) with a scalpel.

By looking through a small mirror and groping, Leonid performing surgery, removing the appendix, and abdominal inject antibiotics, stitch the wound. Both the "assistant" (mechanical and metrologist) helps small to hold the mirror near the stomach and gives medical equipment to Leonid. This operation runs for 1 hour and 45 minutes to complete.

Five days postoperatively, temparatur Leonid body back to normal, and 2 days later the wound sutures removed.

All the equipment used to perform a spectacular operation, now located and exhibited in museums "Arctic and Antarctic" in St.. Petersburg, Russia