13 Facts About Hans Frangenheim

Hans Frangenheim was a German gynaecologist and a pioneer in gynecologic laparoscopy.

Hans Frangenheim was the second son of Margarethe and Paul Frangenheim, Director of Surgery at the University of Cologne.

When his father died in 1930, Frangenheim was sent to a boarding school in Switzerland until 1938.

Early in World War II Hans Frangenheim did military service with the Luftwaffe.

From 1946 to 1950 Hans Frangenheim worked in Surgery at the University of Cologne and at the Pathology Institute of the University of Bonn.

In 1951, Hans Frangenheim observed an internist performing a liver laparoscopy using a method developed by Heinz Kalk.

In 1955 Hans Frangenheim visited Raoul Palmer in Paris another pioneer in laparoscopy applying it for the investigation of infertility.

In 1958 Hans Frangenheim reported his experience when few gynecologist were using the abdominal approach to investigate the pelvis.

Hans Frangenheim developed an improved insufflator to facilitate the installation of CO2 into the abdomen.

Hans Frangenheim started to teach numerous interested colleagues at the Wuppertal hospital, among them Patrick Steptoe.

Hans Frangenheim published the first book about gynecologic laparoscopy in 1959.

Hans Frangenheim pointed out that it was superior to culdoscopy and useful for investigations of infertility and ectopic pregnancy.

Illumination was much better and Hans Frangenheim predicted that this would replace traditional illumination that had the light bulb incorporated at the tip of the instrument.