Surgery

Gigli saw (2)

Leonardo GIGLI (1863-1908), at that time assistant at the Breslau clinic under FRITSCH and MIKULICZ, gave the [later named after him] saw in 1894, a wire saw with double u. in itself or quadruple braided steel wire. It was used for soft-tissue-sparing bone resection (osteotomy) by sawing "from the inside to the outside" (for example in skull trepanning).

Leonardo GIGLI still holds an important place in neurosurgical instrumentation Born in Florence in 1863, Gigli was forced to leave Italy soon after getting married He graduated in 1892, moved to Wroclaw, where he was successful with FRITSCH and MIKULICZ during this successful and rewarding period, Gigli's proposed the lateralized pubiotomy (Gigli's operation In 1894, at Professor OBALINSKI's suggestion, he has successfully tested a modified saw type with a whalebone guide to the preparation of osteoplastic cranial flaps he was held abroad, GIGLI's goals were systematically belittled in Italy, where he never qualified for a university teaching position. He died in 1908, at age 44. Although Gigli's operation has only recently begun, the favorable features of his wire make it a safe and efficient tool in the hands of twentieth-century neurosurgeons worldwide. "(Brunori A, Bruni P, Greco R, Giuffre R, Chiappetta F., celebrating the centennial (1894-1994):

Leonardo Gigli and his wire saw J Neurosurg 1995 Jun, 82 (6): 1086-90) GIGLI earned a lot abroad He was not even admitted to private lectures in Florence until he was appointed to the post of Prof. BOSSI in 1907 (Zbl.Gyn 1907, nr.51, p. 1577). The GIGLI saw - as in the days of AITKEN - for the separation of the pubic rami, but was largely replaced by the Caesarean section after the Second World War.