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hospital in 1955. Initial news reports listed gallbladder inflammation as the cause of death. However, his medical team had suspected gallbladder irritation resulting from a leaking AAA. An autopsy conducted by pathologist
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Nissen wrapped (plicated) folds of the patient's upper stomach around the lower esophagus. Following the patient subsequently, Nissen noted that the patient's problems with heartburn improved after surgery.
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to the chest with chronic pus production from the left lung. Nissen elected to perform left pneumonectomy, or removal of the lung. The first surgery was halted when the patient experienced
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he served in a medical corps unit and was severely injured by a gunshot in his lung which led to lifelong problems. He finished his medical studies after the war. In 1921, he came to the
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Nissen wrapped his AAA in cellophane. Einstein died in a
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Schein, Moshe, Schein, Heidi and Wise, Leslie (1999).
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