Ferdinand Adolf Kehrer

Ferdinand Adolf Kehrer (February 16, 1837 - June 16, 1914) was a German gynecologist who was a native of Guntersblum in Rhenish Hesse. He studied medicine in Giessen, Munich and Vienna, and was later a professor at the gynecological clinic in Giessen, and at the University of Heidelberg (1881).

Kehrer is remembered for performing the first modern Caesarean section. This involved a transverse incision of the lower segment of the uterus, a method that minimizes bleeding, and is still widely used today.

On September 25, 1881, Kehrer performed the first modern C-section in Meckesheim on a 26-year old woman. The operation was a success. Prior to Kehrer's operation, Caesarean sections were seldom performed, and when they were, the mortality rate of mothers was very high. The following year, Max Sanger (1853-1903), introduced the practice of suturing the uterus' Caesarean wound.

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