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Mar 12, 1849 Klatovy, Plzeň Region, Czech Republic Died on 07 Sep 1914 (aged 65)
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About Karl Pawlik
- Karl Pawlik (12 March 1849, Klattau – 7 January 1914, Prague) was an Austrian obstetrician and gynecologist. He studied medicine at the University of Vienna, and surgery at Vienna General Hospital as a pupil of Theodor Billroth.
- He obtained his medical doctorate in 1873, and from 1877 served as assistant to Karl von Braun-Fernwald at the university women's hospital.
- In 1881 he received his habilitation, and several years later was named head of the department of obstetrics at the Vienna General Polyclinic.
- From 1887 to 1913 he was a professor at the University of Prague.In August 1889 he performed the first successful cystectomy on a patient suffering from papillomatosis of the bladder.
- He is also credited for introducing operations for cancer of the cervix uteri and for urinary incontinence.
- In addition, he introduced a method for freehand catheterization of the ureters and was a pioneer of direct-vision air cystoscopy.
- The eponymous "Pawlik's folds" are defined as anterior columns of the vagina forming the lateral boundaries of "Pawlik's triangle" (vaginal trigone of Pawlik).
