Feng You-xian

Feng You-xian
冯友贤
Born
China
Known forInvention of silk vascular prosthesis Vascular surgery
Relatives(granddaughter) Chennie Huang 黄承妮
China's first textbook on vascular surgery by Dr Feng; In 1981, Northwestern University hosted a visit by Professor Feng You-xian of Shanghai First Medical College. He presented Dr James S. T. Yao with this book.

Feng You-xian (Chinese: 冯友贤; 1919 - 2008) was a renowned vascular surgeon who pioneered and headed the department of vascular surgery at Shanghai First Medical College of Zhongshan Hospital, the most prestigious teaching hospital in the People’s Republic of China.[1][2][3][4]

Dr. Feng authored the first textbook on vascular surgery, published in 1980 by Shanghai Kexue Jishu Chubanshe 上海科学技术出版社.[5]

In the 1950s, Dr. Feng developed the first silk vascular prosthesis in Shanghai. In 1957, he successfully performed a lower limb aneurysm operation using this prosthesis, marking a significant milestone in the history of medicine since the establishment of the PRC in 1949.

Throughout the 1980s, he was invited to take up professorships at various institutions in the United States, including the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Loma Linda University School of Medicine in California. He also delivered guest lectures in Kuwait in the late 1980s.

  1. ^ Yao, James S. T. (2012). "Vascular surgery in China". Annals of Vascular Surgery. 26 (7): 889–894. doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2012.07.003. PMID 22944564.
  2. ^ Wan, Song; Yim, Anthony P.C (December 2003). "The evolution of cardiovascular surgery in China". The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 76 (6): 2147–2155. doi:10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00837-3. PMID 14667671.
  3. ^ Li, Hai‐Lei; Chan, Yiu Che; Cheng, Stephen W. (May 2023). "Vascular training and sub‐specialization in mainland China". Surgical Practice. 27 (2): 85–87. doi:10.1111/1744-1633.12627. ISSN 1744-1625. S2CID 258371767.
  4. ^ Basir, Amir; Loncq de Jong, Mylène; Gründeman, Paul F.; van Herwaarden, Joost A.; Kluin, Jolanda; Moll, Frans L. (October 2020). "The early days of vascular and heart valve prostheses: a historical review". The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery. 61 (5): 528–537. doi:10.23736/S0021-9509.19.11011-7. ISSN 1827-191X. PMID 31486614. S2CID 201837988.
  5. ^ Feng, You-xian (1980). Vascular Surgery (1st ed.). PRC: Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers.