Kenji Takagi
Born1888 (1888)
Died1963 (aged 74–75)
Scientific career
FieldsOrthopaedics, Arthroscopy

Professor Kenji Takagi (1888–1963)[1] was a Japanese orthopedic surgeon, noted for being one of the first people to carry out a successful arthroscopy of the knee.[2][3]

Takagi was attached to Tokyo University (where he succeeded Yoshinori Tashiro) in 1918 when he carried out the ground-breaking operation on a cadaver. He had been influenced by the work of Danish surgeon Severin Nordentoft.[4] In 1922, he went to Germany to study the use of x-ray technology there.[5] Following World War II, Takagi's pupil Masaki Watanabe, carried on his work.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Operative Arthroscopy by John B. McGinty, Stephen S. Burkhart, Robert W. Jackson, Donald H. Johnson, John C. Richmond, p3
  2. ↑ Shoulderdoc.co.uk Lennard Funk, Advances in Shoulder Arthroscopy. Accessed 28 October 2012
  3. ↑ Takagi, K. (July 1982). "The classic. Arthroscope. Kenji Takagi. J. Jap. Orthop. Assoc., 1939". Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (167): 6–8. ISSN 0009-921X. PMID 7047039.
  4. ↑ Operative Arthroscopy by John B. McGinty, Stephen S. Burkhart, Robert W. Jackson, Donald H. Johnson, John C. Richmond, p4
  5. ↑ Nakamura, Kozo (2006). "Professor Yoshinori Tashiro's contribution to Orthopedic Surgery". Journal of Orthopaedic Science. 11 (2): 115–117. doi:10.1007/s00776-006-1001-5. PMC 2780602. PMID 16568381.
  6. ↑ Solheim, Eirik; Grøntvedt, Torbjørn; Mølster, Anders; Uppheim, Gisle; Gay, Caryl; Dimmen, Sigbjørn (2022-09-01). "Milestones in the early history of arthroscopy". Journal of Orthopaedic Reports. 1 (3): 100060. doi:10.1016/j.jorep.2022.100060. ISSN 2773-157X.
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