Rudolf Chrobak was an Austrian gynecologist who was a native of Opava

Opava

Opava is a city in the northern Czech Republic on the river Opava, located to the north-west of Ostrava. The historical capital of Czech Silesia, Opava is now in the Moravian-Silesian Region and has a population of 59,843 as of January 1, 2005....

, Austrian Silesia

Austrian Silesia

Austrian Silesia , officially the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia was an autonomous region of the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Austrian Empire, from 1867 a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary...

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In 1866 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Vienna

University of Vienna

The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...

, and worked as an intern at Vienna General Hospital

Vienna General Hospital

The Vienna General Hospital is the University medical center of the city of Vienna, Austria. The AKH is the largest hospital of Austria and Europe, the second largest hospital in the world, and at 85-m high is one of the tallest hospital buildings in the world...

 and as an assistant in the clinic of Johann von Oppolzer

Johann Ritter von Oppolzer

Johann Ritter von Oppolzer was an Austrian physician born in Nové Hrady, Bohemia. He was the father of the astronomer Theodor von Oppolzer ....

 (1808-1871). In 1880 he became an associate professor, and in 1889 succeeded August Breisky

August Breisky

Professor August Breisky He studied medicine in Prague. M.D. degree in 1855. Ordinary Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology to the Surgical School of Salzburg in 1866. Ordinary Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Medical Faculty of Berne...

 (1832-1889) as professor and director of the second Frauenklinik in Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

. Chrobak maintained this position until his retirement in 1908. With Friedrich Schauta

Friedrich Schauta

Friedrich Schauta was an Austrian surgeon and gynecologist who was a native of Vienna.In 1874 he received his medical doctorate at the University of Vienna, and following graduation remained in Vienna as an assistant at the surgical clinic of Johann von Dumreicher...

 (1849-1919) he was responsible for the planning and design of the new hospital department for gynecology in Vienna.

• Associated eponyms
• Chrobak's operation: Supravaginal
  Supravaginal portion of cervix
  The supravaginal portion of the cervix is separated in front from the bladder by fibrous tissue , which extends also on to its sides and lateralward between the layers of the broad ligaments....
  
   amputation of the uterus
  Uterus
  The uterus or womb is a major female hormone-responsive reproductive sex organ of most mammals including humans. One end, the cervix, opens into the vagina, while the other is connected to one or both fallopian tubes, depending on the species...
  
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• Otto-Chrobak pelvis: Protrusion of the acetabulum
  Acetabulum
  The acetabulum is a concave surface of the pelvis. The head of the femur meets with the pelvis at the acetabulum, forming the hip joint.-Structure:...
  
   into the pelvic cavity
  Pelvic cavity
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  . Named along with German anatomist Adolph Wilhelm Otto
  Adolph Wilhelm Otto
  Adolph Wilhelm Otto was a German anatomist who was a native of Greifswald.In 1808 he earned his medical doctorate at the University of Greifswald, and subsequently worked as a prosector and physician in Carl August Wilhelm Berends' clinic at the University of Frankfurt an der Oder...
  
   (1786-1845).

Selected publications

• Die mikroskopische Anatomie des Uterus, (Microscopic Anatomy of the Uterus) In: Salomon Stricker
  Salomon Stricker
  Salomon Stricker – 2 April 1898) was an Austrian pathologist and histologist who was born in Waag-Neustadtl, which is now part of Slovakia. He studied at the University of Vienna, and subsequently became a research assistant at the Institute of Physiology under Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke...
  
  's Handbuch der Lehre von den Geweben des Menschen und der Thiere (1871-1873)
• Ueber bewegliche Niere und Hysterie
• Die Erkrankungen der weiblichen Geschlechtsorgane (with Alfons von Rosthorn
  Alfons von Rosthorn
  Alfons Edler von Rosthorn was an Austrian gynecologist who was native of Oed, a village which is located in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land....
  
   1857-1909); Two volumes 1896/1906. Included in Handbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie by Carl Wilhelm Hermann Nothnagel (1841-1905).
• Untersuchungsmethoden und Gynäkologische Therapie, In: Pitha
  Franz von Pitha
  Franz von Pitha was an Austrian surgeon who was a native of Rakom, a village near Klatovy, Bohemia....
  
  -Billroth
  Theodor Billroth
  Christian Albert Theodor Billroth was a German-born Austrian surgeon and amateur musician....
  
  - Handbuch der Frauenkrankheiten.