IFCC.ORG. Auto-appendectomy in the Antarctic: case report -- Rogozov and B. Vladislav Rogozov, consultant anaesthetist12, Neil Bermel, professor of Russian and Slavonic studies3 Author Affiliations Correspondence to: V Rogozov v.rogozov@sheffield.ac.uk The Russian surgeon Leonid Rogozov’s self operation, undertaken without any other medical professional around, was a testament to determination and the will to life “A job like any other, a life like any other”—Leonid Rogozov The ship Ob, with the sixth Soviet Antarctic expedition on board, sailed from Leningrad on 5 November 1960. After 36 days at sea she decanted part of the expedition onto the ice shelf on the Princess Astrid Coast. Their task was to build a new Antarctic polar base inland at Schirmacher Oasis and overwinter there. They finished just in time. One of the expedition’s members was the 27 year old Leningrad surgeon Leonid Ivanovich Rogozov.
After several weeks Rogozov fell ill. “It seems that I have appendicitis.
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