Kenji Takagi
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Kenji Takagi | |
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| Born | 1888 |
| Died | 1963 (aged 74–75) |
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| Fields | Orthopaedics, 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]
