# Rudolf Chrobak

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**Rudolf Chrobak** (8 July 1843 – 1 October 1910) was an Austrian [gynecologist](/source/Gynecologist) who was a native of [Troppau](/source/Opava), [Austrian Silesia](/source/Austrian_Silesia).

In 1866 he received his medical doctorate from the [University of Vienna](/source/University_of_Vienna), and worked as an intern at [Vienna General Hospital](/source/Vienna_General_Hospital) and as an assistant in the clinic of [Johann von Oppolzer](/source/Johann_Ritter_von_Oppolzer) (1808–1871). In 1880 he became an associate professor, and in 1889 succeeded [August Breisky](/source/August_Breisky) (1832-1889) as professor and director of the second *Frauenklinik* in [Vienna](/source/Vienna). Chrobak maintained this position until his retirement in 1908. With [Friedrich Schauta](/source/Friedrich_Schauta) (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](/source/Supravaginal_portion_of_cervix) amputation of the [uterus](/source/Uterus).
- [Otto–Chrobak pelvis](/source/Otto_pelvis): Protrusion of the [acetabulum](/source/Acetabulum) into the [pelvic cavity](/source/Pelvic_cavity). Named along with German [anatomist](/source/Anatomist) [Adolph Wilhelm Otto](/source/Adolph_Wilhelm_Otto) (1786–1845).

## Selected publications

- *Die mikroskopische Anatomie des Uterus*, (Microscopic anatomy of the uterus) In: [Salomon Stricker](/source/Salomon_Stricker)'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](/source/Alfons_von_Rosthorn) 1857-1909), two volumes 1896/1906. Included in "Handbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie" by [Carl Wilhelm Hermann Nothnagel](/source/Carl_Wilhelm_Hermann_Nothnagel) (1841-1905).
- *Untersuchungsmethoden und Gynäkologische Therapie*, In: [Pitha](/source/Franz_von_Pitha)-[Billroth](/source/Theodor_Billroth)- "Handbuch der Frauenkrankheiten".

## References

- [*Rudolf Chrobak*](http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/1143.html) @ [Who Named It](/source/Who_Named_It)
- [\[1\]](http://aeiou.iicm.tugraz.at/aeiou.encyclop.c/c474509.htm) biography at [AEIOU Encyclopedia](/source/AEIOU_Encyclopedia)

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