Georg Axhausen

{{Short description|German oral and maxillofacial surgeon}}

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| birth_name = Georg Richard Otto Axhausen

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1877|3|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Landsberg an der Warthe, Prussia, German Empire

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1960|1|10|1877|3|24}}

| death_place = West Berlin, West Germany

| occupation = Surgeon, professor

| specialism = {{ubl|Oral surgery|dentistry}}

| research_field =

| known_for = Avascular necrosis

| education = {{ubl|Kaiser Wilhelm Academy|}}

| work_institutions = {{ubl|Humboldt University|University of Kiel}}

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Georg Axhausen (24 March 1877 – 10 January 1960) was a German oral and maxillofacial surgeon.

Axhausen studied medicine at Kaiser-Wilhelms-Akademie (Pépinière) in Berlin, receiving his doctorate in 1901. Later on, he worked in the surgical clinic at Kiel under Heinrich Helferich (1904–06) and in the institute of pathology at Friedrichshain Hospital in Berlin under Ludwig Pick (1907/08). From 1909 to 1924 he worked in the surgical clinic at the Berlin-Charité.[http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/331.html Georg Axhausen] at Who Named It

In 1908, he obtained his habilitation, and four years later became an associate professor at Berlin. In 1928, he was named a full professor and director of the dental institute at the Charité.[https://books.google.com/books?id=kh3XPau9g_AC&dq=%22Axhausen%2C+Georg%22+1877&pg=PA286 Aachen - Braniß / edited by Rudolf Vierhaus] Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopaedie

Axhausen was a critic of Nazi policies. His public opposition to sterilisation for people with cleft palate and other abnormalities led to a forced early retirement in 1939, though he was invited back to his teaching position in 1946 after the end of the war.{{Cite journal |last=Bitterich |first=Lisa A. |last2=Gross |first2=Dominik |date=2020 |title=The signatories of the “Einheitsfront der Zahnärzte” (“United Front of Dentists”) during the Third Reich and after 1945 - Die Angehörigen der „Einheitsfront der Zahnärzte“ im „Dritten Reich“ und nach 1945: An in-depth study |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/48593716 |journal=Sudhoffs Archiv |volume=104 |issue=1 |pages=101–132 |issn=0039-4564}}

He specialized in pathology and surgery of bones and joints, being known for his pioneering studies in bone grafting and necrosis of the epiphysis. He is credited with introducing the term "aseptic necrosis", which is now referred to as avascular necrosis. The eponymous "Axhausen operation" is a procedure for closure of cleft palate.