Ludwig G. Kempe Explained

Ludwig G. Kempe
Birth Date:	16 October 1915
Birth Place:	Prenzlau, Brandenburg, Germany
Death Date:	^[1]
Death Place:	Pisgah National Forest
Occupation:	author, illustrator
Subject:	Neurosurgery, ornithology, surgery
Spouse:	Louise Gwin Clarke

Ludwig G. Kempe (October 16, 1915 – June 22, 2012) was an American neurosurgeon, author and illustrator.

He was an author of books in the field of neurosurgery^[2] and ornithology^[3] Along with Russell Blaylock, Kempe published a novel transcallosal approach to excising intraventricular meningiomas of the trigone,^{[4] [5]} as well as developing the ventriculolymphatic shunt in the treatment of hydrocephalus.^[6]

Publications

• 2004. Kempe's Operative Neurosurgery, Volume 1.,

References

1. Web site: Ludwig G. Kempe Obituary. Charleston Post & Courier. July 5, 2012.
2. Page 90
3. Web site: Biography: The Society of Neurological Surgeons . 2009-12-05 . The Society of Neurological Surgeons .
4. Jun . Cecil L. . Nutik . Stephen L. . Surgical Approaches to Intraventricular Meningiomas of the Trigone . Neurosurgery . March 1985 . 16 . 3 . 416–420 . 10.1227/00006123-198503000-00025 . 3982626 .
5. Kempe . L. G. . Blaylock . R. . Lateral-trigonal intraventricular tumors. A new operative approach . Acta Neurochirurgica . December 1976 . 35 . 4 . 233–242 . 10.1007/bf01406119 . 998353 . 31659187 .
6. Kempe . Ludwig G. . Blaylock . Russell . Ventriculolymphatic shunt . Journal of Neurosurgery . July 1977 . 47 . 1 . 86–95 . 10.3171/jns.1977.47.1.0086 . 864508 .