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The Origins of Oncological Pancreatic Surgery in Spain. A Tribute to Pioneers

Elena Martín-pérezLuis Sabater OrtíVicens Artigas Raventós

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medicine.medical_specialtybusiness.industryGeneral surgeryTotal pancreaticoduodenectomyGeneral EngineeringTributeHistory 19th CenturyHistory 20th Century030230 surgeryPancreaticoduodenectomyPancreatic surgeryPancreatic Neoplasms03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineSpain030220 oncology & carcinogenesismedicineHumansbusiness

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Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) is a very complex operation. Its development took place very slowly at the most prestigious centers in the world. The aim of this investigation is to know who were the first surgeons to perform a PD in Spain as well as its historical circumstances. Despite all kinds of difficulties and very few resources, the first PD in Spain were carried out in Barcelona at the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau where from the mid-50s a school of gastrointestinal surgery emerged with surgeons soon to become the spearhead of the Spanish surgery and a reference for the whole country: Pi-Figueras, Vicente Artigas, Antonio Soler-Roig and Antonio Llauradó. Almost simultaneously, in Oviedo, Luis Estrada also introduced the PD and total pancreaticoduodenectomy after a period of training with the pioneers of pancreatic surgery in the United States.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2016-10-17Cirugía Española (English Edition)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cireng.2017.05.007