Lucas Sierra y los inicios de la cirugía biliar en Chile: a 130 años de la colecistectomía de Langenbuch / Lucas Sierra and early biliary surgery in Chile: 130 year after Langenbuch cholecystectomy
Rev. chil. cir
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64(6): 576-580, dic. 2012. ilus
Article
in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Through the communication of the first cholecystectomy performed in Chile by Dr. Lucas Sierra Mendoza in 1899, is reviewed the surgical setting of the time and highlights the features of this distinguished surgeon. Referring to Langenbuch initial experience, we illustrate the pathogenic conceptions of biliary gallstone disease and walk the path of cholecystectomy in the following century.
RESUMEN
A través de la comunicación de la primera colecistectomía efectuada en Chile por el doctor Lucas Sierra Mendoza en 1899, se revisa el contexto quirúrgico de la época y se destacan las características de este distinguido cirujano. Con referencia a la experiencia inicial de Langenbuch, se expone la concepción etiopa-togénica de la enfermedad biliar litiásica y se recorre el camino de la colecistectomía en la centuria siguiente.
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Cholecystectomy
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Chile
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. chil. cir
Journal subject:
General Surgery
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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