The Dr. Lino Alarco and his time

The Dr. Lino Alarco was a distinguished surgeon who was a pioneer in performing advanced, daring, and even unthinkable surgical procedures during the second half of the 19th century in Peru. Lino Alarco was ahead of his time, and he made precise descriptions of both benign and malignant tumors. On J...

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Autor: Graña Aramburú, Alejandro
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2008
País:Perú
Recursos:Colegio Médico del Perú
Repositório:Acta Médica Peruana
Idioma:espanhol
OAI Identifier:oai:amp.cmp.org.pe:article/1433
Acesso em linha:https://amp.cmp.org.pe/index.php/AMP/article/view/1433
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Cirugia
Intraperitonial
Lino Alarco
Ginecoobstetricia
Surgery
Intraperitoneal
Obstetrics and gynecology
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Resumo:The Dr. Lino Alarco was a distinguished surgeon who was a pioneer in performing advanced, daring, and even unthinkable surgical procedures during the second half of the 19th century in Peru. Lino Alarco was ahead of his time, and he made precise descriptions of both benign and malignant tumors. On June 12th, 1878, Dr. Alarco performed the most daring procedure in his career. He excised a tumoral ovarian cyst in the patient’s home, and he became the very first surgeon in performing intraperitoneal surgery in Peru.