Pioneers of Mexican thoracic surgery
Munguía Canales, D.A.; Ibarra Pérez, C.; Rodríguez Pérez, M.E.
Gaceta Medica de Mexico 147(4): 342-349
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0016-3813 PMID: 21894232 Document Number: 655654
The development of thoracic surgery as a specialty is linked to the acquisition of knowledge and skills such as the resolution of the open pneumothorax with differential pressure and tracheal intubation, asepsis, antibiotic therapy and intensive care.Our pioneers in thoracic development were general surgeons who ventured into this field during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, culminating in the transition to a full blown specialty during the second half of the 20th century.