Abstract

GARCIA GUTIERREZ, C. Alejandro; ROQUE ZAMBRANA, Francisco  and  DELGADO GARCIA, Gregorio. Historia de la cirugía del esófago en el Hospital Universitario "General Calixto García. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 1997, vol.36, n.3, pp. 212-217. ISSN 1561-2945.

A historical review about the surgery of esophagus performed at the "General Calixto García" Teaching Hospital of Havana is presented. The first patients who underwent operations in Cuba of cervical esophagotomy, transpleurodiaphragmatic esophagogastrectomy, esophagogastrostomy, subtotal substitution of the esophagus with a skin tube placed subcutaneously, esophagocoloplasty, jejunoesophagoplasty, and gastroesophagoplasty are mentioned in this paper as well as the contributions made to the surgery of reflux esophagitis, to the early diagnosis and prevention of necrosis of the organ transposed in the esophagoplasty, and to the use of mechanical suture instruments in the esophagus surgery

Keywords : DIGESTIVE SYSTEM [surgery]; ESOPHAGUS [surgery]; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 20TH CENTURY.