Revista Ciencias Biomédicas (Dec 2015)
A CASE ABOUT PELVIC EXENTERATION BY MUCINOUS RECTAL ADENOCARCINOMA
Abstract
A document written by an importan professor in the area of general surgery was published in 1953, this professor played an important role in medicine department in the Universidad de Cartagena- Colombia in the second half of twentieth century. Hernando Espinoza París was born in Colombia, he studied medicine in the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and then, he made a specialization in surgery in the United States of America. He made important contributions in the medical field of Cartagena, both assistance and the professor, this contributions also improved the surgery area, at a time where the specialist carried out radical interventions to address diseases like cancer in various anatomical contexts. The pictures used in this document are part of the Fototeca Histórica de la Medicina Cartagenera, (investigation project by semillero de investigación HISTORIMED from the Universidad de Cartagena-Colombia). Rev.cienc.biomed. 2015;6(2):406-415 KEYWORDS Surgery; Cancer; Large intestine; Gastrointestinal tract.
