Enseñanza de la cirugía en Ecuador: un recorrido histórico de la especialidad y sus disciplinas afines

Context: surgery has undergone historical variations and has expanded over time in a progressive and constant manner.Objective: to describe the teaching of surgery through history in Ecuador.Discussion: the realization of anatomical models for surgical procedures provides an important experience to the surgeon in training and improves its performance by perfecting its surgical technique with the benefit of shortening the learning curve. The possibility of certification of all surgical specialties and continuing medical education is a pending task for our country. The progress of General Surgery, making use of technological advances, has allowed the improvement of the specialty and has motivated the rest of surgical specialties related to adopt these new technologies and venture into the super specialties. The preparation of this article constitutes a first effort, with more research and testimonies, to complete this fascinating historical tour of the specialty, of which we are eyewitnesses in the last three decades. Conclusion: the traditional teaching of open surgery has required adapting to the vertiginous advent of minimally invasive surgery, from the late 1980s to 1991, where it appears in Ecuador.

• Главный автор: Alarcón Benitez, Ángel (author)
• Формат: article
• Язык: spa
• Опубликовано: 2018
• Предметы: Historia de la medicina; Cirugía convencional; Cirugía mínimamente invasiva; Historia de la cirugía; Ecuador; History of medicine; Conventional surgery; Minimally invasive surgery; History of surgery
• Online-ссылка: https://revistadigital.uce.edu.ec/index.php/CIENCIAS_MEDICAS/article/view/1463