title: The origins of oncological pancreatic surgery in Spain. A tribute to pioneers.
abstract: Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) is a very complex operation. Its development took place very slowly at the most prestigious centers in the world. The aim of this investigation is to know who were the first surgeons to perform a PD in Spain as well as its historical circumstances. Despite all kinds of difficulties and very few resources, the first PD in Spain were carried out in Barcelona at the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau where from the mid-50s a school of gastrointestinal surgery emerged with surgeons soon to become the spearhead of the Spanish surgery and a reference for the whole country: Pi-Figueras, Vicente Artigas, Antonio Soler-Roig and Antonio Llauradó. Almost simultaneously, in Oviedo, Luis Estrada also introduced the PD and total pancreaticoduodenectomy after a period of training with the pioneers of pancreatic surgery in the United States.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía,Hospital Clínico, Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, España. Electronic address: luis.sabater@uv.es.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sabater Ortí
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía, Hospital de La Princesa, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martín-Pérez
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Vicens
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Artigas Raventós
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D013030:Spain
keywords: Ampuloma; Cirugía pancreática; Cáncer de páncreas; Duodenopancreatectomía cefálica; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic surgery; Pancreaticoduodenectomy