History of Pediatric Surgery in Spain

Girón Vallejo, Óscar

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History of Pediatric Surgery in Spain

dc.contributor.author	Girón Vallejo, Óscar
dc.contributor.department	Cirugía, Pediatría y Obstetricia y Ginecología
dc.date.accessioned	2026-01-29T13:11:47Z
dc.date.available	2026-01-29T13:11:47Z
dc.date.copyright	© 2025 Elsevier Inc.
dc.date.issued	2025-07
dc.description.abstract	During the 19th century, Spanish children represented one of the most vulnerable population groups in Europe. Pediatric surgery and children care both showed an improvement at an international level. This article aims to summarize the most relevant events in the history of pediatric surgery in Spain. José Ribera y Sans is considered as the father of the specialty in Spain, as well as a group of pioneer surgeons who, mainly in Madrid and Barcelona, created a pediatric surgical concept throughout Spain. Important milestones in Spain are described, such as the first Ramstedt pyloromyotomy or the first successful esophageal atresia repair. We discuss the effects of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) on the development of pediatric surgery and particularly, the case of a pediatric surgeon who was judged after the war. Finally, the foundation of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Surgery and the membership of the first Spanish female pediatric surgeons such as Dr. Guadalupe Pérez-Lafuente is reviewed.
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dc.format.extent	7
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2025, Vol. 60, Issue 7, 162310
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2025.162310
dc.identifier.issn	1531-5037
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/197150
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.relation	Sin financiación externa a la Universidad
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022346825001551
dc.rights.accessRights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject	History of pediatric surgery
dc.subject	Spain
dc.subject	Spanish Society of Pediatric Surgery
dc.subject.ods	Objetivo 3: Salud
dc.title	History of Pediatric Surgery in Spain
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