Avelino Praxedes Gutierrez Fernandez, Spanish-born Argentine surgeon and anatomist (San Pedro de Sola, Santander, Cantabria 21 July 1864 – Buenos
Aires 20 February 1946) ACHIEVEMENTS
Described new techniques mainly for
gastrointestinal surgery Developed Gutierrez procedure for
treatment of chronic osteomielitis (1896) Tratamiento
de las osteomielitis. Rev. Iberoamericana 7:23, 1902 Established a surgical method for
treatment of hydatid cysts (1905) Sobre un nuevo procedimiento de oclusión del duodeno y estomago en las gastrectomias por cancer de este organo (a new procedure for stomach occlusion in cancer gastrectomies) Developed a retroauricular incision
for parotidectomy (Gutierrez incision) Eponym of Gutierrez humerotricipital
triangle and Gutierrez nephrocolopexy His son, Alberto Gutierrez Saenz,
surgeon (Buenos Aires 10 November 1892 – Bariloche 23 February 1945) Authored over 300 papers and 9 books
Created and developed hanging drop method for epidural anesthesia El
valor de la aspiración liquida en el espacio peridural en la anestesia
peridural. Rev. Cir. Buenos Aires 12:225-30,
1933 Reported neuropexy Developed new methods of regional blocks
for certain surgical procedures Designed a device to infiltrate rapidly local anesthesics Dispositivo
para anesthesia local. Rev. Hosp. Español
9:39-40, 1932 Eponym of Gutierrez
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