Ambrosio Paré. Aportaciones a la cirugía

Abstract

Ambroise Paré is considered by many the father of modern surgery. Without academic studies and acting as a barber-surgeon he participated in numerous wars, which allowed him to acquire extensive knowledge and experience in the treatment of wounds. On the other hand he became the surgeon and chamber doctor of nobles and four Kings of France. He made multiple contributions in numerous fields of knowledge on various topics, highlighting the treatment of wounds and amputations, made contributions with the design of surgical material and limb prostheses. In the vascular field, the suggestion of the etiology of aneurysms due to syphilis, the hemostasis of blood vessels, the ligation of vessels in amputations and the design of forceps for blood vessel grasping could be highlighted. His work has been reflected in numerous documents, especially books that have served to transmit their contributions for decades and centuries.