Gac Med Mex
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Historical Article
[First case report in Mexico of a diaphragmatic hernia, by Agustín Arellano in 1839].
Reports on partial lacking of the diaphragm and diaphragmatic hernia date to seventeenth century reports. In 1939 Arellano published in Mexico, a necropsy case of diaphragmatic hernia with holoprosencephaly and cyclocephaly. Agustín Arellano's was the the fifth or sixth report ever published worldwide and his manuscript was reported nine years before Bochdalek's publication. ⋯ It is well known that, at the time, the quality ofscientific publications of this Mexican medical researcher could be compared to the level of any medical publication in the developed world. It is worth noting that the Journal were Arellano's work was published, named "Periodico de la Academia de Médicina de Mégico (sic), "founded and directed by Dr. Manuel Carpio in 1836, is the direct precursor of the present-day "Gaceta Médica de México" the oldest current medical journal in the Americas.
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Controversies regarding the surgical management of chronic subdural hematoma still remain. The objective of the present study was to describe our experience with twist-drill craniostomy. ⋯ Twist-drill craniostomy is a less time consuming, safe, effective, and cost-efficient method for the treatment of chronic subdural hematoma.