Varela Julio Cesar Alfaro
Clínica de Cirugía Hepato-Pancreato-Biliar del Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social, San Salvador, El Salvador.
Cir Esp (Engl Ed). 2025 May 31:800123. doi: 10.1016/j.cireng.2025.800123.
The Nobel Prize is an international recognition awarded to individuals who have made significant contributions to humanity. The areas that are recognized are physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. With more than 100 years of existence, only 10 surgeons have been recipients of this recognition. Their contributions range from cardiac catheterization, the discovery of insulin to the beginning of the modern era of organ transplantation. These surgeons through their research have greatly contributed to modern medicine, saving, and improving quality of life of millions of human beings. This article will describe a brief history of the surgeons and their contribution to medical advances that allowed them to be recognized with the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.
诺贝尔奖是授予那些为人类做出重大贡献的个人的国际认可。被认可的领域包括物理学、化学、生理学或医学、文学与和平。在其存在的100多年里，只有10位外科医生获得过这一认可。他们的贡献涵盖了从心脏导管插入术、胰岛素的发现到器官移植现代时代的开端。这些外科医生通过他们的研究为现代医学做出了巨大贡献，拯救并改善了数百万人的生活质量。本文将简要介绍这些外科医生的历史以及他们对医学进步的贡献，正是这些贡献使他们获得了诺贝尔生理学或医学奖。
