Abstract:Joaquim de Souza Cavalcanti was a pioneer among us - the Brazilian State of
Pernambuco and North-Northeast region - in cardiac surgery in its initial phase
(Blalock-Taussig surgery and mitral valvulotomy), in thoracic surgery
(pneumectomy, lung lobectomy and segmentectomy, lung decortication, and
mediastinal tumor resection), and in numerous techniques and operative tactics
in general surgery.
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