Biography

Julio Díez Pradere, Argentine surgeon (Buenos Aires 08 October 1895 – Buenos Aires 01 August 1963)

First described lumbar sympathectomy for thromboangiitis obliterans (1932)

Developed resection of lumbosacral-cervical-thoracic sympathetic for treatment of trophic diseases and gangrene of the limbs (1925)

Developed techniques for gastric surgery

Designed surgical instruments

Eponym of Díez-Gioja method