Arnaldo Romulo Yodice, Argentine chest surgeon and tango composer (22 August 1897 – 21 November 1994)

Developed a manoeuvre for finding the region of peritoneal irritation in diffuse abdominal pain

Yodice-Sanmartino sign or Yodice abdomino-rectal palpation

La palpación abdomino-rectal (1933)

New sign to differentiate abdominal muscular rigidity in cases of acute abdominal conditions from that of other causes. Am. J. Surg. 57:457, 1942

TECHNIQUES

Hernia inguinal recidivada: un nuevo metodo de inguinoplastia. Sem. Med. (1969)

Recurrent inguinal hérnia: a new procedure of hernioplasty. Amer. J. Surgery 110(6):1003-5, 1965

A propósito de “conducto arterioso”. Tecnica de su ligadura. Bol. Soc. Arg. Cir. 3(20):578, 1942

With D. del Valle & A. Marano. Diverticulos faringo-esofagicos. Un mejoramiento tecnico en su tratamiento quirurgico. La Sem. Med. (1933)

Treatment of coccygodynia. Arch. Arg. Enferm. Aparato Digest. Nutr. 8:733, 1932

A technique of gangliectomy

HONOURS

Honorary Fellow, Pennsylvannia Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (1964)

Honorary Member, International Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (1986)