Eliseo Victor Segura Castellano, Argentine surgeon (Yacanto, Córdoba Province 21 July 1870 – Buenos Aires 14 September 1946)

NEW TECHNIQUES

Perfected transeptal hypophysectomy

Modified and perfected Hirsch endoscopic transnasal approach (1910)

Segura method of sphenoidal and sella turcica opening by endoseptal way for treatment of sinusitis (1923)

Segura procedure for bleeding esophageal varices

Developed surgical instruments such as Segura-Bracht forceps and Segura retractor