María Cristina García-Sancho

María Cristina García-Sancho
Born
María Cristina García-Sancho y Álvarez-Tostado

(1919-05-22)May 22, 1919
Guadalajara, Mexico
DiedFebruary 21, 2013(2013-02-21) (aged 93)
Education
Known for
  • One-step cordotomy
  • First Mexican and Latin American female neurosurgeon
Spouse
Manuel Penichet
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(m. 1954; died 1999)​

María Cristina García-Sancho y Álvarez-Tostado de Penichet (née María Cristina García-Sancho y Álvarez-Tostado; May 22, 1919 – February 21, 2013) was the first Latin American and Mexican female neurosurgeon. She is best known for the García-Sancho One-step Bilateral Cordotomy, which she used in more than 1,600 cases at Mexico's National Institute of Oncology and the Women's Hospital for cancer patients.

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