Abstract
AbstractHermenegildo Arruga (1886‐1972) was a versatile Spanish ophthalmologist who specialized in retinal surgery. He designed numerous surgical instruments and introduced significant improvements in ophthalmic surgical techniques. Thus, he was among the first ophthalmologists to advocate the intracapsular cataract extraction. Furthermore, he refined several surgical procedures such as dacryocystorhinostomy, corneal transplantation, evisceroenucleation and pterygium excision. But, above all, Arruga was fascinated with the retinal detachment surgery. He perfected Gonin´s operation and contributed significantly for retinal detachment surgery to be put in place. Later, he adopted the injection of air at the end of retinal surgery. In the 1950s, Arruga simplified the technique of equatorial cerclage using a suture to encircle the equator of the eye. Even though ocular surgery has also developed significantly after Arruga’s time, his achievements played a significant role when they were presented and they formed a good foundation for subsequent developments.
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