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Oscar Scaglietti
Italian orthopaedic surgeon, born 1906, San José, Costa Rica; died 1993.
Associated eponyms:
Erdheim's syndrome
Cervical spondylosis secondary to acromegaly.
Biography:
Oscar Scaglietti was born to Italian parents on Costa Rica. He graduated from the University of Bologna in 1930. He worked in the orthopaedic clinic at Bologna from 1932 to 1947, when he moved to the University of Florence. Here he became professor of orthopaedics in 1956.
We thank Andre Trombeta for information submitted.
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