Eugen Aburel

Eugène Aburel Bogdan
Born	23 January 1899 Galați, Romania
Died	16 December 1975 Bucharest
Nationality	Romania
Citizenship	Romania
Alma mater	Faculty of Medicine of Iași
Known for	first to employ lumbar plexus block and caudal epidural analgesia during childbirth
Scientific career
Fields	surgery, gynaecology
Institutions	Faculty of Medicine of Iași Faculty of Medicine of Bucharest

Eugène Aburel Bogdan (born January 23, 1899, Galaţi–died 16 December 1975, Bucharest) was a Romanian surgeon and obstetrician. He introduced innovative techniques in gynecologic surgery. In 1931, Aburel was the first to describe blocking the lumbar plexus during early labor, followed by a caudal epidural injection for the expulsion phase.