Today's surgery redefines the modern surgeon's craft
A feature on the evolution of contemporary surgery. Dr James Herbert Spencer and peers describe rigorous four year training, intense residency, and the shift from general practice to specialized, technologically driven operations. The piece surveys crisis decision making, patient risk, microsurgery, lasers, cryoprobes, plasma jets, ultrasound, and nuclear techniques shaping tomorrow's outcomes.
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James Herbert Spencer
New Jersey
American College of Surgeons
Spencer
America
Ben Casey
Luca Marsh
Atlantic City
N.J
John B. Deaver
Philadelphia
Cleveland Clinic
Donald B Effler
Dogliotti
Physician's Management Magazine
Chicago
Cook County Hospital
Herman A. Jacobson
Peter Beaconsfield
New Zealand
United States
Canada
A. William Liley
Cooper
New York Hospital
Cornell Medical Center
Willam G. Cahan
Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center
New York
Los Angeles
Robert Rand
Buffalo
San Francisco
Charles Sheer
Mayo Clinic
Boston
University of Chicago
Pancreas
Brookhaven National Laboratory
University of California
Harvard University
Denmark
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