Trends in surgery
Cerantola, Y.; Christoforidis, D.; Halkic, N.; Matter, M.; Romy, S.; Suter, M.; Tempia-Caliera, A.; Demartines, N.; Givel, J.-C.
Revue Medicale Suisse 5(187): 210-214
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 1660-9379 PMID: 19271432 Document Number: 15849
More than the number of real novelties, trends and preliminary results characterise the annual development in surgery. The wealth and diversity of topics to be covered require arbitrary choices, therefore not necessarily complete. The constant development of choledocolithiasis management, dominated by minimal invasive technology, treatments of unusual nature of two frequent proctological conditions, fistulae and haemorrhoids, the increasing importance of metabolic bariatric surgery, as well as the strict rules of effective melanoma treatment, represent as many directions in which the operating procedure, although unseen, continue to gain quality and security.
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