“What's New in Surgery” evolves from the contributions of leaders in each of the fields of
surgery. In every instance the author has been designated by the appropriate Council from …

“What's New in Surgery” evolves from the contributions of leaders in each of the fields of
surgery. In every instance the author has been designated by the appropriate Council from …

CARDIAC SURGERY HAS UNDERGONE, perhaps, the most phenomenal progress and
change of any area of medicine during the past two decades. The last few years have been …

Thank you, Dr Crawford, for your very kind and overly generous intro-duction. People who
know me well recognize the exaggerations, but for the rest of you, please take everything he …

The last 50 years have been halcyon days for cardiac surgeons. The technological
innovations of cardiopulmonary bypass and heart valve prostheses led to the development …

The progress that has occurred in medicine during our lifetimes has been unparalleled.
Forty years ago, rheumatic fever was widespread, mitral valvulotomy had not been …

As a general rule, a Presidential Address is an inaugural and prospective speech. But in our
Association, as in many others, it is a Farewell Address in which I have chosen to speak only …

In surgery, as in many other medical disciplines, it is from time to time intellectually
rewarding to look back and assess the changes in the profession at a larger time-scale …

The evolution of cardiac surgery reflects some of the greatest accomplishments in the history
of medicine. Early work, staring with closed procedures on stenotic valves and repairs of …

Cardiac surgery is a relatively young surgical specialty. In fact, it was just over 100 years ago
that prominent surgeons declared the heart to be off limits. In 1896, Stephen Paget wrote in …