Content area
Abstract
This review article traces the history and progress of surgery over the past two centuries, during which the profession evolved from rapidly performed, rudimentary, and often unsuccessful procedures to bold reconstruction, intricate microsurgery, transplantation, and more.
Details
Title
Two Hundred Years of Surgery
Author
Gawande Atul 1
1 From the Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital; and the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health — both in Boston.
1 From the Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital; and the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health — both in Boston.
Pages
1716-1723
Section
Review Article
Publication year
2012
Publication date
May 3, 2012
Website
ISSN
00284793
e-ISSN
15334406
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1011429132
Copyright
Copyright © 2012 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.