Abstract
THE SPOTLIGHT at this year's Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons illuminated a therapeutic revolution. Hundreds of general surgeons at the meeting in San Francisco, Calif, watched films, took part in discussions, and visited exhibits all devoted to promoting minimally invasive surgery. In this operating technique, diseased organs are removed with only small incisions and the aid of laparoscopy or some comparable optical system. The advantages over traditional procedures in which the body is opened and observed directly are extolled by adept clinicians. They include less trauma and healing with little pain, shorter recovery time and rapid return to normal activities, minimal scarring, shorter or no hospital stay, and—say some—lower cost. At the meeting, surgeons-as-students participated in an instrument manufacturer's setup, trying to watch a video screen that displayed the insides of a patient (in this instance, a piece of chicken) while they inserted trocars and manipulated the
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