The History and Evolution of Surgical Instruments in Thoracic Surgery

Farid M Shamji; Kristin Waddell; Gilles Beauchamp

doi:10.1016/j.thorsurg.2021.06.002

The History and Evolution of Surgical Instruments in Thoracic Surgery

Thorac Surg Clin. 2021 Nov;31(4):449-461. doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2021.06.002.

Authors

Farid M Shamji¹, Kristin Waddell², Gilles Beauchamp³

Affiliations

¹ University of Ottawa, General Campus, Ottawa Hospital, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8L6, Canada. Electronic address: faridshamji@hotmail.com.
² General Campus, Ottawa Hospital, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8L6, Canada.
³ Thoracic Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Maisonneuve-Rosemount Hospital, University of Montreal, 5415 L'Assomption Boulevard, Montreal, Quebec H1T 2M4, Canada.

PMID: 34696857
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2021.06.002

Abstract

Surgery is as old as man, and its evolution has been moulded in every age by current technical and scientific advances, not forgetting the demands made upon it by social circumstances and religion. It is both an art and a science, while its practice largely depends on the human relations between doctor and patient. It is extremely difficult to define where surgery begins or ends, and its separation from medicine is largely based on the very different paths which the two disciplines took in ancient times.

Keywords: Thoracic surgery; Thoracic surgical instruments.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Surgical Instruments
Thoracic Surgery*
Thoracic Surgical Procedures*