Progress in Heart Surgery: Let the Magic Continue

Frontiers in Surgery

Hendrik T. Tevaearai Stahel¹ 

关键词: heart surgery;    cardiac surgery;    translational research;    new developments;    challenges;    management;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fsurg.2014.00033

学科分类：外科医学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

At the age of 7, I required an urgent operation for a broken, awfully deformed wrist. It was the first day of “summer” vacation in Tahiti where I lived, which made it even more painful. On the other hand, it became a revelation as I was offered the restricted opportunity to enter an operating room. Despite premedication and blurred vision, I clearly remember this surreptitious atmosphere of the OR, the place where magic happens. I wanted to become a magician; I decided to be a surgeon.

【 授权许可】

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