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Berlin, April 28 to May 2, 1998

Ernst Klar, MD

Arch Surg. 1999;134:161-165.

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INTRODUCTION

The annual meeting of the German Society of Surgery is equivalent to the meeting of the American College of Surgeons. More than 4800 surgeons, internists, and basic scientists gathered in Berlin. All major issues of modern surgery were adressed in 785 oral presentations and more than 270 posters with special emphasis on progress in surgical technique, transatlantic cooperation, improvement in quality management between surgery and anesthesia, and the mainstay of surgical research—microcirculation and molecular biology. The following summary conveys an impression of the current fields of reassesssment and progress in German surgery.

"HUMANITY AND SCIENCE" PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS BY CHRISTIAN HERFARTH, MD, HEIDELBERG, GERMANY

Humanity is independent from science, but without humanity, science turns senseless. Evidence-based surgery is a typical modern term that was initially used with great enthusiasm to imply perfect patient care. There is no doubt that surgical decision making has to be primarily based on study results. However, it soon had to be realized that the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE—MOTIVATION AND IMPETUS TO REFLECT

SPECIALIZATION IN SURGERY AND THE REORGANIZATION OF THE GERMAN SOCIETY OF SURGERY

SURGICAL RESEARCH

SURGICAL FORUM

THE EFFECT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY ON SURGICAL DECISION MAKING

MULTIMEDIA TRAINING

THE GREAT FINISH: ROWING

From the Department of General Sugery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.