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MONTHLY JOURNAL SUMMARY
November 2018 Briefing - Surgery
December 03, 2018. The Monthly Journal Summary is a single article covering the most important journal articles published in the previous 30 days.
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The operating room is where, without doubt, many lives are saved and a multitude of destinies are altered. However, in today’s rapidly changing world, the number and complexity of surgical procedures are increasing dramatically. So is the number of surgical sub-specialties. The operating lists in…
The Wrongly Famous in Medical History
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In medical history, there have been instances wherein, one gained “name” and “fame” for “describing” a particular condition or “performing” a procedure, when in fact, someone else had already described or performed that procedure. Some conditions have been wrongly named after individuals…
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