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Indian Surgery as it Evolved in the Last Three Decades: The Surgical Plate Tectonics


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1 Post graduate Trainee, Department of Surgery, Nil Ratan Sarkar Medical College Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2 Professor, Department of Surgery, Nil Ratan Sarkar Medical College Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
     

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General surgery lost much of its vigor over the last four decades due to fragmentation into super-specialties. Descent with evolution has radically reversed this ostracism with the resurgence of a new generation of revamped general surgeons. This article recounts the journey of general surgery from lag to log phase over the last few decades in the light of human evolution.

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general surgery, evolution, super-specialty, sub-specialty.
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Authors

Dr. Krishna Prakash
Post graduate Trainee, Department of Surgery, Nil Ratan Sarkar Medical College Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Dr. Reyaz Ansari
Post graduate Trainee, Department of Surgery, Nil Ratan Sarkar Medical College Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Dr. Utpal De
Professor, Department of Surgery, Nil Ratan Sarkar Medical College Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Abstract


General surgery lost much of its vigor over the last four decades due to fragmentation into super-specialties. Descent with evolution has radically reversed this ostracism with the resurgence of a new generation of revamped general surgeons. This article recounts the journey of general surgery from lag to log phase over the last few decades in the light of human evolution.

Keywords


general surgery, evolution, super-specialty, sub-specialty.

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