TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Gastrointestinal Surgery: A Historical Perspective A1 - Nahrwold, David L. A2 - Zinner, Michael J. A2 - Ashley, Stanley W. A2 - Hines, O. Joe Y1 - 2019 N1 - T2 - Maingot's Abdominal Operations, 13e AB - Surgeons continue to have brilliant ideas and use amazing technology to bring safe and effective surgery to people all over the world, but it was not always so. The evolution of surgery to its present state has taken at least 200 years, and surgery is still evolving. Each of the many abdominal operations surgeons now performed has its own special history, from the idea that spawned it to the present state of its art. Abdominal operations were brought to fruition by innovative surgeons who carefully planned them and had the courage to perform them and the wisdom to modify and improve them. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/20 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1160036740 ER -