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Fading boundary between gastroenterology and surgery
Author(s) -
Cotton Peter B
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2000.02263.x
Subject(s) - medicine , general surgery , gastroenterology
The developments of minimally invasive surgery and therapeutic endoscopy have blurred the traditional distinctions between surgical and medical disciplines. Maintenance of the time‐honoured separation of surgery and medicine now hinders the full flowering of innovative interventions. Patient care, clinical research and education in digestive disorders require structural realignment, as is being attempted in the Digestive Disease Center at the Medical University of South Carolina.