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Foresight and courage: Levi Cooper Lane, MD, a model head and neck surgeon
Author(s) -
Abemayor Elliot
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1097/00005537-200310000-00032
Subject(s) - courage , futures studies , head and neck , head (geology) , medicine , psychology , surgery , philosophy , computer science , artificial intelligence , geology , theology , geomorphology
Abstract Objectives : To detail the life and achievements of Levi Cooper Lane, MD, author of the first American textbook on surgery of the head and neck. Methods : Literature search and analysis. Results/Conclusions : While some of Lane's observations have been diluted by the passage of time, the lessons imparted by his life and work merit continued study by contemporary head and neck surgeons.