Are surgical guidelines realistic?

Guidelines in the era of realistic medicine.

Melanoma Surgical Practice Guidelines

The Society of Surgical Oncology surgical practice guidelines focus on the signs and symptoms of primary cancer, timely evaluation of the symptomatic patient, appropriate preoperative evaluation for extent of disease, and role of the surgeon in diagnosis and treatment. Separate sections on adjuvant therapy, follow-up programs, or management of recurrent cancer have been intentionally omitted. W...

Are Quantum Computing Models Realistic?

The commonly used circuit model of quantum computing leaves out the problems of state preparation (how to get the individual particles into a specific state while ensuring that the particles remain entangled), particle statistics (indistinguishability of quantum particles belonging to the same coherent state), and error correction (current techniques cannot correct all small errors). The initia...

Esophageal Cancer Surgical Practice Guidelines

The Society of Surgical Oncology surgical practice guidelines focus on the signs and symptoms of primary cancer, timely evaluation of the symptomatic patient, appropriate preoperative extent of disease evaluation, and the role of the surgeon in diagnosis and treatment. Separate sections on adjuvant therapy, follow-up programs, or management of recurrent cancer have been intentionally omitted. W...

New surgical thermal management guidelines.

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