Preface: The pursuit of surgical perfection.
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The ‘‘perfect’’ surgical scenario: You feel good, rested, and confident in the procedure you are about to perform. The patient is in good physical condition, is easy to communicate with, and seems to have a good understanding of what is required postoperatively. After the surgical procedure, you feel like everything worked out perfectly and you are confident that the patient will experience a good outcome. Then, at the first postoperative visit, or during grand rounds, you review the patient’s radiographs and are pleased with the results. Incidentally, you know the patient will most likely be happy with the results as well. But, when you truly evaluate your results with the utmost intellectual honesty, you know there is room for improvement. This is what I call ‘‘the relentless pursuit of surgical perfection,’’ and it is my personal mantra. As surgeons, if we are truthful with ourselves, we should constantly strive to, for example, obtain better reductions, improve fixation placements, and achieve better anatomic alignments in each and every case. Golf, in a way, is very similar to surgery. Even if you play your best round, once you review your 18 holes, you will most likely find that you had many opportunities to improve your score. The few great shots you had that day leave you with an awesome feeling about your swing and the game. This is what you remember and what drives you to come back the next time to try for even better results. Practice, as defined by Encarta Dictionary (2010): ‘‘repeat something to get better; do something as custom.’’ The term relates to what we as surgeons do every day. However, as good as we think we are, or as good as a surgical outcome may be, we should continue to strive for improvement because practicing medicine means that true perfection will always elude us.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinics in podiatric medicine and surgery
دوره 27 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010