Surgery from experimental research to clinical application and vice-versa.

Producing knowledge is of fundamental importance and disseminating knowledge is a moral and ethical task that must not be neglected, especially by those who belong to a university institution strongly committed to teaching, research and patient care. The words science, technology and research denote three highly complex concepts of human activity. In medicine, and in surgery in particular, this complex triad is extremely important when it acts as an effective way of obtaining direct progress in surgery in a medical school, with a significant influence on the wellbeing of the patients.