Surgery
Volume 145, Issue 6 , Pages 579-581 , June 2009

A new era in surgical research: Getting back to the patient

  • K. Craig Kent, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: K. Craig Kent, MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, H4/710D Clinical Science Center, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792-7375.
  • ,
  • Annetine C. Gelijns, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

,Accepted 6 April 2009.

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PII: S0039-6060(09)00197-4

doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.04.001

Surgery
Volume 145, Issue 6 , Pages 579-581 , June 2009