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Moments in Surgery| Volume 149, ISSUE 3, P452-454, March 2011

The story of an old photograph

  • Anatoly F. Romanchishen
    Correspondence
    Reprint requests: Anatoly F. Romanchishen, MD, PhD, DSc, State Pediatric Medical Academy, Saint-Petersburg Center of Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, Department of Hospital Surgery and Oncology of Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation.
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    Department of Hospital Surgery and Oncology of Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy, Saint-Petersburg Center of Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, Russian Federation
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  • Kristina V. Vabalayte
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    Department of Hospital Surgery and Oncology of Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy, Saint-Petersburg Center of Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, Russian Federation
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  • Marina H. Tovbina
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    Department of Hospital Surgery and Oncology of Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy, Saint-Petersburg Center of Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, Russian Federation
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Published:September 24, 2010DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2010.08.009
      There are 2 ways to learn surgery. The first is to listen to your teacher and to follow his steps. The second is to do what the rest of the world has been doing, and to try it on your soil. Both ways are important for perfection. Although no teacher means no knowledge, no global view means that you end up isolated, regardless of how skillful you are.
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