My friend and colleague who was actually fond of medicine, but now in the profession of cutting, always tell me that surgeon is an extended physician. A step forward which makes them eligible to cut open and repair the living body. Two years has passed since I joined for surgical training. As I stand at this point, celebrating the new year, somewhere I felt a little pride to be a surgeon.
Surgeon is bestowed upon the permission to operate on human beings and relieve them of their suffering. Well it is not right to say that surgeon treats the disease or eliminates it. What he do facilitates the natural process of healing to take place. Basic principle of surgery whether it be small or big is, removing the dead or diseased part and realign the rest, so that they can stick together by nature's way. Even though man has been able to go to moon and come back alive, he has not been able to understand the life force. There is no wonder, the people thought life is a power or spirit which is invisible. Even now, when I watch a patient die, I feel that some force or invisible spirit gets evaporated. Like the flickering of a dying flame.
Surgery is an art when it comes to operating. It includes well planning, judicious selection of patients, procedure and instruments. Like a well trained and talented orchestra, it flows out like a symphony in the operation room. But what makes a surgeon is the follow up. The experience and analysis of the operated patients adds invisible power to the surgeons clinical skill.
Surgery is medicine when treating patients. The surgeon has the access to all the medicines to keep his patients free of symptoms. But some times patient does not get symptom relief just by medicine and the radiological eye gets blurred that they cannot find a cause to reason the symptom. Then comes the call for surgeon, to open and see what is happening inside. Some times surgery is the answer.
Surgeon is bestowed upon the permission to operate on human beings and relieve them of their suffering. Well it is not right to say that surgeon treats the disease or eliminates it. What he do facilitates the natural process of healing to take place. Basic principle of surgery whether it be small or big is, removing the dead or diseased part and realign the rest, so that they can stick together by nature's way. Even though man has been able to go to moon and come back alive, he has not been able to understand the life force. There is no wonder, the people thought life is a power or spirit which is invisible. Even now, when I watch a patient die, I feel that some force or invisible spirit gets evaporated. Like the flickering of a dying flame.
Surgery is an art when it comes to operating. It includes well planning, judicious selection of patients, procedure and instruments. Like a well trained and talented orchestra, it flows out like a symphony in the operation room. But what makes a surgeon is the follow up. The experience and analysis of the operated patients adds invisible power to the surgeons clinical skill.
Surgery is medicine when treating patients. The surgeon has the access to all the medicines to keep his patients free of symptoms. But some times patient does not get symptom relief just by medicine and the radiological eye gets blurred that they cannot find a cause to reason the symptom. Then comes the call for surgeon, to open and see what is happening inside. Some times surgery is the answer.
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