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01-12-2024 | Editorial

Whither the coloproctologist of the future? Returning to the kindred spirit of the barber-surgeon

Authors: J. M. Devesa, A. P. Zbar, M. Pescatori, A. Ballestero

Published in: Techniques in Coloproctology | Issue 1/2024

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It is not science fiction that the recent advances in technology, biology and pharmacology are contributing to the demise of the notion of the contemporary colorectal surgeon. Both nanotechnology and the microchip have presaged the development of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, big data, advanced imaging and three-dimensional (3D) printing each of which along with the elaboration of the human genome has heralded a technical revolution that is well underway. The role of the surgeon is becoming progressively subordinated by technology that is capable not only of earlier diagnosis but of disease eradication. These developments along with a greater reliance on machines that standardize procedural quality will result in an environment which is less dependent upon individual surgical skill. …

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Title: Whither the coloproctologist of the future? Returning to the kindred spirit of the barber-surgeon
Authors: J. M. Devesa
A. P. Zbar
M. Pescatori
A. Ballestero
Publication date: 01-12-2024
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Techniques in Coloproctology / Issue 1/2024
Print ISSN: 1123-6337
Electronic ISSN: 1128-045X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-023-02894-z

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