Published in:
01-08-2020 | Editors’s Corner
Basic research, experimental surgery and clinical research: where there is science, there is better treatment
Author:
G. Campanelli
Published in:
Hernia
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Issue 4/2020
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Excerpt
Conducting research in the field of surgery can be a real challenge, for several reasons. First, the chances of accessing funds and using top-level laboratories are limited; second, experimental surgery is becoming increasingly difficult, both ethically and financially; and third, clinical research generally faces numerous hurdles (organisational and in terms of the necessary authorisations) that make the whole process difficult and laborious. We need to only think of the growing difficulties, not least financial, faced by those wanting to carry out level I trials. …