title: Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21218-2895, USA. richard.heitmiller@medstar.net
authors.forename: Richard F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Heitmiller
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D013528:Surgical Staplers; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods