title: Training for advanced laparoscopic surgical skills: suturing, knotting, and anastomosis techniques.
abstract: If surgical art can be defined as the operative relationship between the surgeon and the living tissue then it is easy to conclude that this relationship has changed. On the one hand, changed for the better as far as the end result is concerned, but on the other hand, for the worse, as far as it relates to the surgeon's effort, that is, the method by which this improved result is obtained. In essence, the surgeon will have to work a great deal harder to provide the added benefit for the patient.
authors.affiliation: Director, Microsurgery and Operative Endoscopy Training (MOET) Institute, San Francisco, CA.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Szabò
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Litwin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Berci