title: Innovations - not crossing the red line.
abstract: Continuous innovations mark progress in the craft of surgery. Throughout history, successes and failures in innovations have raised ethical issues. In this article, I discuss the subject based on my experience as a paediatric cardiac surgeon. I conclude that discussion with peers, openness to criticism, and being mindful of the patient's well-being must be considered while innovating, and these aspects of the 'medical arts' must be discussed and inculcated during medical education.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Cardiac Surgeon, Seven Hills Hospital, Marol, Andheri (East), Mumbai 400 059 INDIA. e-mail: shivaprakashak@sevenhillshospital.com.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shivaprakasha
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000941:ethics*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000941:ethics*; D035703:Therapies, Investigational / Q000941:ethics*