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The focus of Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery in the 21st century

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Background

The Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery has been serving as a publication platform for clinical and scientific progress in the field of surgery for 150 years. In order to maintain this long-standing tradition throughout the coming decades, it will be mandatory to face the challenges posed by increasing specialization of surgical subdisciplines, modern technologies, and interdisciplinary treatment options.

Discussion

Continued efforts need to be directed at minimizing surgical trauma, not at least with respect to current demographic development. Adoption of progressive technologies from the fields of biophysics, mechatronics, and biomedical imaging solutions will likely gain a major impact on the further development of surgical operation techniques. Expanding insight from genomic and molecular medicine will facilitate personalized, interdisciplinary treatment concepts for malignant disease, in which surgical resection techniques will need to be integrated. The introduction of novel diagnostic and treatment concepts will mandate solid evaluation of their clinical effectiveness and safety, which can only be achieved by randomized, controlled trials in the field of surgery.

Conclusion

Extracting study ideas from the contributions by clinicians and basic scientists, and promoting the conduction of clinical trials will therefore range among the most important tasks for the Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery in the 21st century.

Zusammenfassung

Seit nunmehr 150 Jahren dienen Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery als ein Publikationsforum neuer operativer Verfahren und wissenschaftlicher Ideen dem Fortschritt im Bereich der Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie. Diesem Auftrag wird die Zeitschrift in den kommenden Jahrzehnten verpflichtet bleiben. Dazu gilt es die Herausforderungen zu erkennen, die an die Chirurgie durch zunehmende Spezialisierung ihrer Teilgebiete, moderne Technologien, und interdisziplinäre Behandlungskonzepte herangetragen werden. Eine konsequente Weiterverfolgung der Trauma-Reduktion bei chirurgischen Eingriffen wird nicht zuletzt notwendig sein, um der demographischen Entwicklung Rechnung zu tragen. Die Weiterentwicklung gegenwärtiger Operationstechniken wird durch die Einbeziehung fortschrittlicher Technologien aus den Bereichen der Biophysik, Mechatronik und moderne biomedizinische Bildgebungsverfahren mitbestimmt werden. Kenntnisse aus der molekularen- und genomischen Medizin werden zunehmend individualisierte, interdisziplinäre Therapieschemata maligner Erkrankungen ermöglichen, in welche chirurgische Resektionsverfahren zu integrieren sind. Die Implementierung neuer Diagnose- und Behandlungsverfahren bedarf eines sorgfältigen, evidenzbasierten Nachweises ihrer Wirksamkeit und Sicherheit, welcher nur durch klinische Studien erbracht werden kann. Eine wichtige Aufgabe der Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery wird es daher sein, in klinischen und wissenschaftlichen Beiträgen relevante Studienideen zu erkennen, und die erfolgreiche Durchführung daraus erwachsender klinischer Studien zu begleiten.

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Schneider, M., Weitz, J. & Büchler, M.W. The focus of Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery in the 21st century. Langenbecks Arch Surg 395 (Suppl 1), 75–79 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-010-0602-9

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