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The happy marriage of surgery and science/technology would lead to prosperous surgical development towards the year 2050

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Kanematsu, T. The happy marriage of surgery and science/technology would lead to prosperous surgical development towards the year 2050. Surg Today 40, 691–695 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-009-4250-z

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