Contents


Preface

This publication aims to support young doctors and surgery residents during their training period. A surgical residency is a crucial period for a young doctor. A great volume of theoretical information along with difficult and demanding practical skills need to be acquired in a relatively short period of time. Often, we are tempted to focus on specific pathologies, complex surgical interventions, or innovative minimally invasive procedures and we skip the basic principles of a surgical act, which should be the pillar of further development. Consolidating basic notions and skills in surgery not only can help us learn and master different surgical steps and further complete interventions, but applied on time and correctly could represent a

In the field of surgery, significant progress has been made in the last few decades in both molecular and surgical pathology. Current research activity focuses more and more on identifying and characterizing molecules that play a role in cancer carcinogenesis, but also in finding new and effective therapeutic targets. Not least, many biomarkers have been studied in various types of cancer as predictors of advanced stages of neoplastic disease or poor overall survival, but results are not

This book is a tool for rapid, suitable acquisition of elementary surgical notions and techniques, which represent the basis for training today's resident to become

**Miana Gabriela Pop**

Cluj-Napoca, Romania

'Iuliu Hațieganu' University of Medicine and Pharmacy,

saving gesture.

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tomorrow's surgeon.
