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Vol. 32. Issue 1.
Pages 3-23 (January 2008)
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Vol. 32. Issue 1.
Pages 3-23 (January 2008)
Investigación y cirugía
Research And Surgery
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P. García Barreno1
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pgbarreno@insde.es

Correspondencia autor: Dr. P. García Barreno Real Academia de Ciencias Valverde, 22 - 28004 Madrid Información artículo: Original
Departamento de Cirugía, Facultad de Medicina. Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón. Universidad Complutense. Madrid.
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A partir de la Segunda Guerra Mundial se ha producido un desarrollo sin precedentes en la ciencia y en la práctica médico-quirúrgicas: antibióticos, bancos de sangre, cirugía cardiaca, órganos artificiales, trasplante de órganos y de tejidos, reemplazamiento articular completo, alimentación parenteral total o cirugía mínimamente invasiva. Paradójicamente, durante las últimas dos décadas del siglo pasado, la apreciación pública de los médicos ha disminuido, a la vez que ha tenido lugar una serie de distorsiones: escalada de costes en la atención de la salud, cuestionamiento de los centros médicos académicos, pleitos por errores médicos o alza de las medicinas alternativas. La creciente complejidad de la investigación biomédica en la era continuamente cambiante de la biología molecular, ha promovido una actitud de escepticismo respecto a si los clínicos y en especial los cirujanos, pueden seguir contribuyendo a los avances médicos. El estudio de la historia de la medicina contemporánea pone de manifiesto que varios de los logros más significativos se deben a cirujanos. No cabe duda de que la ciencia y la clínica sabrán acomodarse a estos tiempos de cambio y continuarán generando importantes hallazgos. La práctica médico-quirúrgica de hoy está determinada por la investigación científica de ayer; mañana no será diferente.

Palabras clave:
Gestión médica
Medicina académica
Tecnología médica
Transferencia tecnológica
Abstract

From the Second World War onwards an amazing development in science and clinical & surgery practice has taken place: antibiotics, blood storage, cardiac surgery, organ and tissue transplant, complete joint replacement, total intravenous nutrition or minimally invasive surgery. Paradoxically, during the last two decades of the XXth century, social popularity of doctors has decreased at the same time of some important changes: increases in costs of medical attention, trials against medical mistakes, some doubts on the real role of Academic Public Hospitals and rising in the importance of alternative medicine. Increasing complexity of biomedical research in the continuous changing age of molecular biology has promoted an increasing scepticism regarding clinics and surgeons are able to keep on contributing to medical advances. The study of the contemporaneous History of Medicine demonstrates that some of the more significant achievements have been accomplished by surgeons. Undoubtedly Science and Clinics must get adapted to these times of change and persist in generating important findings. Current Clinical and surgical practice is completely determined by yesterdayscientific research; tomorrow won´t be different.

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Medicine
Medical management
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