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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;127:945-946
© 2004 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Editorial

An epistle to Dr Robicsek

W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr, MDa,*

a Department of Surgery, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA

Received for publication September 29, 2003; accepted for publication October 22, 2003.

* Address for reprints: W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr, MD, the Department of Surgery, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, 600 Moye Blvd, Greenville, NC 27858-4354, USA
chitwoodw@mail.ecu.edu

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See related editorial: Robicsek F. Robotic cardiac surgery: Quo vadis? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003;126:623-4.

 

Surgery of the heart has probably reached the limits set by nature to all surgery. —Stephen Paget, 1897

If I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood on the shoulders of giants. —Isaac Newton

Well, Dr Robicsek, we meet again! It is interesting to me that you—one who has been such an innovator and so progressive in cardiac surgery—now are so skeptical of robotic cardiac surgery. I have always revered your analysis and advice. Therefore, it seems prudent to consider your thoughts. I am sure that, as a well intentioned expert, you are trying to save from us the embarrassment of failure, . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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