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01.04.2012 | Editorial
A cycle of success: the interdependence of surgery and science
Erschienen in: Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | Ausgabe 4/2012
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Securing progress in clinical surgery and delineating novel treatment options to meet emerging clinical challenges remains a formidable task of an academic department of surgery. This endeavor requires not only a strong commitment to research by the surgeon. Equally important are appropriate research structures and a sense of fruitful collaboration between surgeons and basic scientists from the various fields of biomedical research. Undoubtedly, a close exchange between clinicians and scientists is paramount in order to transform unresolved clinical problems into appropriate scientific questions, which can be further tackled at the laboratory bench (Fig. 1). Conversely, a frequent dialogue between the scientist and the surgeon is necessary in order to pinpoint the clinically relevant aspects of basic laboratory research. Exploiting the latter to implement novel surgical treatment options is the aim of translational research—which represents an important cornerstone of surgical science. Last but not least, the need for frequent evaluation of novel and already existent therapeutic principles strongly necessitates clinical research, encompassing multicenter trials, meta-analyses and systematic reviews [1].
Fig. 1
Interplay between basic science, translational research and clinical studies in clinical problem solving
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