Orringer MB, Castillo OG, Olivares TCA, Morales GJ

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With advances on scientific knowledge and medical and information technology, the field of Medicine has been moving progressively towards greater subspecialization in recent years. It is now virtually impossible for any single individual to master all of Medicine or Surgery, and there is greater acceptance of the fact that more reproducible, high-quality patient care is provided by those who consistently and repeatedly address defined areas of pathology. With its unique anesthetic considerations, technologic breakthroughs and body of knowledge, the field of General Thoracic Surgery - surgical treatment of the chest and its contents, exclusive of the heart - has now attained sufficient status to warrant its recognition as an independent surgical subspecialty.

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