No surgeon is an island, no echo stands alone

Abstract

Dear reader, Welcome to this issue of European Surgery. YOUR eyes may catch what you like. YOUR choice may echo the taste of your mind. Wherever you are, whatever emotion you share, whomsoever you owe respect, attention and love: science is all about YOU. The highly motivated group of authors, co-authors, reviewers and the publisher are to be congratulated for having chosen, designed and orchestrated this welltuned spectrum of beautiful papers. In line with the aims, scopes and focus of European Surgery the publications include themes, topics and stories from the fields of minimally invasive surgery, liver shark delivery of cysts, pancreas pancakes, rolls and tissues of wave-like oncologic disease management for interdisciplinary diagnosis including the treatment of conditions that definitely impair the quality of life, productivity and well-being of humans in Europe and abroad, since, as a matter of fact, any long sentence will find its end. Thus, the scientific stories definitely express what should be clear for everyone reading those lines: no surgeon is an island, no echo stands alone. Therefore, let us understand: surgery means team work. Surgery implies team work. It is not enough to talk about it. It is not enough to refer to it. YOU have to live it. YOU have to teach it. No educator is an island. Stay away from miserable politics, hypocrites, greed, hate, envy, emotional thunder and war. Look out for those things we have in common, search for those qualities we share and we all need: respect, understanding, fairness and honesty. As long as you all can do so, the better you may design the character, ambitions and motivations of your team, working place

Surgery unites the world: beyond R0 resection of greed, envy and hate.

“…At first sight, so-called well-known old stories may seem totally clear to us [1,4]. But suddenly reasoning gets aware of an interesting discovery.…”

“…Every morning harbours the full spectrum of possibilities, decisions and qualities [1]. During the course of the day, individual colours and tempers and moods and atmospheres evolve and select.…”

“…Does he want me to follow his ideas? Why should the ideas of the author be better than the ideas of my outstanding boss, the head of my highly honoured institution, the chief of the unit of vernal, expanded and high-volume surgery [2,3] The reply of the author: I just want you to step out of your routine life for a moment and to reconsider your existence [1][2][3][4]. I just want you to ask yourself: am I happy with what I am doing and how I am doing my surgeries?…”

“…The editor of the topic, Professor Hans-Jörg Mischinger, Graz, Styria, Austria, and the authors are to be congratulated for this beautiful, well-tuned temper of knowledge and the straightforward presentation of recent evidence. May the papers foster a better understanding and contribute to ease your surgical routine.Our life is all about changes and processes and alterations of states of mood, tune, temper and atmosphere [1][2][3][4]. As such we have to learn to deal with the translation of actual issues and states of affairs which are new to us, which have not been seen before (at least by us!).…”

“…Our life is all about changes and processes and alterations of states of mood, tune, temper and atmosphere [1][2][3][4]. As such we have to learn to deal with the translation of actual issues and states of affairs which are new to us, which have not been seen before (at least by us!).…”