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Ethics and Surgical Innovation

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Innovation is important in medicine and surgery, as new technologies and techniques have immensely improved patient care. However, innovation has required collaboration between physicians, industry, engineers, investors, and entrepreneurs, among others. Because of these relations, ethical conflicts can exist. The following chapter will review the ethical challenges that surgeons face today when confronted to innovative procedures or developments.

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  1. Division of Bariatric, Foregut and Advanced GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, USA

    Maria S. Altieri & Aurora D. Pryor

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Alberto R. Ferreres

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Altieri, M.S., Pryor, A.D. (2019). Ethics and Surgical Innovation. In: Ferreres, A. (eds) Surgical Ethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05964-4_23

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