Controversies in Surgery

"When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest. " WILLIAM HAZLITT (1778-1830) This is the fourth volume in a series which we started in 1997. In 1976, Varco and Delaney edited a "surgical bestseller" entitled Controversy in Surgery. This was fol­ lowed by a second volume in 1985. The immense success of these books among both surgical trainees and experienced surgeons, and their wide international ap­ peal, supported the editors' notion that a view of c