ABSTRACT

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1. INTRODUCTION

A review of the history of minimal access surgery (MAS) is notable in that pediatric sur-

geons played a substantial role in the early clinical application of the improving technol-

ogy associated with this type of procedure (1,2). Yet, pediatric surgeons have been slow to

adopt minimal access technology even when it was introduced by general surgeons (3).

One possible explanation for this reticence is that “. . . many of the leaders in pediatric surgery were not skilled in this new technology . . . .” (4). Perhaps if there had been an