Esophageal Surgery - Past Present Future

At the drafting of the thematic number of Chirurgia journal, which is dedicated to esophageal surgery and pathology, I wanted to write an article which emphasizes the important role of Romanian surgery in this great field of European and worldwide surgery. This is the reason why the number of articles written by experienced Romanian authors (both in the field of surgery and related specialties) is greater than those written by foreign authors. From ancient times until now, the history of medicine has been connected to the evolution of human society, to the understanding of human anatomy and physiology and also to the technological progress in general. Of course the history of surgery (and of esophageal surgery in particular) couldn’t be the exception (1). Some authors divide medicine's evolution periods guiding themselves by milestone discoveries such as: asepsis and antisepsis methods, anesthesia, the discovery of antibiotics and chemotherapeutic drugs etc (2). Regarding the development of esophageal surgery, a decisive role was played by the introduction of general anesthesia with tracheal intubation and positive intermittent pressure and of selective bronchial intubation (1). In the preface of „Esophageal Surgery and Pathology published in 2017 at the Romanian Academy Publishing House, Professor Teodor Horvat proposes a Motto: "The esophagus passes through our country the thorax"(1).

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