The 106th Annual Congress of Japan Surgical Society

     I've been in Osaka for 2 days to attend the 106th Annual Congress of Japan's Surgical Society.
     In this meeting the results of many researches and trials are reported. I make it a rule to join it every 2,3 years. Why do I have to participate in the meeting, even though I can get up-to-date information in the internet? There are two reasons. One is the exhibition of medical equipment; diagnostic instruments, special instruments for many kinds of operetions and especially electronic medical charts, this time. I could touch those instruments. It was intersting to draw outlines of a face or an abdomen with an electronic pen and a tablet. The agents emphasized that you can save space for stocking charts and films. I thought it was exactly correct. The other reason is to see old friends. In my resident days I was working in a big emergency hospital in Osaka. In this Congress I met more than 10 friends and with a few of them I had a nice dinner.