Since the primitive beginnings of operative surgery, surgeons have had a need to work with assistance, even if it was, in those early times, merely for the purposes of physical restraint. As surgical and anaesthetic practice became more sophisticated, so were the tasks becoming more complex and the demand on the surgical team ever increasing. It is only recently, however, with surgery becoming an ever more complex and technology-based clinical science that the dynamic and interaction between all members of the surgical team has become more important and seen as an element that contributes to a successful outcome or not as the case may be. As the severity.
