What is Surgery 3.0?

In the march for progress, civilization strives to reduce risk and optimize reward. The same effort exists within the fields of medicine and surgery as well as at Lakewood Ranch Oral & Facial Surgery. Since the first era of health care over 2000 years ago, practices continue to aim to expand our health span, a term referring to both length of life and quality of life.

This first era, or Surgery 1.0, emerged from the ancients such as pagan clans, Greek scholars, Eastern healers and Arabic sages whose conclusions drew on observational guesswork of cures for plagues induced by divine etiology. Often cited for his patient-centered oath, Hippocrates realigned beliefs to consider environmental sources of illness. His words soon became paraphrased in later stages of progress, “Do no harm.” Nevertheless, Surgery 1.0’s divination fell victim to frequent sequelae like infection; because the truth is, surgery incites a short-term bodily insult in order facilitate greater health.

The subsequent era, or Surgery 2.0, launched centuries later by Enlightenment scientists such as Louis Pasteur and Joseph Lister pushed the ball forward with non-invasive preventative tactics such as sterilization and Germ Theory. Their foundational work lead to transformational treatments with the discovery of antibiotics such as Penicillin that eradicated more deadly diseases before or after surgical intervention. Over the twentieth century, technologically driven civilization learned to manage, diminish and cure long-term illnesses. However, Surgery 2.0’s sick care system aimed to save a life in crisis rather than get someone healthy.

The World Health Organization cites health as a state of physical, mental, and social well-being – not merely the absence of disease. At Lakewood Ranch Oral & Facial Surgery, we appreciate the privilege to take care of our referring providers’ patients. We expand on Surgery 2.0 by building on the WHO’s progressive perspective on health. Our Surgery 3.0 protocols focus on preventative initiatives aimed to maximize overall healing, well-being and return to function. We consider our guest’s current lifestyle habits such as exercise, nutrition, sleep, emotional health and overall environment. We then formulate a patient-specific health plan strategy that utilizes up-to-date, evidence-based science in order to create our Surgery 3.0 protocols. Our protocols will optimize safety, comfort and predictable results before, during and after the health experience.

That being said, Lakewood Ranch Oral and Facial Surgery is a healthcare practice (not sick-care practice) and will remain a privately-owned, non-corporatized, personalized Oral Surgery Practice that provides a high-quality surgical experience yielding predictable outcomes and a longer, higher quality of life. We understand that the decision to advance care to a specialist is not an easing one, and we look forward to collaborating with our colleagues and patients throughout the Sarasota, Bradenton and Lakewood Ranch areas in this era and the next.