A great year ends for our dear Paraguayan Society of Surgery, a year with a lot of satisfaction for all surgeons in our country as well as for medical students and for so-cieties related to medical science career. Proof of this are more than 1,400 inscribed -absolute record- to our great-est scientific event, the 18th Paraguayan Congress of Sur-gery. An event with world-class figures, who have shared their experiences in the surgical field and made as feel like a worldwide family, making us aware of the value of our human warmth and the scientific quality of our work.

Complementing this great event, scientific confer-ence held in the capital and the provinces, have had a re-sounding success, which only tells us that we have done well, and we must move forward to offer our members the best for continuous postgraduate training.

Our commitment is that the year 2017 will be a year full of amazing activities organized by the Board, tol fill your expectations, in order to honor our beloved Society and its partners.

On behalf of the Board, I wish you a Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2017.