Do surgeons use the pythagorean therom while doing a surgery?

Not usually!: I am a plastic surgeon, and my undergraduate degrees were in math and physics. A squared + b squared = c squared, where a and b are the sides of a right triangle and c is the hypotenuse. See, i still remember the math, but it really doesn't help me with the specifics of surgery. That being said, if i hadn't learned it when i did, i would never have gotten to the point where i now am!

Very interesting: My experience is that proper alignment of body parts, implants, & devices requires use of the golden ratio (http://goo.Gl/rszu) mixed with occasional use of the fibonacci series (http://goo.Gl/gkkf) in addition to an understanding of the gamler's fallacy (http://goo.Gl/ygcgz). The pythagorean theorem (http://goo.Gl/ucw3) not so much. Ok, i'm joking but the pythagorean theorem is important to know.