Swart, M. J.Van Zyl, G. J.Van den Berg, J. A.2017-01-172017-01-172015Swart, M.J., Van Zyl, G.J., & Van den Berg, J.A. (2015). 'n Narratiewe teologiese verkenning van negatiewe koronêre vatomleidingsoperasie-uitkomste: 'n chirurgiese hermeneutiek. Acta Theologica, 35(2), 120-141.2309-9089 (online)1015-8758 (print)http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/actat.v35i2.8http://hdl.handle.net/11660/5337Negative outcomes of coronary bypass operations not only have an important impact on the patient and family, but also have an influence on the cardiac surgeon on many levels. Within a specific surgical context and from a tradition of faith, interwoven narratives present the possibility of an interdisciplinary conversation between medical science and theology. By following an auto-ethnographic approach, an invitation is offered to participate in sharing the surgeon’s database as a new hermeneutic text. Fellow cardiac surgeons on a national level are involved by way of a Delphi research model, providing for a collective tracing of God’s involvement in surgical outcomes. In a process of a reinterpretation of negative surgical outcomes, Henri Nouwen’s three poles of a spiritual movement can lead to spiritual transformation. Bearing physiological barriers and lifestyles in mind, as well as God’s involvement, the patient and surgeon can in a new manner reflect on possible negative outcomes following operative procedures.afSurgeryNarrativeAuto-etnographySpiritualityTheologyArticleFaculty of Theology, University of the Free State