Surgery category: 3482 books
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Attempts to reconstruct various parts of the heart started even before the beginning of open cardiac surgery. By the late 1950s and early 1960 s several closed and open procedures had already been described. In that era, several surgeons in Europe and the Americas were particularly prompted to develop...
Bone Regeneration with Bone Substitutes
An Animal Study
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Congenital and acquired bone defects constitute a central problem of traumatology and orthopedics. In order to cure these defects it is often necessary to fill up the bones operatively with suitable substances. Recently, so-called bone substitutes (collagen, gelatine, bone matrix, calcium phospate,...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Covering the history of breast cancer, theory of radiofrequency ablation (RFA), resection of carcinoma, imaging before and after non-surgical ablation therapy and quality of life, this book focuses on extensive breast-conserving treatment for the preservation of a cosmetically acceptable breast. It...
Current Status of Clinical Organ Transplantation
with some recent developments in renal surgery
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
MICHAEL F.A. WOODRUFF Emeritus Professor of Surgery, University of Edinburgh This book grew out of a very successful conference on Organ Transplantation held in Kuwait in December 1982. The material presented at the conference has been expanded and brought up to date, and the result is a well written...
Achalasia
Diagnosis and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Each chapter describes a very specific aspect of Achalasia by its known expert. Current diagnostic and management strategies of Achalasia, as well as the simplified operative approaches with relevant technical considerations, are outlined for the specific target audience.
The treatment of...
Modern Management of Spinal Deformities
A Theoretical, Practical, and Evidence-based Text
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2019
Authored by two world-renowned pioneers in the field of spinal surgery, Modern Management of Spinal Deformities: A Theoretical, Practical, and Evidence-Based Text covers the range of spinal deformities—emphasizing scoliosis—and their etiologies, including idiopathic, congenital, and neuromuscular...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
This manual provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of this field, and will serve as a valuable resource for adult and pediatric surgeons at all stages of experience with interest in the use of minimally invasive surgical techniques in children. This book will review the pediatric surgical...
Epiduroscopy
Atlas of Procedures
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2017
Due to advances in spinal endoscopy, practitioners are now able to offer efficacious alternatives to open surgery to patients with low back pain, radiculopathy, and related disorders affecting the epidural space. Epiduroscopy enables surgeons to access, diagnose, and treat discogenic pain and spinal...
Gamma Knife Surgery
A Guide for Referring Physicians
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Radiosurgery has become an established technique, with more than 15000 patients treated world-wide, most of them in the last five years. Yet, there is much uncertainty in the general medical community as to the nature, advantages and limitations of the method. This uncertainty provokes unnecessary...
Practice of Intramedullary Locked Nails
Scientific Basis and Standard Techniques Recommended “Association Internationale pour I’Ostéosynthèse Dynamique” (AIOD)
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
This book focuses on the internal fixation of long bones by using intramedullary locked nails in a closed technique. Intramedullary fixation fulfils the biological requirements for fracture healing and minimises surgical trauma. The text illustrates the use and relevance of this technique in orthopaedic...
Fluorescence Imaging for Surgeons
Concepts and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
This text presents the experiences of leading researchers and surgeons with different fluorescence methods. Chapters range from basic science of fluorescence to current clinical applications and new horizons. The first few chapters describe the historical evolution and physical principles of fluorescence...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2015
This book describes the reconstructive procedures currently used by the authors for the treatment of oral and maxillofacial defects, based on twenty-five years of experience at a major European University Hospital. The coverage encompasses mandibular, maxillary, orbitocranial, intraoral soft tissue...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Addressing young surgeons and surgical residents, this text atlas gives a quick overview of how to perform advanced laparoscopic procedures. The main steps of the operations are richly illustrated and the text provides detailed information on technical aspects of these procedures.
by Wilhelm Peter Mistiaen
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
"Degenerative aortic valve disease is the most prominent cardiac valve disease in Western societies. This volume describes some of the more important issues and problems for this condition: its progressive character and the underlying mechanisms of this progression diagnostic difficulties 1)...