It is to the great and lasting credit of LORENZ BOHLER and his school that they have in the last decade developed and demonstrated so thoroughly the techniques for the conservative management of fractures.
Selective decontamination is a technique which combines short-term and long-term antimicrobials to prevent or treat the acquisition and subsequent carriage of microorganisms causing late colonization and infections.
It is a great pleasure and honor to be asked to participate in the translation of this important and historical volume on thoracic surgery and to provide this foreword.
Although the number of published papers on traumatic hip disloca- tion in childhood is large, our actual current knowledge on this inju- ry in this age group is still full of obscure points and unsolved prob- lems.
One reason for failure to cure solid tumors by surgery appears to be the impossibility of controlling metastases that are present but latent at the time of operation.
It is with pleasure that we offer these introductory remarks for the Manual of Internal Fixation in the Horse, a book describing a further application of AO or ASIF techniques.
Aufgrund der Weiterentwicklung der AO-Instrumente und -Implantate sowie der Einführung neuer Techniken in der Unfallchirurgie und Orthopädie wurde die englische Ausgabe in der zweiten Auflage völlig überarbeitet.
Following a presentation of basic principles of fracture fixation and biomechanical principles the book turns to practical problemsolving areas, namely, the hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder, hip, knee, ankle and foot, and spine, and special problems in children.
This volume is a compendium of the lectures, presentations, and workshops of the International Congress entitled "e;Facing the Pancreatic Dilemma"e; and of the 17th Meeting of the Italian Association for the Study of the Pancreas, held in Verona on 16 -19 June 1993.
Endlich gibt es eine praxisorientierte Einführung für OP-Schwestern und -Pfleger, die in den aktuellen Bereichen der Chirurgie tätig sind: Minimal-invasive Techniken erobern immer mehr einen festen Platz, vor allem auch in der ambulanten Chirurgie.
This book contains the proceedings of an historic sympo- sium, the first joint symposium of the Austrian, German and Swiss Trauma Associations and the Orthopaedic Trauma Association of North America.
Since 1961, when pain therapy was introduced by Bonica, the-re have been world-wide efforts to establish basic regimensfor the treatment of chronic pain.
