Als Zeitzeuge, Mitte der Fünfzigerjahre, beschreibt der Autor den Anfang einer aufgrund unzureichender Diagnostik noch mit großen Schwierigkeiten kämpfenden Neurochirurgie unter PD Dr.
Ein Roman über Mütter und TöchterBei einem Unfall hat Antonia fast das Augenlicht verloren und danach eine einsame Entscheidung getroffen: Sie möchte die Mutter der toten Spenderin der Transplantate kennenlernen, mit denen sie wieder sehen kann.
Volker Rippmann, Facharzt für plastische und ästhetische Chirurgie, hat den Backstage-Blick auf eine Gesellschaft, die Schönheit als Garant für Erfolg und Glück sieht.
Transferir células, tejidos u órganos para sustituir una función perdida ha sido un procedimiento perseguido por la medicina desde hace mucho tiempo, que ha permitido que a lo largo de la historia las grandes mentes realicen muy valiosas aportaciones.
Geschichte eines komplexen Krankheitsbildes1817 hat der englische Arzt James Parkinsonin An Essay on the Shaking Palsy das Krankheitsbild,das heute seinen Namen trägt, erstmalsbeschrieben.
Ungewöhnliche Einblicke in den Alltag der Neurochirurgie – und in das menschliche Gehirn: Ein weltweit renommierter Gehirnchirurg erzählt von außergewöhnlichen Fällen und seinem Alltag im Operations-Saal.
The international bestseller from the author of Being MortalIn these gripping accounts of true cases, bestselling author Atul Gawande performs exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealised form, but as it actually is - complicated, perplexing and profoundly human.
For so long, the brain was the great unknown of human biology; an evolved complex of cells, chemicals and electricity, which eluded even the understanding of its own grey matter.
A Sunday Times Book of the Year As featured on the BBC Radio 2 Book Club Dr James Barry: Inspector General of Hospitals, army surgeon, duellist, reformer, ladykiller, eccentric.
Every year millions of Americas are told by an orthopedic surgeon that the only way to successfully get rid of their knee pain is to undergo some form of knee surgery.
'This is history with a surgeon's touch: deft, incisive and sometimes excruciatingly bloody' The Sunday Times'Utterly eccentric and riveting' Mail on Sunday 'Eye-opening and, frequently, eye-watering .
El compendio Cirugía Bariátrica - Abordaje Interdisciplinario proporciona una visión extensiva y detallada sobre el tratamiento de la obesidad a través de procedimientos quirúrgicos bariátricos, enfocándose en el abordaje interdisciplinario de esta condición.
In anaesthetist Dr Kevin Fong's television programmes he has often demonstrated the impact of extremes on the human body by using his own body as a 'guinea pig'.
This book builds on the success of previous editions, once again providing hepatologists the most current clinical guide on how to best treat the liver transplant recipient.
This book builds on the success of previous editions, once again providing hepatologists the most current clinical guide on how to best treat the liver transplant recipient.
Produced in association with the American Society of Transplantation, this new edition is full of practical advice for the next generation of transplant professionals.
Produced in association with the American Society of Transplantation, this new edition is full of practical advice for the next generation of transplant professionals.
Rehearse for life in clinical practice with this easy-to-use and unique series, which combines cases drawn from real-life experiences with a refreshing approach to presentations as you would see them in day-to-day situations.
This new edition of the bestselling step-by-step introduction to cardiac pacemakers now includes additional material on CRT and an accompanying website.
Written to supplement standard textbooks and operative atlases, this updated reference concentrates on the issue of complication prevention and treatment.
The number of ICD patients is increasing sharply, yet the number of electrophysiologists physicians who specialize in the electrical system of the heart is not increasing as dramatically.
Consisting of 13 chapters, this book is uniformly written to provide sensible, matter-of-fact methods for understanding and caring for patients with permanent pacemakers, ICDs and CRT systems.
Surgical management of aortic pathologies has changed dramatically, and this essential book fills the void with up-to-date comprehensive information on the topic.
The fifth edition of Bojar's Manual of Perioperative Care in Adult Cardiac Surgery remains the gold standard for management of adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
