Surgery

During his years at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Dr.

This booklet, in A to Z format, is a succinct but wide-ranging guide to the use of MRI for investigations of the knee joint.

This book attempts to provide a comprehensive look at all of the pathologies of muscles that are likely to be encountered in treating sports-related injuries.

Whereas during the past decade endoscopy has become established as the leading means of diagnosis and management of diseases affecting the esophagus, starnach and large bowel, radiology has retained its pre-eminence for the clinical study and evaluation of the small bowel.

When the first edition of this atlas was published in 2005, it was well received throughout the oculoplastic and ophthalmology community for its simplicity and clinical focus.

As plastic surgeons, we seek to combine art and science to improve the results we see in clinical practice.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is, of 2024, one of the three main causes of death in the world, affecting around 12% of the world's population.

This volume contains information on the diagnosis, therapy, and prognosis of spinal tumors.

This official textbook of the Society of Neurocritical Care (SNCC) comprises a comprehensive review of all possible neurologic conditions that one may encounter in the practice of neuro-intensive care.

Evaluation and Treatment of the Aging Face is the definitive source for physicians wishing to master the latest advances in facial refinement.

This highly informative monograph offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary reference guide for the management and treatment of the whole spectrum of painful tears in the anus and anal canal.

In this completely revised and enlarged new edition, Professor Sanna and his team provide systematic demonstrations of the major lateral skull base approaches, drawing from 20 years of experience of the eminent Gruppo Otologico located in Piacenza, Italy.

Surgical Intensive Care Medicine has been specifically designed to be a practical reference for medical students and house officers to help manage the critically ill surgical patient.

Thoroughly revised to bring you up to date with the latest techniques in the field, Operative Techniques Hand and Wrist Surgery, 4th Edition, expertly covers the essential procedures you are mostly likely to employ in everyday practice.

Currently, no comprehensive practical surgical textbook or other reference exists for the management of injured and other surgical patients at sea.

An accessible illustrated compendium of over 1000 topics in intensive care and acute medicine, arranged alphabetically for easy reference.

This volume addresses the current lack of knowledge of many general surgeons and trainees in the comprehensive management of patients with choledocholithiasis, with an emphasis on how the surgeon can provide single-stage management for the majority of patients.

Das Buch gibt eine umfassende Darstellung zur Diagnose, präoperativen Staging und Vorbereitung, chirurgischen Behandlung, Zusatztherapie (Radio/Chemotherapie, Immuntherapie) sowie Nachsorge und Rehabilitation von Tumoren des Oesphago-Gastrointestinaltraktes, der Leber und der Bauchspeicheldrüse.

Over 10 years have passed since the first edition of The Mediastinum was published in 1977.

There is no standard textbook at this time on endovascular management of thoracic aortic pathologies.

This book aims at filling a gap in relation to the pathophysiology of the inguinal region and the genesis of groin protrusions.

This practical guide presents an up-to-date, comprehensive yet concise collection of the most frequently used measurements in musculoskeletal studies carried out in children and adolescents through the different radiological modalities.

Problem Based Neurosurgery is a remarkable fusion of recent advances in neuro-imaging and neurosurgery with modern teaching of integrated system based curricula.

This book presents up-to-date information on one of the hottest topics in prostate cancer, namely bone metastases.

The volume includes 75 papers which were presented at the Third International Conference on Intracerebral Hemorrhage, held in Rancho Mirage, California, in March 2010.

Tissue engineering is a multidisciplinary field incorporating the principles of biology, chemistry, engineering, and medicine to create biological substitutes of native tissues for scientific research or clinical use.

This book is an indispensable reference for pediatric and musculoskeletal radiologists, as well as orthopedic surgeons.

The second edition of this handbook is an up-to-date guide to the application of catheter-based interventions across the entire  age range of congenital heart disease patients, from fetal life through to adulthood.

Eine optimale Tumorschmerztherapie erfordert genaue Kenntnisse über die Entstehung, Lokalisation und Projektion des Schmerzes, sowie eine Ausschöpfung des pharmakologischen, radiologischen, anästhesiologischen und psychologischen Arsenals auch in Verbindung mit operativen Maßnahmen.

As the number of patients receiving home care nutrition support increases, proper assessment and management of this therapy is crucial, and clinicians need to practice at an advanced level.

The ACL or anterior cruciate ligament is the most important ligament in the knee.

This book discusses arthrology in general and of the upper and lower limbs specifically.

In the last 10 years, total prosthetic replacement has become the hip oper- ation for many but not all surgeons.

This updated and refined new edition is the only book to provide a comprehensive approach to the intensive care of neurologically injured patients from the emergency room and ICU through the operating room and post-surgical period.

Guide to Pediatric Urology and Surgery in Clinical Practice addresses the surgical and urological problems in children that may be encountered in the primary care clinic.

Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery, Second Edition is fully revised and updated and reflects an authoritative, team-oriented approach to the latest state-of-the-art laparoscopic colorectal procedures and surgical techniques.

When the first edition of Vascular Reconstructions was published almost twenty years ago, endovascular surgery was still in its infancy.

Bone Metastases brings together the many recent developments that are gradually improving the prospects for patients with secondary involvement of the skeleton in a primary cancer elsewhere.

This timely new book, written by a transplant administrator with over sixteen years of experience, along with other expert contributors, covers the specifics of each aspect of transplant administration, providing information that will enable new administrators to quickly master essentials, help more seasoned administrators evaluate and improve their programs, and generally provide a knowledge base, focused on best-practices in light of regulatory requirements, for transplant surgeons, aspirant administrators and hospital administrators.

This book highlights proteasome structures and how they are related to different aspects of proteasome function.

Minimize risk for every surgery-bound patient with this concise, high-yield clinical reference The accuracy and readability of this [book] is excellent the writing style is appropriate, informative, and suitable for the primary care clinician.

Few surgical texts are able to provide readers with a level of descriptive and visual detail sufficient to be considered a primary manual for surgical procedures.

The "e;world"e; of soft tissue sarcomas is a highly complex one, due to the large range of tumor types, each of which is characterized by specific features in terms of its epidemiology, pathology diagnosis, clinical behavior, therapy and biomarker pattern (of both diagnostic and therapeutic value).

Developed by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), The ASMBS Textbook of Bariatric Surgery provides a comprehensive guide of information dealing with the ever evolving field of bariatric surgery.