Editors: James C. Melville, Jonathan W. Shum, Simon Young, Mark E. Wong 2019 The replacement of worn or damaged body parts has been a focus of medicine for centuries. As early as the sixth century BC, Indian surgeons described techniques for nasal reconstruction utilizing pedicled flaps from the arm. Since then, significant advances, especially in […]
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Editors: Narsing A. Rao, Julie Schallhorn, Damien C. Rodger 2019 We have the great fortune of practicing medicine at a time of rapid discovery and advancement. Every coming year brings new diagnostics, new therapeutics, and an evolving insight into the genesis of uveitis and related intraocular inflammatory diseases. We have collected here an in-depth examination […]
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Editor Brenda Kohn 2019 Pituitary Disorders of Childhood: Diagnosis and Clinical Management focuses on clinical disorders of the pituitary gland in children with specific emphasis on stateof-the-art diagnostic and treatment modalities for pediatric pituitary disorders, highlighting the newest scientific advances in genomics and molecular biology that clinician-scientists caring for children need to know. Recent advances […]
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Editor Nasim Fazel 2019 The conception of Oral Signs of Systemic Disease came about with the intention to provide a practical reference for the day-to-day practice of clinicians in the fields of dermatology, dentistry, oral medicine, and otolaryngology. In addition, the comprehensive nature of this textbook can serve as an educational tool for students, residents, […]
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Editors: R. Shane Tubbs, Rod J. Oskouian, Jeffrey P. Blount, W. Jerry Oakes 2019 Our knowledge of the occult spinal dysraphisms has evolved significantly since the first observations of the various manifestations of this term. Spinal dysraphisms, in general, have been observed and studied by many greats in the history of medicine including Morgagni and […]
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Editors: Limin Liao, Helmut Madersbacher 2019 The reader of this book/e-book may welcome a statement from the editors on the principles underlying the book and a few additional words of explanation. First, the term “neurogenic bladder,” includes all disturbances of function and diseases of the bladder due to disorders arising in the central nervous system, […]
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Editors: Maureen Nash, Sarah Foidel 2019 Simply stated, persons living with dementia suffer. This textbook serves as a call to recognize and address the suffering inherent in dementia. Dementia, now referred to as major neurocognitive disorder (MNCD) in the 2013 edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM- 5), is conceptualized as […]
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Editors: Kiyoshige Ohseto, Hiroyuki Uchino, Hiroki Iida 2019 An interventional therapy used in the pain clinic is the nerve block. The primary method used to acquire the skill in nerve block procedures has been to practice technique using landmarks. However, radiography, computed tomography, and ultrasonography have recently been used to ensure accurate and safe performance […]
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Michel R. Nasr, Anamarija M. Perry, Pamela Skrabek 2019 Lymph node pathology is a complex and rapidly evolving field that requires integration of morphologic findings with a number of ancillary studies, as well as clinical information, to diagnose neoplastic and nonneoplastic hematopoietic disorders. Lymphoma classification has evolved significantly over the last few decades; currently, the 2016 Revision of […]
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Editor Joseph Domachowske 2019 The most authoritative infectious disease medical textbooks, some in their 8th or 9th edition, can be found on the bookshelves of nearly every infectious disease physician currently in practice. They are written, updated and edited by world experts in the field and include thousands of pages of details on everything from […]
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