Robotic Surgery of Colon and Rectum

Robotic Surgery of Colon and Rectum

Graziano Ceccarelli • Andrea Coratti Editors 2024 Colorectal diseases represent one of the most important chapters of abdominal pathology, generating a very high volume of surgical procedures in colorectal and general surgery units around the world. In the last two decades, the minimally invasive laparoscopic approach has achieved widespread diffusion everywhere, demonstrating excellent functional and […]

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Thyroid Surgery

Thyroid Surgery

Mario Testini • Angela Gurrado Editors 2024 Historically, following the first known reference to a successful treatment of goiter from Albucasis in 952 AD, for many centuries thyroidectomy recorded high mortality rates (up to 40%), and was even banned in 1850. At the beginning of the twentieth century, advancements in general anesthesia, antisepsis, surgical technique, […]

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Atlas of Critical Care Echocardiography

Atlas of Critical Care Echocardiography

Alexis Salerno • Daniel J. Haase Sarah B. Murthi Editors 2021 This is a collaboration between artists and physicians. Most of the illustrations were created by Vondel Mahon, Medical Illustrator. Misty Paccao also contributed figures and diagrams. Gary Wind, MD, FACS was deeply involved in the original conception of the project and created some of […]

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