A. Dezawa, P.-Q. Chen, J.-Y. Chung (Eds.) 2005 Recent decades have been characterized by revolutionary changes in spinal surgery. Concurrent progress in implant technology and functional endoscopes and the improvement of less invasive surgical techniques has opened a new dimension for spine surgery.

Edoardo Raposio Editor 2016 The adage “large incision, big surgeon” governed surgery for over 100 years. The larger the wound, however, the more skin, fascia, nerves, and muscles are transected, and the more morbidity can be expected. Surgeons from various domains have become fascinated by endoscopy, with its very low complication rates, high diagnostic yields, and the possibility of […]

Umut Sarpel 2014 An Introductory Guide A surgical mentor of mine used to advise his medical students “Don’t act like tourists!” He wanted them to get deeply immersed in their surgical clerkship, to view themselves as vital members of the surgical team, rather than be passive observers who simply watched surgeons work.  

Peter Girman • Jan Kriz • Peter Balaz Editors 2015 Transplantation medicine is a rapidly developing field comprising progress not only in surgical technique s but also in research of new immunosuppressants, technologies, biological agents and tissue engineering. Taking into consideration the abovementioned fact, many researchers interested in experimental transplantation are not trained in surgery, even though they very […]