Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsies
Renzo Brun del Re (Ed.) 2010
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Kidney Transplantation: A Guide to the Care of Kidney Transplant Recipients
Dianne B. McKay · Steven M. Steinberg Editors 2010 Kidney transplantation improves the length and quality of life for many patients with end-stage renal disease. Successful transplantation is ensured by specialists trained to recognize and manage both the immediate pre- and post-transplant issues and the initial decisions regarding immunosuppression.
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Pierre Lascombes 2010 The Nancy University Manual For many decades up to the late 1960’s, the treatment of the diaphyseal and metaphyseal fractures in children was exclusively conservative. At that time, the only significant textbook on children’s fractures was that of Walter Blount, which was published in 1955.
Continue reading →Biomechanics of Lower Limb Prosthetics
Mark R. Pitkin 2010 Public attention to people who need prostheses and to prostheses themselves always grows during times of war and culminates immediately after the war ends. One obvious reason is the sharp rise in the number of amputees. The other reason is the temporary release and availability of technical and intellectual resources, previously devoted to the […]
Continue reading →Pediatric Robotic Urology
Edited by JEFFREY S.PALMER 2009 Laparoscopic surgery has been instrumental in the advancement of minimally invasive surgery in the adult patient with urologic conditions. Robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery has allowed the urologic surgeon to perform more advanced laparoscopy operations in the adult patient.
Continue reading →Color Atlas of Clinical Orthopedics
Miklós Szendrői · Franklin H. Sim (Eds.) 2009 The evaluation of musculoskeletal disorders is often problematic because of the variety of diseases and diagnostic complexity. Th is is compounded by the increasing specialization in this field.
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Edited by Monica Castiglione Martine J. Piccart 2009
Continue reading →Malignant Mesothelioma
Andrea Tannapfel (Editor) 2011 Malignant mesothelioma is a rare and aggressive tumor arising from the mesothelium. Pleural, peritoneal, and pericardial mesothelioma are possible entities according to the site of origin. Diffuse malignant mesothelioma is strongly associated with exposure to asbestos and was first referred by Selikoff in 1965 as a “signal tumor” because of its close association with occupational […]
Continue reading →Cleft Lip and Palate Primary Repair
Bing Shi Brian C. Sommerlad Editors 2013 Congenital cleft lip and palate is the most common cranio-maxillo-facial birth defect. It can markedly affect the morphology and almost all the functions in the facial area except vision. Religion, superstition, invention and charlatanism characterized the early history of cleft lip.
Continue reading →Advanced Aesthetic Rhinoplasty
Melvin A. Shiffman • Alberto Di Giuseppe Editors 2013 Art, Science, and New Clinical Techniques There are many books on rhinoplasty, but most are limited to the editor’s techniques or those of a few contributors. These give restricted information on the variety of procedures that are available and are mainly for teaching the inexperienced and somewhat experienced surgeons how […]
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