Editors Rudolf F. Guthoff James A. Katowitz 2007 Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery continues to evolve as an important subspecialty dealing with a large variety of complex challenges. Despite close relationships and overlap with other surgical and nonsurgical disciplines, it has developed into a distinct identity, while also achieving a high level of patient satisfaction.
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Cathy C. Cartwright Donna C. Wallace Editors 2007 When we began working in pediatric neurosurgery as advanced practice nurses, we searched for a reference that would explain the different neurosurgical conditions affecting our patients and teach us how to care for them. There was nothing to be found. We asked our colleagues for a reference and they, too, had […]
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A. Schramm, N.-C. Gellrich, R. Schmelzeisen 2007 Navigational surgery in the craniomaxillofacial field started to become clinically applicable in the 1990s. Its distribution into daily routine,however, was limited due to the fact that all navigation systems narrowly addressed neurosurgical needs,which are basically to find a 3D structure within a 3D volume.
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James B. Stiehl Werner H. Konermann Rolf G. Haaker Anthony M. DiGioia III 2007 Computer assisted Orthopedic surgery has made significant advances since our first textbook was completed in 2003, not only in refinement of existing methods but in newer ideas such as early robotic applications and validation concepts. The basic platforms from which we work have […]
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Edited by Philip R. Schauer Bruce D. Schirmer Stacy A. Brethauer 2007 Over the last decade, bariatric surgeons have witnessed more dramatic advances in the field of bariatric surgery than in the previous 50 years of this relatively young discipline. These changes have certainly been fueled by the great obesity epidemic beginning in the 1970s, which created the demand […]
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Markolf H. Niemz 2007 Fundamentals and Applications Since the publication of the first edition of this book six years ago both research and applications in laser medicine have undergone substantial growth. The demand for novel techniques based on minimally invasive surgery has increased tremendously, and there is no end to it yet. Therefore, as the first edition ran out […]
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Jeno Manninger Ulrich Bosch Péter Cserháti Károly Fekete György Kazár † (Eds.) 2007 An atlas Hip fractures constitute one of the most resource consuming diagnoses in health care. With an increasing amount of elderly in the population WHO has prognosticated an almost five fold increase from 1.7 million hip fractures in the year 1990 to 6.3 million in 2050.
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Bernhard Schaller (ed.) 2007
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Edited by H.Millesi and R. Schmidhammer 2007 All over the world research is being undertaken to improve the treatment outcome of peripheral nerve lesions. Questions over questions arise. Is autologous nerve grafting still the gold standard for bridging defects? Have alternative techniques for overcoming defects of peripheral nerves reached a level to replace autografting?
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Edited by JACQUELINE SAW J. EMILIO EXAIRE DAVID S. LEE JAY S. YADAV 2007 Since the first carotid angioplasty that was performed in 1980, this technique has undergone tremendous modifications and improvements. Stents for the carotid artery were utilized in the early 1990s, and emboli protection devices were introduced about 2000.
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