Edited by J. D. Pickard, Cambridge (Editor-in-Chief), N. Akalan, Ankara, C. Di Rocco, Roma, V. V. Dolenc, Ljubljana, J. Lobo Antunes, Lisbon, J. J. A. Mooij, Groningen, J. Schramm, Bonn, M. Sindou, Lyon 2007 As an addition to the European postgraduate training system for young neurosurgeons, we began to publish in 1974 this series of Advances […]
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Editor-in-Chief L.D. Britt Editors Donald D. Trunkey David V. Feliciano 2007 Principles and Practice The genesis of this project is a direct result of the fact that there is no substantive textbook that addresses the full-spectrum of surgical emergencies. Even in a field in which there is a plethora of excellent textbooks on a variety of surgical […]
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P. Santoni-Rugiu · P. J. Sykes 2007 Why write a book about the history of plastic surgery? The publishers asked the same question and it is difficult to give a simple answer. Mountain climbers accept that the challenge is sufficient to make the effort worthwhile. There is personal satisfaction while travelling and euphoria at the end. This book has been […]
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John Kirkup 2007 This book is intended to explain and inform, not to dismay and shock, despite undertones of disapproval inherent in the term amputation, so deeply implanted in popular imagination, as epitomizing cruel and barbaric surgery before general anaesthesia. Yet many patients accepted this painful last resort in an endeavour to survive with three limbs rather than die […]
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Steffen Leonhardt, Thomas Falck, Petri Mähönen (Eds.) 2007
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B. Hamm · R. Forstner (Eds.) 2007 Imaging plays an ever increasing role in the diagnostic evaluation of women with gynecologic disease. While ultrasonography comes to mind first, computed tomography and, of course, magnetic resonance imaging definitely contribute important information to proper diagnosis and therapeutic decision-making.
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M. Sofue, N. Endo (Eds.) 2007 Joint Preservation or Joint Replacement? The 32nd Japanese Hip Society (JHS) Congress was held November 6–8, 2005, in Niigata, Japan. Guest speakers from many countries and specialists for hip disease presented papers that focused on joint preservation for osteoarthritis of the hip, joint preservation for aseptic necrosis of the femoral head, treatment […]
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PIERRE LE BEGUEC HANS- PETER SIEBER 2007 WITH A STEM SYSTEM BASED ON THE “PRESS-FIT” PRINCIPLE A CONCEPT AND A SYSTEM OF IMPLANTS A METHOD AND ITS RESULTS The revision of a loose femoral prosthesis causes apprehension among many surgeons because this operation involves numerous pitfalls. To avoid any hazardous surgery leading to failure, which would be, […]
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David Ip 2007 It was to the author’s delight that the medical and scientific communities have so warmly received his previous two books, also published by Springer, on the subjects of orthopaedic trauma and orthopaedic principles. The current text summarises the many conceptual and technological advances in the field of orthopaedic rehabilitation that the trainee surgeons will be eager to […]
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Edited by Sam W. Wiesel John N. Delahay 2007 The third edition of the Essentials of Orthopedic Surgery provides a concise overview of orthopedic surgery directed toward third- and fourth year medical students. In this edition, physical diagnosis is a subsection in each chapter, which we believe gives better continuity.
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