Feliciano Crovella • Giovanni Bartone • Landino Fei 2008 When the Steering Committee and we chose the title Incisional Hernia for the Biennial Report, our thought was that, although the topic had been covered in numerous conferences in Italy and abroad, this was an opportunity for a review of the most important and emerging issues.
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Editors: A. L. Baert, Leuven M. Knauth, Göttingen K. Sartor, Heidelberg 2008 By the time I started my medical internship – which, despite many grey hairs on my head, is not too long ago – the “art” of transplantation was a somewhat esoteric subdiscipline of medicine reserved for a handful of experts based in highly specialized academic institutions. […]
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Mario Pescatori • F. Sérgio P. Regadas • Sthela M. Murad Regadas • Andrew P. Zbar 2008 Imaging is now central to the investigation and management of anorectal and pelvic floor disorders. This has been brought about by technical developments in imaging, notably, three-dimensional ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which allow high anatomical resolution and tissue differentiation […]
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Terry Peters • Kevin Cleary Editors 2008 Technology and Applications This book had its genesis in 2003, when Dr. Lixu Gu of Shanghai Jiatong University asked whether we would consider organizing a workshop on image-guided interventions at the 2005 International Symposium on Engineering in Medicine and Biology in Shanghai, China. We agreed and our subsequent workshop included five individual speakers and […]
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Ulrike Blume-Peytavi · Antonella Tosti David A. Whiting · Ralph M. Trüeb (Eds.) 2008 The ideal of lifelong beautiful hair, easy to grow or to eliminate, to pigment or to depigment, to newly create or simply to replace or rearrange, is of interest to anyone interested in hair growth and its disorders, or who has patients with hair problems. During […]
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Roberto De Ponti 2008 A Case-based Atlas of Electroanatomic Mapping in Complex Atrial Arrhythmias What is a complex case? Although the concept of what is complex may be personal, there is a common sense of complexity in electrophysiology. In most cases, a complex case involves a patient who comes or is referred after a single or multiple […]
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Vee P. Prasher • Mike P. Kerr Editors 2008 This book brings together findings from research and clinical practice with a multidisciplinary perspective on important aspects of epilepsy in persons with intellectual disabilities. It is important for professionals involved in the care of persons with intellectual disabilities and epilepsy to have a comprehensive understanding of the essential research and […]
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Wolfgang Seeger 2008 Microsurgical techniques related to the basal cisterns and their walls were initially developed by Ya¸sargil based on anatomical and neuroradiological findings. Subsequently, numerous additional authors have contributed to the body of publications concerning the routine application of endoscopic techniques for intraventricular and intracerebral surgery guided by stereotaxy and/or neuronavigation.
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Richard R. Gacek 2008 Otologic procedures that endure are based on a detailed knowledge of the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the temporal bone. Several excellent texts on surgery of the temporal bone are available, which comprehensibly describe surgical techniques and instrumentation in otologic surgery. Pictorials used in these renditions live up to the adage that a “picture is […]
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Edited by Jonathan A. Myers Keith W. Millikan Theodore J. Saclarides 2008 An Algorithmic Approach to Problem Solving The printing of the 2nd edition of Common Surgical Diseases: An Algorithmic Approach to Problem Solving attests to its usefulness and popularity. Dr. Steven Economou, who wrote the first foreword, died on April 7, 2007, and despite his prolonged and debilitating […]
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