A. Herold, P.-A. Lehur, K. E. Matzel, P. R. O’Connell Editors 2008 This book forms the latest addition to the European Manual of Medicine series published by Springer. The aim is to provide surgical trainees preparing for the European Board of Surgery Qualification (EBSQ) examination with a comprehensive yet condensed guide to the core knowledge required in the […]
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Edited by Y. Yonekawa, T. Tsukahara, A. Valavanis, and N. Khan 2008 This Supplement is an outline of the proceedings of the 3rd European-Japanese Joint Conference for Cerebral Stroke Surgery which was held in conjunction with the 70th Anniversary of the Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik Zürich founded by Prof. Krayenbühl. This meeting has been held twice until now under the name of […]
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Edited by T. Kiris¸ and J. H. Zhang 2008 New Strategies in Research and Treatment Since 1972, neurosurgeons met once every few years to report their studies on cerebral vasospasm and discuss future directions in clinical and basic science research of vasospasm. Cerebral vasospasm remains, however, a dark castle that is resistant to any attempts of having its doors cranked […]
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Edited by L.-F. Zhou, G. Xi, X.-C. Chen, R. F. Keep, F.-P. Huang, Y. Hua, Y.-C. Lu, K. M. Muraszko 2008 These are the proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Cerebral Hemorrhage, which was held on November 10–11th, 2007 in Shanghai, China. This symposium followed the successful first symposium held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, in 2005. The […]
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Lorenz Pavesi Philippe M. Fauchet (Eds.) 2008 This book is the brainchild of the fourth Optoelectronic and Photonic Winter School on “Biophotonics” which took place from 25th February 2007 to 3rd March 2007 in Sardagna, a small village on the mountains around Trento in Italy. This school, held every two years, have been promoted to trace the very fast […]
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Stephan Becker Michael Ogon (Eds.) 2008 Osteoporosis is one of the ten most important diseases worldwide and its importance will rise further following the aging of the population. Vertebral fractures are the most common fractures in osteoporosis and have significant impact on quality of life and survival rates, as well as carrying increased socioeconomic costs.
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G.O.H. Naumann, L.M. Holbach, F.E. Kruse (Eds.) 2008 Ophthalmic pathology means the study of the symptoms and morphologic signs of diseases of the eye and ocular adnexae both biomicroscopically and in the laboratory. Precise definition of the phenotype is a prerequisite for correlation to the genotype, helping to design clinical studies. Spectacular progress is considered a hallmark of both […]
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Edited by J. D. Pickard, (Editor-in-Chief) N. Akalan, C. Di Rocco V. V. Dolenc, J. Lobo Antunes J. J. A. Mooij, J. Schramm M. Sindou 2008 As an addition to the European postgraduate training system for young neurosurgeons, we began to publish in 1974 this series of Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery which was later sponsored […]
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David Abraham, Clive Handler, Michael Dashwood, and Gerry Coghlan (Eds.) 2008 Mechanisms and Consequences
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Vinod H. Nargund, Derek Raghavan, and Howard M. Sandler (Eds) 2008 Clinical knowledge is based on three components: meticulous observation, detailed recording, and an understanding of basic science relevant to the clinical situation. The first two come with apprenticeship and the last one with personal research or inquisitive reading.
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