CORRADO LAVINI • CESAR A. MORAN • ULIANO MORANDI • RUDOLF SCHOENHUBER (Eds) 2008 Clinical, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Features The thymus is a gland that over the last two centuries has generated great awareness not only from the anatomical perspective but also for the physiological and pathological roles it plays in many disease processes. Prior to the […]
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Robert Carachi · Jay L. Grosfeld · Amir F. Azmy (Eds.) 2008 The first edition of The Surgery of Childhood Tumors was published in 1999. The purpose of the book was to produce a comprehensive illustrated reference book on the management of childhood solid tumors focusing on those neoplasms of specific interest to pediatric surgeons. It was also intended for […]
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P. Colm Malone • Paul S. Agutter 2008 A Critical, Historical and Epistemological Survey What we now call ‘deep venous thrombosis’ (DVT) has been studied in diverse ways during the last 200–300 years. Each of these approaches contributes to a full modern understanding of aetiology. Therefore, much of this book is a historical survey of the field.
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Alfredo Guglielmi • Andrea Ruzzenente • Calogero Iacono 2008 I would like to thank the Steering Committee of the Italian Society of Surgery (SIC) for giving me the opportunity of writing this book. I accepted the task enthusiastically, because the surgery of cholangiocarcinoma is a fascinating and complex part of hepatobiliary surgery that has undergone numerous changes over […]
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Matthias D. Becker · Janet L. Davis (Eds.) 2008 Intraocular inflammation comprises a wide variety of clinical entities. Its relative rarity makes diagnosis and therapy difficult. However, great progress has been made in the management of ocular inflammatory disorders as our knowledge has increased over the past decade, especially in the analysis of ocular specimens and in the use of immunosuppressive […]
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Ricardo Ramina, Paulo Henrique Pires Aguiar, Marcos Tatagiba Editors 2008 The idea to write a book in honor of Professor Madjid Samii’s 70th birthday evolved after talking to several of his former colleagues. This book shares with the readers his method of teaching surgical techniques as well as his management philosophy.
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Donato F. Altomare,Filippo Pucciani (Eds) 2008 Diagnosis and Clinical Management Rectal Prolapse: Diagnosis and Clinical Management is a unique publication. It is a multiauthor work edited by experts who have drawn together opinions by professionals highly recognised in the field. The book deals with a common condition in all its aspects – from aetiology and pathophysiology to […]
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Edited by Giuliano Mariani Armando E. Giuliano H. William Strauss 2008 The fields of nuclear medicine, surgery, and general oncology have changed dramatically in the past two decades. Surgical oncologists are being asked to resect smaller and often radiographically occult tumors. The accurate staging of many malignancies is now performed with identification and resection of sentinel lymph nodes, almost […]
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Edited by Charles E. Butler Neil A. Fine 2008 Principles of Cancer Reconstructive Surgery is a reference text for medical and surgical oncologists, radiation oncologists, family practice physicians and dermatologists, providing an overview of reconstructive procedures. Interested residents, medical students, and health care professionals will find this an important resource designed to educate those involved with the management of cancer […]
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T. J. Vogl · T. K. Helmberger · M. G. Mack M. F. Reiser (Eds.) 2008 Technological and oncological advances have provided new methods for the minimally invasive treatment of malignant tumors. A great deal of enthusiasm has developed recently in the use of local oncological treatment options such as thermal ablative therapies and locoregional chemotherapy.
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