Juan Iovanna • Uktam Ismailov Editors 2009 From Bench to Bedside In September 2007, several experts in the field of pancreatic pathophysiology, supported by the NATO Science Committee, met in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to present their most recent data and discuss basic, genetic, clinical, and surgical aspects of pancreatic diseases. In basic research, the implication of pancreatic stress proteins […]
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H.-U. Kauczor (Ed.) 2009 For a long time the lung has been regarded as the black hole in MRI. In the 1980s courageous physicists and radiologists have tried to investigate different lung diseases using MRI, but they could neither produce convincing image quality within a reasonable examination time nor generate a substantial clinical impact. MRI was accepted for […]
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E. J. Balthazar · A. J. Megibow · R. Pozzi Mucelli (Eds.) 2009 Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis Pancreatitis is a ubiquitous disease. Although it is more prevalent in developed countries, accounting for approximately 210,000 yearly hospital admissions in the US, the wide variety of causes accounts for it being seen in every country. Even though it is […]
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Mark R. Harrigan John P. Deveikis Agnieszka Anna Ardelt 2009 In recent years, neurointerventional radiology has evolved into a rarified and complex field, with a set of techniques and a knowledge base that are distinct from other fields within medicine. At the same time, clinicians from an assortment of disciplines have come to practice neurointerventional radiology, with backgrounds ranging […]
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Reynolds Delgado Editor Harvinder Singh Arora Associate Editor 2009 The problem of ischemic heart disease is one of the most important public health problems in the world today. With more effective treatment for acute coronary syndromes and the aging of the population, more people are now living with coronary artery disease and advanced ischemic heart disease is becoming […]
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Paul R. Wood, Peter F. Mahoney and Julian P. Cooper 2009 The orthopedic ward can be a challenging location for the recently qualified doctor. The demands and responsibilities in preparing patients for elective orthopedic and acute trauma surgery are often very different.
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Peter A. Cataldo l Gerhard F. Buess Editors 2009 Principles and Techniques Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) was developed in the early 1980s in Tu¨ bingen, Germany, by Gerhard Buess and the Richard Wolf Medical Instrument Company to remove large rectal polyps beyond the reach of standard transanal excision. It has blossomed into a valuable, state-of-the-art technology equal to […]
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Margaritis Z. Pimenidis 2009 Treatment of Malocclusion Through Neuroplasticity According to the traditional orthodontic view the sensory and motor functions of the mouth are considered as phenomena coded in the DNA molecule of the neuron, and this coding acts as a template, a blueprint or a program, containing all the necessary information for normal oral behavior development, with […]
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Mauricio de Maio • Berthold Rzany 2009 Men are different from women in many ways. Male aesthetics are different from female aesthetics. Most readers would agree with this statement. However, as the majority of our patients are still female, even cosmetic physicians may tend to treat their male patients like female patients. This can lead to dissatisfaction of […]
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David E. Beck Patricia L. Roberts John L. Rombeau Michael J. Stamos Steven D. Wexner 2009 This manual is abstracted from and is a companion to the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons’ (ASCRS) ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Wolff BG, Fleshman JW, Beck DE, Pemberton JH, Wexner SD, eds. New York: Springer; 2007. It […]
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