Indru Khubchandani Nina Paonessa and Khawaja Azimuddin (Eds.) 2009 Much has happened in the management of hemorrhoidal disease since the First Edition was published under the able leadership of Dr. Charles Mann. Some procedures have been delegated as ‘‘historical’’ and have become obsolete by virtue of the data collected, particularly in the era of evidence-based medicine. Other innovations have […]
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Andrzej Baranski 2009 The intention of this book is to promote a surgical technique of abdominal organ procurement in order to avoid organ damage and thus enhance the quality of retrieved organs. Organ procurement from a brain death donor is an essential part of organ transplantation. In donors where more than one organ is removed, the surgical procedure is critically […]
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Lee John Skandalakis John E. Skandalakis Panajiotis N. Skandalakis 2009 In this third edition of Surgical Anatomy and Technique: A Pocket Manual, we are very pleased to add three new chapters: the vascular system by Drs. Deepak G. Nair and Robert B. Smith III; the uterus, ovaries, and tubes by Dr. Ramon A. Suarez; and microsurgical techniques by […]
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Antonio Bolognese • Luciano Izzo 2009 My sincere and heartfelt thanks to the President and to the Board of Directors of the Italian Society of Surgery for having assigned me the task of compiling this report on “Surgery in Multimodal Management of Solid Tumors”. In a time when the most recent epidemiologic research indicates an increase of about 50% […]
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Steven T. Rosen, Series Editor 2009 The life-promoting and life-enhancing benefits of solid organ transplantation are a major and fascinating medical advance, but come at the cost of the lifelong immunosuppression needed to prevent rejection of the donated organ. This induction and maintenance of impaired immunological surveillance is paralleled by significant increases in the incidence of specific cancers, of […]
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F. J. Stucker • C. de Souza • G. S. Kenyon • T. S. Lian • W. Draf • B. Schick (Eds.) 2009 Georg von Bekesey was awarded the Nobel Prize for his seminal work on hearing. It was, however, 43 years later in 2004 that Linda Buck and Richard Axel were awarded the Nobel Prize for their […]
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Edited By Richard P. Billingham Kathleen C. Kobashi William A. Peters III 2009 The impetus for this book came from the recent appearance of single specialty books pertaining to reoperative surgery on various organs in the pelvis, as well as from the recognition that several different disciplines are involved with the challenges of reoperative pelvic surgery. Surgeons […]
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Marc Sindou Editor 2009 Cranial Approaches, Vascular, Traumas, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Infections “Practical Handbook of Neurosurgery” invites readers to take part in a journey through the vast field of neurosurgery, in the company of internationally renowned experts. At a time when the discipline is experiencing a (detrimental) tendency to segment into various subfi elds and scatter in the process, […]
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Edited by Sumaira Macdonald Gerry Stansby 2009 He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea (William Osler, 1849–1919). In the management of vascular disease, there has been an inexorable drive toward less invasive endovascular treatment options. This has substantially altered the attitudes of patients, clinicians, and health care providers and has influenced service provision for these patients.
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G.Willy Davila, Gamal M. Ghoniem and Steven D.Wexner (Eds.) 2009 All the characteristics and driving force of The Cleveland Clinic are to be found in this book on pelvic floor function. The Cleveland Clinic is a group practice founded in 1921 on the principles of cooperation, collaboration, and collegiality. Its founders believed that many physicians working together will […]
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