Edited by M.A. Hayat 2011 Brain Tumors (Part 1) In this volume, as in volumes 1 and 2, the emphasis is on the diagnosis, therapy, and prognosis of brain tumors. In addition to describing strategies for advanced brain tumor treatment, this volume presents information on understanding the unique biology of the brain and its tumors.
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Edited by M.A. Hayat 2011 Gliomas: Glioblastoma (Part 2) The primary objective of this series, Tumors of the Central Nervous System, is to present the readers with the most up-to-date information on the initiation, progression, recurrence, metastasis, and treatment of the CNS tumors. As in volume 1, volume 2 has discussed in detail biomarkers and diagnosis of gliomas, […]
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Edited by M.A. Hayat 2011 Gliomas: Glioblastoma (Part 1) It is recognized that scientific journals not only provide current information but also facilitate exchange of information, resulting in rapid progress. In this endeavor, the main role of scientific books is to present current information in more detail after careful additional evaluation of the investigational results, especially those of […]
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Edited by T. Tsukahara, L. Regli, D. Hänggi, B. Turowski, H.-J. Steiger 2011 The European-Japanese Joint Conferences for Stroke Surgery were initiated in 2001 by Prof. Y. Sakurai, Sendai, and Prof. Y. Yonekawa, Zürich, under the name the Swiss-Japanese Join Conference. The first meeting in Zürich was dedicated to the management of subarachnoid hemorrhage and unruptured aneurysms.
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Roberto Chiesa • Germano Melissano Alberto Zangrillo Editors 2011 Repair of the thoraco-abdominal aorta represents a formidable challenge for surgeons, anesthesiologists and patients alike. As opposed to aortic disease confined to the chest, where the introduction of endografts has radically changed the therapeutical paradigm with much improved results, endovascular options for thoraco-abdominal aortic disease are still burdened by significant […]
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Hans-Christoph Pape • Roy Sanders Joseph Borrelli Jr. (Editors) 2011 This book focuses on patients with difficult fracture situations, special injury combinations or other conditions that require interdisciplinary actions. The idea behind this book was to provide complementary information to that available in most general orthopaedic or trauma text books.
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Maria Z. Siemionow (Editor) 2011 It is a great privilege to introduce the book The Know-How of Face Transplantation to those who are interested in innovations in plastic and reconstructive surgery as well as innovation in the transplantation field. The idea to write The Know-How of Face Transplantation came early on, even before we had performed the first face […]
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Philippe Valenti 2011 In the last twenty-five years the diagnosis and treatment of rotator cuff tears have seen tremendous progress. Whereas in the 1960ies surgeons believed that all ruptures are reparable and are amenable to a successful outcome, experience and conscientious follow-up studies have taught us differently:
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Jacob Rosen l Blake Hannaford Richard M. Satava Editors 2011 Systems Applications and Visions The dictum Primum non nocere (First, do no harm) and the dictum “Primum Succurrere” (First, hasten to help) as the prime directives of ethics in medicine may dictate two orthogonal approaches of practicing medicine, both of which are aimed to provide the best health […]
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Heather Fry • Roger Kneebone Editors 2011 Theorising an Emerging Domain
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