Rolfe Birch 2011 This work is dedicated to George Bonney who began preparation of the second edition of Surgical Disorders of the Peripheral Nerves shortly after the publication of the first. The structure of the book was well advanced by the time of his death. One main reason for undertaking this task was the rising tide of iatrogenous […]
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Adam J. Brooks • Jon Clasper Mark J. Midwinter • Timothy J. Hodgetts Peter F. Mahoney (Editors) 2011 This Preface is being written at the joint UK–US Hospital in Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan. Over the last few weeks the Hospital has received casualties from gunshot, burns, mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Adults, children, soldiers and civilians have […]
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Ashok K. Hemal · Mani Menon Editors 2011 It has been a privilege for us to write the preface for this book, Robotics in Genitourinary Surgery. The da Vinci robot is a staggeringly sophisticated tool, although it has been around for only a decade and has witnessed a logarithmic increase in numbers of robot-assisted surgeries since its inception. […]
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Edited by Michael C. Ost 2011 I am thankful to have had the opportunity to work with Springer to create a unique textbook focusing on “Robotic and Laparoscopic Reconstructive Surgery in Children and Adults.” The publication of this reference is timely and it is truly “one of a kind.”
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Jean V. Joseph • Hitendra R.H. Patel (Editors 2011 Minimally invasive surgery has experienced significant growth over the past decades. When compared to other disciplines, the growth in the urology arena has been unrivaled. Procedures that were routinely done using an open approach have been quickly converted to a laparoscopic approach.
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Petr Suchomel • Ondrˇej Choutka 2011 The spine is a “scaffold” for the erect human body and spinal cord that allows for information to travel between the central nervous system and the peripheral movement executers. Without good signal transition or intact scaffold, a human being cannot walk efficiently.
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K.-D. Wolff · F. Hölzle 2011 With the introduction of microvascular tissue transfer in the early 1970s, a new universe of reconstructive possibilities was opened. In the meanwhile, this technique has proven to be one of the most important developments for our patients.
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Natasha Rekhtman Justin A. Bishop 2011 This book is a compilation of high-yield at-a-glance summaries for various topics frequently needed in a quick reference format at the microscope (or when cramming for the boards). As recently minted pathologists, we compiled this book from the perspective of pathologists-in training and we gathered topics which we wanted to […]
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Ronnie Ann Rosenthal Michael E. Zenilman Mark R. Katlic Editors 2011 It has been a decade since the first edition of this textbook came to press, and the field of geriatric surgery is growing. Over the last decade, Geriatrics has been recognized as a distinct aspect of surgery by leadership in our field and others. The American […]
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Edited by Peter Slinger 2011 This book, The Principles and Practice of Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery, is designed to be a comprehensive and up-to-date reference text for all aspects of anesthesia related to noncardiac intrathoracic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The goal of this text is to improve the perioperative care of thoracic surgical patients.
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