Ahmed M. Al-Kandari • Inderbir S. Gill (Editors) 2011 Laparoscopic surgery has changed the way that many surgical conditions are managed. Urologists are among the specialists who pioneered the field of laparoscopy and continued to improve and explore more technical methods that have led to successful procedures, with excellent functional outcome and minimal morbidity.
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Paola De Nardi • Stefano Ferrari 2011 A Multidisciplinary Approach Deep endometriosis was identified by Cullen at the beginning of the last century, as a nodular lesion that is able to invade the rectovaginal space, the uterine ligaments, the wall of the bowel, and the ovary.
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Jeff L. Creasy 2011 A Forensic Guide for Radiologists, Other Expert Medical Witnesses, and Attorneys Why do we need a book on the dating of neurological injury? Over the last decade, I have personally reviewed more than 80 medical–legal cases related to neurological disease in which some aspect of the case involved imaging technology.
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Zsolt Argenyi • Chris H. Jokinen 2011 Cutaneous neuropathology seems a small and esoteric field within the extensive domain of dermatopathology. Paradoxically, tumors of this category include some of the most vexing problems that dermatopathologists encounter in their daily practice.
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Anton H. Schwabegger Editor 2011 Several publications, case reports, reviews, and new surgical techniques, either as modifications or new developments of the pectus excavatum or carinatum surgery have inundated the literature databases over the past decade.
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Adam Wittek • Poul M.F. Nielsen • Karol Miller Editors 2011 Soft Tissues and the Musculoskeletal System A novel partnership between surgeons and machines, made possible by advances in computing and engineering technology, could overcome many of the limitations of traditional surgery.By extending surgeons’ ability to plan and carry out surgical interventions more accurately and with less trauma, […]
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Alexis Jacquier 2011 Cardiac masses pose difficult diagnostic challenges. Although many cardiac tumours are today operable, the complexity of any surgery involved requires accurate pre-operative imaging. Several imaging modalities including cardiac magnetic resonance and computed tomography are used for this assessment, often used in combination.
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Mark R. Katlic Editor 2011 The aging of the population will be the greatest force affecting health care – affecting society as a whole – in our lifetime. Already the elder group is experiencing near-exponential growth, with the most explosive growth in the over 85 years subset.
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Frederick M. Dirbas Carol E.H. Scott-Conner (Eds.) 2011 Why another breast book? This was the question we were asked most frequently as we recruited our distinguished chapter authors. In brief, we decided to create this book out of two major frustrations. First – we felt the lack of a single, practical, terse yet comprehensive text that we could […]
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Alfonso Barbarisi (Ed.) 2011 The 20th century has drawn to a close, the century when surgery took huge steps forward thanks to the progress of technologies. Now we are approaching the century of biotechnologies which will cause not only a progress in surgery, but a real cultural revolution which will completely change the approach to solving different problems in […]
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