Editors: Mary Kwaan, Andrew Zbar 2019 The management landscape of rectal cancer is changing at such a rate that one hesitates to put out a book with the title ‘Comprehensive Rectal Cancer Care’. The aim in this volume is to express a snapshot in time of the current status of the decision making surrounding tailored […]
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Editors: Salvatore Docimo, Eric M. Pauli 2019 With the rapid expansion of surgical knowledge, it has never been more challenging to organize and articulate a simple and safe surgical plan. Traditional textbooks, in an attempt to keep pace with the growth of surgical science, have become encyclopedic reference books. Young surgeons, with a finite amount […]
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He-Ping Zheng, Jian Lin, Yong-Qing Xu, De-Qing Hu 2019 Microsurgical Reconstruction and Cases
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Editors: Giorgio De Santis, Peter G. Cordeiro, Luigi Chiarini 2019 The advent of microsurgery in the 1980s dramatically expanded the options for reconstructing defects of the lower and upper jaws, providing the reconstructive surgeon with a wider choice of flaps of skin, soft tissue, and bone. Osteocutaneous free flaps to restore segmental bony defects include the […]
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Chang-Ming Huang, Chao-Hui Zheng, Ping Li Jian-Wei Xie 2019 High Resolution Image for New Surgical Technique Laparoscopic technology has achieved satisfactory clinical effects in the treatment of early gastric cancer and has also been applied to the treatment of locally advanced gastric cancer. The success of laparoscopic radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer not only requires proficient surgical techniques but […]
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Editor Tun Hing Lui 2019 Principle and Practice I have had the privilege to experience firsthand the advances of foot and ankle surgery during my 27 years of practice, and have witnessed technological advances in instrument design which have enabled my friends and colleagues from all over the world develop many innovative procedures to tackle […]
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Editors: Takashi Kunihara, Shuichiro Takanashi 2019 Concepts and Approaches According to statistics published by the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery in 2012, mitral valvuloplasty accounted for 66% of the total number of isolated mitral valve surgeries during that year in Japan, whereas aortic valvuloplasty accounted for only 4%. Aortic valvuloplasty was also only performed in […]
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Editors: Luciano Mastronardi, Takanori Fukushima, Alberto Campione 2019 Improving Results with New Technologies The aim of this book is to report the results of microsurgical removal of acoustic neuromas (AN) using new technologies: flexible handheld laser fibers, Sonopet Ultrasound Aspirator, Facial Nerve “detector” monopolar stimulation (to localize position and course of nerve), BAERs with LS […]
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Editor Yi Wang 2019 ABO blood group incompatibility kidney transplantation(ABOi-KT) started in the 1980s. The country which has accumulated a wealth of experience is Japan. In the early days, to implement of this kind of transplant, the doctors were working to remove the native preexisting antibodies and decrease the number of B cells in the […]
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Editors: James C. Melville, Jonathan W. Shum, Simon Young, Mark E. Wong 2019 The replacement of worn or damaged body parts has been a focus of medicine for centuries. As early as the sixth century BC, Indian surgeons described techniques for nasal reconstruction utilizing pedicled flaps from the arm. Since then, significant advances, especially in […]
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