Marc Remacle Hans Edmund Eckel (Eds.) 2010 Only 25 years ago, laryngology and laryngeal surgery mainly dealt with life threatening conditions of the larynx, particularly those related to airway obstruction and laryngeal cancer. Endoscopic biopsies for diagnostic purposes, open laryngeal surgery to resect laryngeal tumours and tracheotomy for airway relief were the principal laryngeal procedures at most Ear, Nose […]
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Marek Szpalski Robert Gunzburg Björn L. Rydevik Jean-Charles Le Huec H. Michael Mayer (Eds.) 2010 Low back pain is one of the most common conditions encountered in clinical practice; however, its definition itself is subject to debate and precise knowledge about it is conflicting. It can be attributed to a great number of different origins although, often, the […]
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Thomas Dittmar · Kurt S. Zänker Editors 2010 Within the last decade there has been a dramatic increase in the understanding and application of biological principles within stem cell therapies, which has made it necessary to produce a book which intends to summarize much of the body of knowledge concerning Stem Cell Biology in Health and Disease.
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Vikas V. Patel Evalina Burger Courtney W. Brown (Editors) 2010 Many textbooks already exist in the ever-changing world of spine surgery, few, however, focus on spine trauma. The spine trauma books that are available provide comprehensive historical and mechanistic perspectives on spine trauma with excellent reviews on the thought process and recommendations of treatment.
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Edited by Panayiotis Varelas 2010 A Guide to Diagnosis and Therapeutics Seizures in Critical Care: A Guide to Diagnosis and Therapeutics was published in the end of 2004. Based on the communication that my co-authors and I had with various health care providers, it was received very positively and was widely used as a reference book in many […]
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Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo Matthew W. Wilson (Editors) 2010 Although rare, retinoblastoma has been at the forefront of cancer research and treatment for the last three decades. The two-hit hypothesis of oncogenesis proposed by Alfred Knudson provided the conceptual framework for tumor suppressor gene research and led to the discovery of the retinoblastoma pathway as a key element in cancer development.
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Edited by Brian G. Czito, Christopher G. Willett 2010 International Perspectives on Multimodality Management Rectal Cancer: International Perspectives on Multimodality Management is a timely analysis of the diagnosis, staging, pathology, and therapy of cancer of the rectum. This book is intended as useful resource for physicians, scientists, medical students, and allied health personnel in the disciplines of radiology, gastroenterology, surgical oncology, medical […]
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Dominique Gossot 2010 Although video-assisted thoracoscopic major pulmonary resections are not widely used yet, the interest in these techniques has grown after the publication of a large number of studies reporting good results . Increasing evidence suggests that thoracoscopic lobectomies can be performed with reduced morbidity and equivalent oncologic outcomes compared to open lobectomies.
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Edmo Atique Gabriel, Tomas A. Salerno Editors 2010 Over the past fifty years, advanced techniques and strategies have arisen in the field of myocardial protection. Meticulous trials, focusing on pulmonary protection during heart surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), have been missing.
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Maria Z. Siemionow and Marita Eisenmann-Klein (Eds.) 2010 It is a pleasure to introduce a new specialist surgery series textbook entitled Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. When I was approached to edit this book, I realized that it would be a tremendous task and asked Dr. Marita Eisenmann-Klein, from Regensburg, Germany, to serve as coeditor.
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