Karl Hörmann • Thomas Verse 2010 Nasal continuous positive airway pressure ventilation is the gold standard in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. Long-term compliance rates are about 60%. Therefore, several alternative treatment options are of special interest. Beside conservative therapies, various surgical concepts exist.

Jean-Francois Dufour Pierre-Alain Clavien (Eds.) 2010 Recent advances in diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to liver disease have carried hepatology to new frontiers. The increasing frequency with which steatotic and cirrhotic livers undergo complex curative treatment strategies is a challenge to liver surgeons and hepatologists, who need to understand the molecular mechanisms at play in these situations.

Vikas R. Dharnidharka • Michael Green Steven A. Webber (Eds.) 2010 By the mid 1960s, there was evidence that the loss of tumor surveillance in immunosuppressed organ recipients could result in (1) accidental engraftment of donor malignancies, (2) accelerated growth of microscopic metastatic neoplasms of either donor or recipient origin, and (3) an increased incidence of de novo […]

Colin D. Johnson • Clement W. Imrie Editors 2010 Protocols and Clinical Research This book stems from an unusual meeting held in The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in March 2007. Enthusiastic doctors in the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic diseases were arranged in small groups to discuss specific unsolved/partially clinical problems and suggest the way […]