FRANCESCO BENAZZO FRANCESCO FALEZ MARTIN DIETRICH Editors 2006 We are once again very proud of the fact that we have been able to provide you with the proceedings of this Symposium as a part of your registration materials. This is a mayor achievement that could only be made possible by the excellent cooperation of all of the speakers, […]
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Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso (Ed) 2006 This book reflects my deep interest in the pathology of the knee, particularly that of the extensor mechanism, and to bring to the fore the great importance I give to the concept of subspecialization, this being the only way to confront the deterioration and mediocrity of our speciality, Orthopaedic Surgery; and to provide our […]
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Redento Mora (Ed.) 2006 Diagnosis and treatment with compression-distraction techniques Expressions such as “compression-distraction techniques”, “transosseous osteosynthesis methods”, and “circular external fixation”, born in past decades in the former Soviet Union, are interchangeable and will be used in this book without distinguishing between them. Moreover, the term “screw” is used throughout this volume instead of “fiche”, as established in the […]
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Kenneth L. Cameron • Brett D. Owens Editors 2016 Musculoskeletal injuries and conditions are endemic in US military populations. Former US Army Surgeon General, James Peake, referred to the burden of musculoskeletal injuries in the military as a “hidden epidemic” in 2000 [4]. Today, as the US military is transitioning from more than a decade of war on […]
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A.M.De Schepper (Editor) 2006 The Belgian Soft Tissue Neoplasm Registry (BSTNR) is a multiinstitutional database project involving the cooperation of nearly all magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) centers in Belgium. This initiative, which was started in 2001, had two main goals. First, the BSTNR provided a second opinion report (within 48 h) as a professional courtesy toward all cooperating radiologists.
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Edited by ROBERT F. MCLAIN 2006 Comprehensive Care Recent advances in medical treatment have dramatically changed our approach to many forms of cancer. Nowhere is this more apparent than in our approach to patients with cancer of the spinal column. A scant 30 years ago, spinal tumors were considered largely untreatable. Tumor resection was considered futile, if […]
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Edited by Chen Hsing Hsu 2006 The kidney is one of the most complex organs. Once it fails, it can no longer carry out the complicated tasks performed by the normal kidney. The ensuing disorders of calcium (Ca) and phosphate (P) metabolism are common and difficult problems in chronic kidney disease (CKD). This book is intended for medical students, […]
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J. W. M. Van Goethem · L. van den Hauwe P. M. Parizel (Eds.) 2007 Diagnostic Imaging of the Spine and Spinal Cord Diseases of the spine are very common. They affect up to 80% of the population worldwide and may cause pain, disability and economic loss. Pain or discomfort originating in the spine is usually a self-limiting […]
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A. Lerner · D. Reis · M. Soudry 2007 Staged Treatment The treatment of severe locomotor system trauma has a long tradition in our hospital, the Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, the only tertiary hospital in the north of Israel covering a population of almost 2 million citizens. Our hospital lies less than 20 min helicopter flying time from the border, […]
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James B. Stiehl Werner H. Konermann Rolf G. Haaker Anthony M. DiGioia III 2007 Computer assisted Orthopedic surgery has made significant advances since our first textbook was completed in 2003, not only in refinement of existing methods but in newer ideas such as early robotic applications and validation concepts. The basic platforms from which we work have […]
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