Clark A. Rosen C. Blake Simpson 2008 The field of laryngeal surgery for voice and airway pathologic conditions has dramatically changed over the last 20 years, and the impetus for this book was to reflect these major paradigm shifts, and bring together in one place essential information on the rapidly growing and changing field of laryngeal surgery. The book was […]
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Richard R. Gacek 2008 Otologic procedures that endure are based on a detailed knowledge of the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the temporal bone. Several excellent texts on surgery of the temporal bone are available, which comprehensibly describe surgical techniques and instrumentation in otologic surgery. Pictorials used in these renditions live up to the adage that a “picture is […]
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H. Jack Baskin Daniel S. Duick Robert A. Levine 2008 In the eight years since the publication of the first edition of this book, ultrasound has become an integral part of the practice of endocrinology. Ultrasound guidance for obtaining accurate diagnostic material by FNA is now accepted normal procedure. As the chief editor of Thyroid wrote in a recent editorial: […]
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Erica R. Thaler • David W. Kennedy Editors 2008 A Guide for Diagnosis and Management Sinusitis and rhinitis are ubiquitous medical problems, comprising a set of conditions most commonly today described together under the term rhinosinusitis, that occupy a significant portion of time in many outpatient care providers’ offices, be it pediatrician, family practitioner, internist, primary care provider, […]
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E. Neri · D. Caramella · C. Bartolozzi (Eds.) 2008 Two and three-dimensional image processing is an essential and integral part of the diagnostic workflow in the Radiology Department nowadays, significantly improving the uality of diagnosis and at the same time increasing reporting times. Thus, a precise knowledge of the technical aspects and clinical impact of image processing […]
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Editors Jennifer J. Shin Christopher J. Hartnick Gregory W. Randolph 2008 The pathway to success in 21st century medicine will be lined by competent physicians practicing safe, evidenced-based, and cost-effective medicine. The foundation for this pathway must be carefully constructed by thoughtful investigation that documents sound treatment principles validated by acceptable measurement tools.
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Toshihisa Murofushi ⋅ Kimitaka Kaga 2009 Its Basics and Clinical Applications The vestibular labyrinth consists of five compartments: the lateral, anterior, and posterior semicircular canals, the utricule, and the saccule. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Robert Bárány proposed the caloric test as a clinical test of the lateral semicircular canal.
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Kimitaka Kaga · Arnold Starr Editors 2009 The International Mini-Symposium on Auditory and Vestibular Neuropathy (Auditory Nerve Disease) was held on March 3, 2007, at the University of Tokyo, Japan. The symposium was planned to commemorate my new departure from the University of Tokyo to the National Institute of Sensory Organs.
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Jozef J. Zwislocki 2009 Hopefully, this book may be of interest not only to psychophysicists who formally call themselves “psychophysicists,” and of whom there are very few but also to all those who use psychophysics in their activities, often not even realizing they do. Every educated person has at least an idea of what physics […]
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Melissa L. Rethlefsen · David L. Rothman · Daniel S. Mojon 2009 As the single most powerful information tool in history, the Internet has changed everything and has only just begun changing the practice of medicine. Fortunately, the individual physician can also leverage the power of the Net to his or her own individual circumstances and needs.
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