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The intention of this book is to promote a surgical technique of abdominal organ procurement in order to avoid organ damage and thus enhance the quality of retrieved organs. Organ procurement from a brain death donor is an essential part of organ tra- plantation. In...
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Springer
Parution :
2009-03-01
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Focusing exclusively on the surgical management of aortic arch disease in adults, this concise reference provides authoritative guidance on both standard and alternative approaches from internationally recognized experts. Topics include: general principles of aortic...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-01-26
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Surgical management of aortic pathologies has changed dramatically, and this essential book fills the void with up-to-date comprehensive information on the topic. Written by physicians at the Arizona Heart Institute, which pioneered the use of thoracic endoluminal...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-01-26
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emotional and heart-warming experience—even to “a lion’s heart”—and so- times even brings tears to my eyes. As I wrote recently in a letter published in the Bulletin of the American C- lege of Surgeons (BACS 2006;91[8]:48): I believe it’s time the pendulum shifted back...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-01-09
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It has never been easy to introduce new concepts and therapeutic in-terventions into surgical practice. When attempting to do so, one is faced with the interagency of traditional dogma, which still in this era of evidence-based medicine tends to dominate the surgical...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2008-12-23
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Surgical treatment of hemorrhoids is one of the most important coloproctological procedures. The second edition ofSurgical Treatment of Hemorrhoids covers this important and common disorder, offering a comprehensive critical analysis of advantages and disadvantages of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2008-12-05
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Cancer of the rectum continues to be a significant health problem in industrialized co- tries around the world. Relative 5-year survival rates in the USA for cancer of the rectum from 1995 to 2001 improved to 65%, a 15% improvement over 20 years (AmericanCancer Society,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2008-12-03
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Urethral injury may be of secondary importance when the patient comes into the emergency room, but devastating urological complications, such as sexual dysfunction, incontinence, and stricture, may drastically impair quality of life in the long term. This book provides...
Editeur :
Humana
Parution :
2008-10-10
Collection :
Current Clinical Urology
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"Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery" covers the full spectrum of laparoscopic weight loss surgery and the pathophysiology of obesity. The chapter authors, all currently operating experts in the field, cover the essentials of establishing a bariatric surgery program,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2008-09-11
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This book aims to supplement the reader's clinical experience with a carefully designed series of commonly encountered clinical problems in general surgery to simulate the clinical decision-making approach. Each clinical topic includes: a ...
Editeur :
tfm Publishing Ltd
Parution :
2008-09-01
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Surgical ethics is the application of ethics to issues specific to surgery. This volume provides a collection of clinical case studies representing a wide range of the ethical issues surgeons confront today. It is an excellent text for teaching surgical ethics to...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2008-06-23
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The A-Z of Plastic Surgery is a quick reference guide to the ever expanding specialty of plastic surgery.The succinct bullet pointed entries will enable the reader to rapidly assimilate the essentials of each topic, cross referencing links enable them to research...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-05-22
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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery has been designed to provide succinct information to plastic surgeons of all levels of experience and trainees in partner specialties. The layout is contemporary with the concise information laid out in a readable style. There are...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-05-01
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In recent years, a myriad of surgical protocols have been developed to manage atrial fibrillation, increasing the confusion over which are the most effective approaches. This timely book presents a multidisciplinary, international team of authorities who have reviewed...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-30
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The Handbook of Reoperative General Surgery offers a technical overview of one of surgery’s greatest challenges-reoperation. Emphasizing the complications of each disease as well as reoperative procedures, this indispensable text is extensively referenced with pertinent...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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Finally, there is a dependable guide to transmyocardial laser revasculariztion (TMR). In this groundbreaking volume, clinicians who pioneered the use of this innovative treatment share their insights on the indications, results, mechanisms, and limitations of the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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“The work focuses on a phenomenon that is occurring with increasing frequency in the practice of cardiac surgery, namely the need to address cardiac surgical issues in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). . . . this book will serve to stimulate trials of...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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Myocardial protection is regarded as one of the most important, yet also most controversial aspects of cardiac surgery. There has been considerable improvement in myocardial protection strategies over recent years, utilising a variety of new approaches to treat cardiac...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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Despite accurate preoperative assessment and adequate preparation, unexpected, and sometimes disastrous, situations can occur during vascular and endovascular procedures. This latest book in the European Vascular Course series provides vascular and endovascular surgeons...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
Collection :
European Vascular Course
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Since the publication of the first edition 15 years ago, vascular surgery has been transformed into a new specialty incorporating endovascular surgery and techniques. These innovations are detailed in this much anticipated second edition. Like the first edition, this...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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