It is indeed a pleasure to prepare the foreword for vidual surgeons. In addition, it can be read from this text, mainly because I am now a senior ortho- front to back as a history of orthopedics. We are pedist who has known so many of the great ortho- all indebted to S. B. Mosto? for this fascinating pedists who are described in such great...
Osteoarthritis (OA), the most common form of arthritis, is generally characterized by a slowly progressive degeneration of articular cartilage, particularly in the weight-bearing joints. It has a stronger prevalence in women, and its incidence increases with age. OA is a major and growing health concern in developed countries, owing to...
A summary of the most recent and effective techniques for treating difficult functional problems and painful situations using minimally invasive spinal surgery techniques. Including an up-to-date review of the physiopathology of the diseases.
Recent research and clinical work have demonstrated that the rapid urologic innovation in minimally invasive treatment is creating exciting new horizons in endourology. This sixth volume in the series Recent Advances in Endourology brings that knowledge to a wider audience, focusing on the new concept of endourooncology, which is the...
Visualization in Medicine is the first book on visualization and its application to problems in medical diagnosis, education, and treatment. The book describes the algorithms, the applications and their validation (how reliable are the results?), and the clinical evaluation of the applications (are the techniques useful?). It...
This book provides readers with a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to non-invasive mechanical ventilation in palliative medicine, focusing on why and when it may be necessary. Physicians will find a practical guide to this specific context, particularly focused on pulmonary function and physiology in the elderly, and on ventilatory...
The seed for this book was planted by a second-year resident in Neurology, Vicente (ÑÐЬEnzoÑÐÐ) Trapani, who desired a handbook in electromyography (EMG) that emphasized both muscle localization and clinical pearls. A gifted artist, Trapani envisioned a text that would provide high-quality illustrations of skeletal...
Br J Surg (2005) 92 (4) p. 495: "This is a book not only for surgeons but also for other specialists for whom regional tumour growth has implications for treatment. The whole spectrum...is fully covered in 33 chapters. I can wholeheartedly recommend this book to those whose practice requires the diagnosis and treatment of locoregional...
More than fifty full-time urological clinicians and surgeons from the internationally acclaimed Cleveland Clinic Glickman Urological Institute describe the most common as well as the most innovative urological procedures from the standpoint of the state-of-the-art, as it is practiced at one of the world's top institutions. Their...
Residents/trainees and specialists in gastroenterology, oncology, and surgery, as well as GI/cancer nurses and other health professionals will welcome this accessible guide to the diagnosis and clinical management of all forms of GI cancer. Separate chapters are dedicated to each form of cancer, with each chapter structured in a...
The purpose of this book is to discuss available treatments for “scars” and analyze their mechanisms from an international perspective.
“Scars” are now receiving considerably more attention internationally, because the topic of patients’ quality of life (QOL) of patients has gained in...
This valuable reference provides a wide range of practical, clinical information for physicians who care for patients with neurological and cardiac problems.
Clinical Neurocardiology
considers neurological complications arising from cardiac surgery and other cardiac interventions
