Aortic Arch Surgery Principles, Stategies and Outcomes Edited by Joseph S. Coselli, and Scott A. Lemaire Hardcover - 432 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JWB-SUR1 $229.05 BUY Published:  2007   ISBN:  9781405133616

• a comprehensive reference covering standard and alternative approaches to the surgical
  management of aortic arch pathology in adults
• internationally recognized authors and contributors
• packed with useful illustrations and images
• a valued resource for thoracic, cardiovascular, and cardiac surgeons.

Emerging Technologies in Surgery by Richard Satava, Achille Gaspari, and Nicola Di Lorenzo Hardcover - 190 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# DA-SUR1 $ 93.60 BUY Published:  2007    ISBN:  9783540395997

• International update on most recent advances in surgical techniques
• Informative scientific outlook into the next 10-20 years in surgery
• Wealth of clear and instructive illustrations

This book discusses the effects of emerging technologies on surgeons and surgical practice. The book opens with an overview of disruptive technologies, and their economic, scientific,  ethical and social implications. Next comes a section describing how the Internet, virtual reality and simulation technology will change training and education. A section on Robotics covers computer-guided surgery, robotics and endoluminal therapies. Innovations in surgical instruments, including MEMS and Nanotechnology are outlined, as well. Next, the book reviews tissue engineering and artificial organs, genetic engineering, stem cells, emerging transplantation technologies and the brain-machine interface. A concluding section discusses ways of adapting to future technologies.

Rhinologic and Sleep Apnea Surgical Techniques by Stilianos Kountakis, and Metin Önerci Hardcover -  448 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# DA-SUR2 $247.25 BUY Published:  2007    ISBN:  9783540340195

• Edited by leading experts and written by surgeons with extensive experience
• Lavishly illustrated with photos, diagrams and artwork illustrations
• Reader-friendly step-by-step structure with ‘Tips and Pearls’ on how to avoid complications
• Valuable resource for otolaryngologists in training as well as for practicing and experienced otolaryngologists
• With DVD (incl. videoclips with surgical techniques)

As technology advances, practicing otolaryngologists and those still in training register in educational courses to refresh their surgical skills and stay abreast of progress. While information is becoming available in several journals, there is a definite need for this single volume surgical atlas-like book containing precise descriptions of the surgical techniques used in rhinology and sleep apnea surgery.
Each chapter of this book is contributed by surgeons with extensive experience, who have already published on the specific procedure described. Each chapter contains diagrammatic or illustrative descriptions of surgical techniques, and provides tips and pearls of wisdom for avoiding complications when the procedures are performed. This comprehensive work of surgical information serves as a valuable resource for otolaryngologists in training to augment their surgical education and for practicing otolaryngologists as a review source to best approach the surgical pathologies they encounter in their practice of rhinology and treatment of sleep apnea.

Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery: An Evidence Based Approach by Mark K. Ferguson Hardcover - 532 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# DA-SUR3 $207.25 BUY Published:  2007    ISBN:  9781846283840

Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach describes the recommended ideal approach, rather than customary care, in selected clinical situations. Brief chapters are devoted to a specific question or decision in general thoracic surgery that is difficult or controversial. Although some of the content may be available in major thoracic texts, rarely are such questions posed specifically and analyzed according to the level of supporting evidence available. The chapters contain both evidence-based recommendations and descriptions of surgeons’ personal practices based on their experience and the published literature.

• The use of standard format for posing the question in each chapter permits the reader to rapidly identify useful clinical guidelines
• Each chapter contains a standard algorithm illustrating the decision analysis leading to the author's conclusions, enabling presentation of conclusions in a graphic manner
• Describes the recommended ideal approach, rather than customary care
• Rarely are such difficult or controversial questions of general thoracic surgery posed so specifically and analyzed according to the level of supporting evidence available

Chapters are organized around clearly identified recommendations, making possible the identification of useful material at a glance. Over 50 different topics are presented, including a review of available evidence and a general discussion of recommended practice.

This book is a valuable reference source for practicing surgeons, surgeons in training, and educators.

A History of Limb Amputation by John Kirkup Hardcover - 190 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# DA-SUR4 $289.95 BUY Published:  2007    ISBN:  9781846284434

First part of the book presents a unique and coherent study of natural amputations due to congenital absence, disease, frostbite, toxins, domestic and wild animal trauma, and non-medical reasons related to punitive, ritual and legal decisions. Following the introduction of gun powder in the 15th century, surgical action became significant. The subsequent development of surgical amputation and its difficulties form a major part of the book, summarising the evolution of the control of haemorrhage and infection, pain relief, techniques, instrumentation, complications, prostheses, results and case histories.

• A comprehensive study of the evolution of amputation from the remote past to the present
• Highlights the long preamble of natural, accidental, tribal and punitive dismembering, as a prelude to surgical amputations
• Includes auto-amputation (by trapped patients themselves), not uncommon even today
• Debates the interacting philosophy, religious beliefs and concepts of society, patients and surgeons

In addition, alternative procedures, increasingly important in the last two centuries, are debated and factors associated with self-amputation in extremis, not as rare according to press reports, are also examined.The book will be of interest to medical and social historians, surgeons, limb-fitting surgeons and prosthetists, anaesthetists, limb manufacturers, social historians, ethnologists and amputees.

Contents:
Introduction and sources. Natural causes of dismemberment - Accidental causes for amputation:
auto-amputation - Ritual, punitive, legal and iatrogenic causes - Cold steel and gunshot causes - Elective amputation: early evolution to the end of the 17th century - Elective amputation: from the 18th century to 1846 - Elective amputation from 1846 to recent times - Interpretations of amputation by society, patients and surgeons - Surgical instrumentation and equipment - Indications, timing and procedures - Stumps: reattachment; management, complications, revision and care for limb-fitting - Artificial limbs and rehabilitation.

Navigational Surgery of Facial Skeleton & Skull Base by Alexander Schramm, Nils-Claudius Gellrich, and Rainer Schmelzeisen Softcover - 224 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# DA-SUR5 $279.95 BUY Published:  2007   ISBN:  9783540223573

Computer assisted techniques in the surgery of the facial skeleton and the skull base are depicted
for the very first time in this atlas of navigational surgery. Experienced surgeons as well as trainees will benefit the detailed and well illustrated information on the use of computer technology in clinical routine as well as the experimental basis of intra-operative accuracy. The authors' inventions in the field of non-invasive registration have led to a widespread use of navigational surgery in this field, so that the time is right for a comprehensive publication on the topic. The interdisciplinary approach, e.g. in skull base surgery, brings together maxillofacial, plastic, ENT, and neurosurgeons. A new method of highly accurate non-invasive referencing is demonstrated for multiple use in the various disciplines, including the rapidly growing field of dental/oral implantation. Clinical cases illustrate the practical use of the technique.

Contents:
Introduction. Development of Navigation-Aided Surgery Procedures. Experimental and Clinical Data on Navigation-Aided Procedures. Clinical Application of Computer - and Navigation-Aided Surgery: Dentistry / Implantology. Reconstruction and Traumatology in the Midface. Optic Nerve Decompression - Orthognathic Surgery - Skull Base Surgery including Ankylosis - Neurosurgical and Intracranial Applications - Upper Spine - ENT Applications. Present Role of Robotics. Future Perspectives of Computer- and Navigation-Aided Surgery.

Radioguided Surgery by Giuliano Mariani, Armando E. Giuliano, and H. William Strauss Hardcover - 295 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# DA-SUR6 $265.40 BUY Published:  2007   ISBN:  9780387336848

This multidisciplinary textbook is designed to be the standard on the subject and is geared for use by physicians who are involved in the care and/or diagnosis of cancer patients, including general surgeons, nuclear medicine physicians, oncologists, and pathologists. Contributors to this book represent key members of the care team and include some of the most prestigious names in the field.

• Multidisciplinary approach will make it the standard textbook on the subject
• Geared for use by many physicians who are involved in the care of cancer patients, including general surgeons, nuclear medicine physicians, oncologists, and pathologists
• Contributors to this book represent key members of the care team and include some of the most prestigious names in the field

Comprehensive coverage is provided on all aspects of radio-guided surgery, including radiation protection, sentinel lymph node biopsy, and non-sentinel lymph node applications for various cancers, tumors, and lesions. Practical information is readily accessible and throughout there is an emphasis on improved decision making. For instance, discussions of lymph node staging, anatomy, and physiology provide rationale for performing radio-guided studies and techniques. Tables present the indications, performance, and interpretation of procedures at a glance. A wealth of illustrations, including a full-color insert, enhances the application of new concepts.

Contents:
Radiopharmaceuticals for radioguided surgery - Physical performance parameters of intraoperative probes - Positron sensitive probes - Gamma ray imaging probes for radioguided surgery and for site-directed biopsy - Radiation protection in radioguided surgery - Training and credentialing for radioguided surgery - Anatomy and physiology of lymphatic circulation as it relates to the sentinel lymph node concept - The role of lymph node staging for clinical decision-making in patients with solid cancers - Sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with breast cancer - Sentinel lymph node biopsy in
cutaneous melanoma - Dynamic sentinel lymph node biopsy in penile carcinoma - Sentinel lymph node biopsy in cancer of the head and neck - Sentinel lymph node biopsy in gynecologic malignancies - Sentinel lymph node biopsy in cancers of the gastrointestinal tract - Sentinel lymph node biopsy in prostatic cancer - Radioguided biopsy of the sentinel lymph node in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer - Sentinel lymph node biopsy in thyroid cancer - Histopathology of sentinel lymph nodes.- Frozen section and imprint cytology in sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer - Molecular assessment of sentinel lymph nodes - Where it all began: the heritage of radioimmunoguided surgery - Radioguided occult lesion localization in the breast - Minimally invasive radioguided parathyroidectomy in primary hyperparathyroidism - Radioguided surgery of neuroendocrine tumors - Radioguided surgery of solitary pulmonary nodules - Radioguided surgery of occult lesions in patients with thyroid cancer - Radioguided
bone lesion localization.

Chassin's Operative Strategy in Colon Rectal Surgery by Carol E.H. Scott-Conner Hardcover - 288 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# DA-SUR7 $144.50 BUY Published:  2007    ISBN:  9780387330433

Chassin’s Operative Strategy in Colon and Rectal Surgery is a succinct analysis of surgical procedures for colorectal disorders. Spanning from well-established legacy procedures to the most up-to-date minimally invasive approach, this brilliantly illustrated atlas particularly discusses the theoretical basis of the operations as well as the strategies crucial to evading common pitfalls.

• Three hundred illustrations aid in understanding complex procedures
• Detailed, step-by-step instructions for 28 procedures
• Includes both legacy procedures and cutting-edge techniques

Educed from Chassin’s Operative Strategy in General Surgery, this installment includes step-by-step depictions of twenty-eight (28) operative procedures in colorectal surgery

Contents:
Concepts in surgery of the large intestine - Right colectomy for cancer - Left colectomy for cancer Laproscopic left hemicolectomy - Low anterior resection for rectal cancer - Abdominoperineal resection/total proctocolectomy - Subtotal colectomy with ileoproctostomy or ileostomy and sigmoid
mucous fistula - Ileoanal anastomosis with ileal reservoir following total colectomy and mucosal proctectomy - Abdominoperineal proctectomy for benign disease - End-ileostomy - Loop ileostomy Cecostomy: surgical legacy technique - Transverse colostomy .-Closure of temporary colostomy -Laparoscopic stoma construction and closure - Operations for colonic diverticulitis (including lower GI
bleeding) - Ripstein operation for rectal prolapse - Concepts in the surgery of the anus, rectum, and pilonidal region - Rubber band ligation of internal hemmorhoids - Hemorrhoidectomy - Anorectal fistula and pelvirectal abscess - Lateral internal sphincterotomy for chronic anal fissure - Anoplasty for anal stenosis, Thiersch operation for rectal prolapse: surgical legacy technique - Operations for pilonidal disease

Sutureless Anastomoses by P. Tozzi Hardcover - 140 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# DA-SUR8 $ 89.05 BUY Published:  2007    ISBN:  9783798517141

The suture technique for vascular anastomosis construction is becoming inadequate to meet new surgeon’s demands and surgeons need an alternative way to construct a bypass in order to reduce the technical demand and standardise the quality of the surgical procedure.

• determinants of sutureless anastomotic outcome in everyday practice
• extensive review of vascular anastomotic physiology and pathology and anastomotic devices

This book is dedicated to surgeons, students, biomedical engineers and researchers with a special
interest in vascular anastomosis and bypass techniques that want to update their knowledge concerning the major determinants of anastomosis outcome and all the existing alternatives to the suture technique. The author discloses the secrets and pitfalls of new sutureless anastomotic devices

Contents:
Historical overview of vascular anastomoses.- The physiology of blood flow and artery wall - Mathematical modelling of vascular anastomoses - Determinants of anastomosis long term patency.- Key issues in sutureless vascular anastomoses - Coronary surgery: devices for proximal anastomosis - Coronary surgery: devices for distal anastomosis - Sutureless anstomotic devices for vascular surgery - Human body and metal: the never ending fight - Criteria for vascular anastomosis devices assessment.

Surgery of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands by Daniel Oertli, and Robert Udelsman Hardcover - 354 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# DA-SUR9 $336.30 BUY Published:  2007    ISBN:  9783540291657

The aim of this text is to create a unique in-depth comprehensive reference covering all surgically
relevant thyroid and parathyroid diseases. It is a definite reference presenting the latest information on the management of common and rare disorders of the thyroid and parathyroid glands. International authorities provide detailed discussions on operative techniques and treatments that are accompanied by rationales for particular approaches advocated by the authors.

• In-depth comprehensive reference with all surgically relevant thyroid and parathyroid diseases
• Detailed coverage of operative techniques and treatments including the rationale for particular approaches

The topics include the description of all surgically relevant pathologies, the preoperative surgical
evaluation, decision making, and operative strategies for the different thyroid and parathyroid diseases. In addition, experts present the molecular basis for thyroid neoplasia and the current understanding of the genetics of inherited thyroid and parathyroid diseases. Evolving modern operative techniques like the minimally invasive videoscopic approach to the thyroid and parathyroids are also covered.

Contents:
History of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery - Embryology and Surgical Anatomy of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands - Evaluation of Hyperthyroidism and Hyperthyroid Goiter - Diagnostic Imaging of the Thyroid and Radioiodine Therapy - Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules - Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of the Tyroid - Techniques of Thyroidectomy - Surgery of the Solitary Thyroid Nodules - Modified Radical Neck Dissection - Thyroid Pathology - Surgery of Medullary Thyroid Cancer - Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma - Thyroid Lymphoma and other Metastatic Lesions - Multinodal and Retrosternal Goiter - Surgery for Hyperthyroidism.- Thyroiditis - Complications in Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery - Outcome Analysis on Thyroid Surgery - Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Parathyroid Glands and Preoperative Evaluation - Preoperative Localization Tests - Conventional Surgical Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism - Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy - Endoscopic Parathyroidectomy. Multiglandular Parathyroid Disease and MEN Syndromes. Secondary and Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism - Parathyroid Carcinoma - Reoperative Parathyroid Surgery - Outcome Analysis in Parathyroid Surgery - Index.

Atlas of Upper Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery by Pierre-Alain Clavien, M.G. Sarr, and Yuman Fong Hardcover - 1,020 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# DA-SUR10 $537.25 BUY Published:  2007    ISBN:  9783540200048

Atlas of Upper Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Pancreato Biliary Surgery covers in detail the technical aspects of all important procedures of the upper abdomen (esophagus, duodenum, stomach, liver, biliary system, pancreas, portal hypertension and spleen) including general, oncologic and transplantation surgery. Each chapter has been written by an expert renowned in his or her field and been reviewed by a second expert.

• Abundantly illustrated atlas describing the state of the art techniques for key procedures of the upper abdomen
• Each procedure is associated with a short comment regarding indications of the various operative steps
• Internationally renowned experts describe and illustrate the various procedures step-by- step

All of the approximately 900 illustrations have been drawn by the same team of three artists of notable experience. The liver section follows the internationally accepted terminology of the Brisbane 2000 conference of the IHPBA. In this atlas experts of upper abdominal surgery share their experience and show how they do it - step by step.

Contents:
Section 1 Introduction. Section 2 Esophagus, Stomach and Duodenum. Section 3 Liver. Section 4 Biliary Tract and Gallbladder. Section 5 Portal Hpyertension. Section 6 Pancreas. Section 7 Spleen. Subject Index.