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  • Gastrointestinal Eponymic Signs

    Bedside Approach to the Physical Examination

    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book provides a novel method to teach eponymically named physical signs of the alimentary tract and intrabdominal organs. The focus is on the historical aspect of the named signs, how to perform the sign described by the author, and the pathophysiologic mechanisms involved in eliciting a positive test. The goal is to guide the reader to appreciate how these bedside signs provide a more ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Cardiovascular Eponymic Signs

    Diagnostic Skills Applied During the Physical Examination

    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book proposes a novel learning approach that complements and augments the prevailing method of case-based learning. Learning these signs requires the application and integration of the fundamental skills of observation, palpation, percussion, and auscultation, and in more advanced cases, the use of maneuvers performed at the patient’s bedside. The book provides a discussion of the utility of ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

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  • Tumescent Local Anesthesia

    Edited by C.W. Hanke, B. Sommer, G. Sattler ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    It is safe to say that without Jeffrey Klein, who first described tumes cent local anesthesia, this book would never have been written. This technique of local anesthesia, originally designed for use in outpatient liposuction procedures in the United States of America, was intro duced into clinical practice in Darmstadt in 1990 and is now employed in a growing number of areas of surgical ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • History of the Pancreas: Mysteries of a Hidden Organ

    Never before has a comprehensive history of the pancreas like History of the Pancreas been published. It not only is a historical review of the science of medicine, it is liberally interspersed with anecdotal vignettes of the researchers who have worked on this organ. Much of it, such as the discovery of the duct of Wirsüng, of the islets of Langerhans, of insulin, gastrin and their tumors, reads ... Read more

    $287.09 USD

  • Controversies in Acute Pancreatitis

    Edited by L. F. Hollender ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    The first complete general study of acute necrotizing hemorrhagic pan creatitis was made in 1889 by Reginald Fitz. If we survey the therapeutic evolution of this severe illness, we may briefly summarize it into three pe riods: (a) resolutely surgical treatment, from approximately 1880 to 1938; (b) much more conservative treatment, from 1938 to 1963; and (c) a return to surgery, from 1963 onward. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Neurological Eponyms

    Neurology abounds with eponyms--Babinski's sign, Guillain-Barre' syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, etc. Neurologists and neuroscientists, however, are often hazy about the origin of these terms. This book brings together 55 of the most common eponyms related to the neurological examination, neuroanatomy, and neurological diseases. The chapters have a uniform structure: a short biography, a discussion ... Read more

    $81.89 USD

  • Hypospadias Surgery

    An Illustrated Guide

    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Acknowledging the fact that hypospadiology has become a true subspecialty, this unique book highlights and explores current philosophy and different principles and techniques of hypospadias repair. It offers an excellent practical guide to all surgeons involved in the management of this common, but troublesome disease. The aim is to help interested surgeons to develop vision, philosophy and talent ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Complications in PTCA

    Edited by E. Fleck, E. Frantz ...
    Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty is presently the widest used non-surgi cal method for the treatment of stenotic lesions in coronary artery disease. Continuous development of the procedure and equipment has made complex and multi-vessel-inter ventions possible and has led to other techniques of intravascular angioplasty. In reviewing current results, this volume pays particular ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Stroke

    A History of Ideas

    by Jan van Gijn ...
    Stroke, as known today, is caused by occlusion or rupture of one or more blood vessels in the brain. Its manifestations were reported as long as medical records exist; sudden collapse, loss of movement and sensation, with preserved respiration and heart action. The book chronicles how ideas about events in the brain or its blood vessels evolved over 400 years. Starting with the revival of ancient ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Management of Oesophageal Carcinoma

    Edited by Raymond L. Hurt ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Both the investigation and treatment of cancer of the oesophagus are comprehensively presented in Management of Oesophageal Carcinoma. This information is otherwise not easily available in one source. The chapters are written by experts in the fields of anatomy, cancer research, radiology, and thoracic surgery and give up-to-date information on this difficult disease. All aspects are covered: ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • A History of Neurosurgery

    In Its Scientific and Professional Contexts

    A History of Neurosurgery is the first thorough book on the history of neurosurgery published since 1951. The book is organized around a specific historiographic framework that traces the advancement of the specialty. Included are chapters on ancient trepanation, Macewen's first use of the combined technologies of anesthesia, antisepsis and cortical localization in 1879 to plan and perform ... Read more

    $119.99 USD

  • Paleopathology of Children

    Identification of Pathological Conditions in the Human Skeletal Remains of Non-Adults

    by Mary Lewis ...
    Palaeopathology of Children: Identification of Pathological Conditions in the Human Skeletal Remains of Non-Adults provides archaeological examples of pathological child remains with varying degrees of disease manifestation, and where possible, presents illustrations of individually affected bones to help with identification. The structure and inclusion of photographs and summary diagnostic tables ... Read more

    $134.99 USD