Friday, December 12th, 2008
* Publisher: WingSpan Classics
* Number Of Pages: 496
* Publication Date: 2008-11-13
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1595948139
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781595948137
* Binding: Paperback
Product Description:
Last updated in 1921, this Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery by famed royal surgeons Alexis Thomson, F.R.C.S.ED. and Alexander Miles, F.R.C.S.ED., two of Victorian England’s most renowned surgeons contains explicit images of disease and injury. Long since outdated by modern medical science, it continues to fascinate and repel with its frank photographic treatement of many of the most horrific ills of the day. From tumors to tendinitis, this was the last word of the day on surgery at the beginning of the 20th century. 496 pages, with 169 illustrations. Large 7.5 x 9.25 inch format Paperback.
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Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
* Publisher: Springer
* Number Of Pages: 474
* Publication Date: 2009-01-01
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 354041102X
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783540411024
* Binding: Hardcover
Product Description:
This Vascular Surgery Atlas is a ‘How to’ book that allows the reader to focus on the technical aspects of the most commonly performed vascular procedures. The book is edited by two seasoned vascular surgeons with a well established experience in surgical education. The authors have been selected from both sides of the Atlantic to provide the expertise necessary to cover the various procedures.The atlas is focused on open surgical procedures and also covers essential endovascular procedures such as ‘Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair and Carotid stenting.’ It also includes a section on exposures of the infrainguinal vessels.
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Two studies presented at the 2008 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons demonstrate how surgeons are using existing materials in innovative ways. The two techniques are safer and more cost-effective than previous approaches, getting patients out of the operating room faster than before. One method even opens the door to procedures currently impossible to perform before its introduction.
At Stanford (CA) University School of Medicine, microsurgeon Geoffrey C. Gurtner, MD, FACS, is working with chemical engineers to perfect a technique for sutureless microvascular anastomosis using thermoreversible poloxamers. “Anastomosis” is the term used to describe connecting both ends of cut blood vessels, so that the blood can flow through unrestricted. However, working under a microscope to connect the tubes of these tiny blood vessels is tedious, time-consuming, and requires a skilled microsurgeon. Dr. Gurtner and his colleagues invented a way to connect blood vessels without sutures that can shave a stunning 15 to 27 minutes off a 30-minute procedure.
“This technology makes vascular anastomosis surprisingly easy,” Dr. Gurtner, associate professor of surgery at Stanford, said. “In our experience, it has made procedures that were impossible before possible—even in inexperienced hands. Also, anastomosis is the hardest thing to do with robotic or laparoscopic techniques, and our technology trivializes those connections.
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Surgical residents at a large teaching hospital who worked shorter shifts were less likely to make mistakes during gallbladder surgery, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
The study offers some of the first evidence that rules put into place in 2003 to limit hours worked by doctors in training resulted in better care for patients. Many doctors have argued that the limits interfere with the training of doctors but make no difference in patient care.
“We are actually surprised to find the outcomes improved,” Dr. Christian de Virgilio of the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center said in a telephone interview.
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