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Tissue Engineering for the Heart
This book covers the fundamentals of tissue engineering for the heart, starting with the basics of organ generation, sensors in tissue and organ fabrication, and the current state-of-the-art in stem cell engineering for the heart. With this foundation in place, the remaining chapters focus on specific aspects of the cardiovascular system, starting with heart muscle, then biological pumps, follo…
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- 978-3-319-41504-8
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- 97 illustrations in colour
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27-Gauge Vitrectomy: Minimal Sclerotomies for Maximal Results
This book provides step-by-step instructions on how to operate with 27G instrumentation in a wide range of surgical indications, including vitreous floaters, macular holes, dropped nucleus, retinal detachment, diabetic retinopathy, submacular hemorrhage, retinopathy of prematurity and much trauma. All surgeries are approached in cookbook fashion, with initial coverage of the “ingredients” (…
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- 978-3-319-20236-5
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- 617.7 SPA g
Obesity and Diabetes
This timely and clinically oriented book uniquely addresses the entire spectrum of treatment for severe obesity and diabetes. It thoroughly examines all aspects from robotic surgery to cell therapy, from the latest antidiabetic drugs to endoscopic procedures and devices, from appetite-inhibiting signals and nutrients to gastric arterial embolization. It offers objective and authoritative inform…
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- 978-3-319-36101-7
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- X, 282
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Endovascular Neurosurgery Through Clinical Cases
Endovascular neurosurgery is a recently introduced but rapidly evolving medical field, which uses minimally invasive interventions to treat major life-threatening vascular lesions of the Central Nervous System. Although its history counts less than 15 years of worldwide acceptance, it has rapidly displaced the traditional open neurosurgical techniques, being nowadays the first treatment choice …
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- 978-88-470-5687-9
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- 137 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
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Endoscopy in Small Bowel Disorders
This volume reviews the history of endoscopy to diagnose small bowel disorders, places other diagnostic modalities into perspective, and defines the role of capsule endoscopy and per overtube assisted and retrograde enteroscopy in disorders as disparate as gluten sensitive enteropathy, small bowel neoplasms, and inflammatory bowel disease. The book further details the nonoperative approach to N…
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- 978-3-319-14415-3
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- 85 b/w illustrations, 80 illustrations in colour
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Endoscopy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
This book conjoins the latest advances on the use of endoscopy to diagnose, monitor, and treat patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Chapters include the historical use of rigid sigmoidoscopy, non-interventional imaging procedures, and the correlation of pathology and endoscopic visualization. This is the first book to include individual chapters in gastroenterology, colorectal surgery, and…
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- 978-3-319-11077-6
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- 43 b/w illustrations, 101 illustrations in colour
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Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Principles and Practice
This volume educates physicians on the basic knowledge of ESD, from indication of this technique to assessing suitability and technical aspects of each important step. The text is structured to guide readers to understand the principles, including history, why ESD was designed and developed, indications, as well as how to evaluate lesions and perform actual procedures. Abundant photographs and …
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- 978-1-4939-2041-9
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- 15 b/w illustrations, 150 illustrations in colour
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Neurosurgical Treatments for Psychiatric Disorders
This book describes contemporary clinical practice in the application of neurosurgical methods to the treatment of psychiatric disorders. It covers diverse topics such as neuroimaging, ethics and a historical review, Gamma Knife and High Frequency Ultrasound ablation, deep brain electrical stimulation and preoperative evaluation and postoperative follow-up. Its application in Obsessive Compulsi…
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- 978-94-024-0045-8
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- XIV, 228
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Neurovascular Events After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage:Towards Experimental and C…
This book contains articles presented at the 12th International Conference on Cerebral Vasospasm, held in Lucerne, Switzerland, in July 2013. The included papers represent a balanced cross-section of the enormous progress achieved in basic and clinical research on aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and its sequelae, including early neurovascular events and delayed cerebral vasospasm. The sectio…
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- 978-3-319-04980-9
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- XIV, 373
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- Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement
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Neuroendocrine Tumours:Diagnosis and Management
This book is a timely textbook that covers all aspects of neuroendocrine tumors (NET) from epidemiology, pathological classification and evaluation and molecular biology through to diagnostic imaging methods and therapeutic options, including the latest targeted therapies. The various types of NET are individually discussed, including carcinoid tumors, insulinomas, gastrinomas, glucagonomas, VI…
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- 978-3-662-45214-1
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- VII, 578
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