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Handbook of Cerebrovascular Disease and Neurointerventional Technique

by Mark R. Harrigan, John P. Deveikis ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
This fourth edition offers a practical guide to endovascular treatment of cerebrovascular disease and provides a comprehensive reference for the related neurovascular anatomy and the various disorders that affect the vascular system. Chapters cover fundamental principles underlying cerebral and spinal angiography; interventional techniques, devices, and practice guidelines; and commonly ... Read more

$170.09 USD

This fourth edition offers a practical guide to endovascular treatment of cerebrovascular disease and provides a comprehensive reference for the related neurovascular anatomy and the various disorders that affect the vascular system. Chapters cover fundamental principles underlying cerebral and spinal angiography; interventional techniques, devices, and practice guidelines; and commonly
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Ankle Arthroscopy

Techniques Developed by the Amsterdam Foot and Ankle School

by C. Niek van Dijk ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
Ankle injuries are often sport related and pose a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Over the past 25 years, Niek van Dijk, founder of the Amsterdam Foot and Ankle School and author of this book, has developed a new philosophy of ankle arthroscopy. It entails a comprehensive approach which includes various diagnostic strategies and the application of a number of minimally invasive endoscopic ... Read more

$116.99 USD

Ankle injuries are often sport related and pose a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Over the past 25 years, Niek van Dijk, founder of the Amsterdam Foot and Ankle School and author of this book, has developed a new philosophy of ankle arthroscopy. It entails a comprehensive approach which includes various diagnostic strategies and the application of a number of minimally invasive endoscopic
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Replaceable You

Adventures in Human Anatomy

by Mary Roach ...

**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Time Must-Read Book of the YearA Barnes & Noble, Kirkus Reviews, Shelf Awareness, Chicago Public Library, and New York Post Best Book of the YearA Los Angeles Times Best Science Book of the YearAn Amazon Best Book of the YearA Smithsonian Best Science Book of the YearA Scientific American, Bookbub, and Telegraph Herald B... ... Read more

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**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Time Must-Read Book of the YearA Barnes & Noble, Kirkus Reviews, Shelf Awareness, Chicago Public Library, and New York Post Best Book of the YearA Los Angeles Times Best Science Book of the YearAn Amazon Best Book of the YearA Smithsonian Best Science Book of the YearA Scientific American, Bookbub, and Telegraph Herald B...
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Decision Making in Neurovascular Disease

by Leonardo Rangel-Castilla, Peter Nakaji, Adnan H. Siddiqui, Robert F. Spetzler, Elad I. Levy ...

Neurovascular medicine has emerged as an established, semi-independent subspecialty of neurology and neurosurgery. Decision Making in Neurovascular Disease focuses on the challenging process of determining the best approach for managing patients with intracranial atherosclerosis, carotid artery disease, stroke, aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, arteriovenous fistulae, cavernous malformations ... Read more

$220.99 USD

Neurovascular medicine has emerged as an established, semi-independent subspecialty of neurology and neurosurgery. Decision Making in Neurovascular Disease focuses on the challenging process of determining the best approach for managing patients with intracranial atherosclerosis, carotid artery disease, stroke, aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, arteriovenous fistulae, cavernous malformations
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The Look of a Woman

Facial Feminization Surgery and the Aims of Trans- Medicine

by Eric Plemons ...

Developed in the United States in the 1980s, facial feminization surgery (FFS) is a set of bone and soft tissue reconstructive surgical procedures intended to feminize the faces of trans- women. While facial surgery was once considered auxiliary to genital surgery, many people now find that these procedures confer distinct benefits according to the different models of sex and gender in which they ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Developed in the United States in the 1980s, facial feminization surgery (FFS) is a set of bone and soft tissue reconstructive surgical procedures intended to feminize the faces of trans- women. While facial surgery was once considered auxiliary to genital surgery, many people now find that these procedures confer distinct benefits according to the different models of sex and gender in which they
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Saving Ellen

A Memoir of Hope and Recovery

by Maura Casey ...

A coming-of-age memoir that follows a large, working-class Irish family as it plunges into chaos in the wake of a terminal diagnosis—and the author's own hidden struggle to endure when her sister's disease becomes the dark star around which they all revolve.“A story for anyone who has refused to give up on someone, including themselves. . . . With her ever-expanding heart, she helps us find the ... Read more

$16.99 USD

A coming-of-age memoir that follows a large, working-class Irish family as it plunges into chaos in the wake of a terminal diagnosis—and the author's own hidden struggle to endure when her sister's disease becomes the dark star around which they all revolve.“A story for anyone who has refused to give up on someone, including themselves. . . . With her ever-expanding heart, she helps us find the
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Abortion in the Age of Unreason

A Doctor's Account of Caring for Women Before and After Roe v. Wade

by Warren M. Hern ...

This vivid account by a nationally prominent doctor reports the daily challenges of offering and receiving abortion services in a volatile political and social atmosphere. In stories from the front lines – from protecting patients and staff from protesters’ attacks to the dangers to women of restricted access to abortion services, and the pertinent findings of his remote research in Latin America, ... Read more

$28.99 USD

This vivid account by a nationally prominent doctor reports the daily challenges of offering and receiving abortion services in a volatile political and social atmosphere. In stories from the front lines – from protecting patients and staff from protesters’ attacks to the dangers to women of restricted access to abortion services, and the pertinent findings of his remote research in Latin America,
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The SAGES Manual of Bariatric Surgery

Edited by Kevin M. Reavis, Allison M. Barrett, Matthew D. Kroh ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
Morbid obesity is an epidemic as more than 2/3 of the United States population is obese and as such, has a high burden of weight-related co-morbid diseases. Bariatric surgery has proven to be effective and durable for treatment of severe obesity. Technological advances including applications of laparoscopy and endolumenal techniques have rapidly advanced this field. Data and outcomes examining ... Read more

$116.99 USD

Morbid obesity is an epidemic as more than 2/3 of the United States population is obese and as such, has a high burden of weight-related co-morbid diseases. Bariatric surgery has proven to be effective and durable for treatment of severe obesity. Technological advances including applications of laparoscopy and endolumenal techniques have rapidly advanced this field. Data and outcomes examining
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Direct Red

A Surgeon’s View of Her Life-or-Death Profession

by Gabriel Weston ...

“What a terrific book….[Weston] leaves you feeling that if push came to shove you’d want to be operated on by her.”—Nicholas Shakespeare, author of Bruce Chatwin: A BiographyThe continuing popularity of doctor shows on TV—from Scrubs, House, and Grey’s Anatomy to the television phenomenon ER—indicates a widespread fascination with all things medical. Direct Red, by practicing ear, nose, and throat ... Read more

$6.99 USD

“What a terrific book….[Weston] leaves you feeling that if push came to shove you’d want to be operated on by her.”—Nicholas Shakespeare, author of Bruce Chatwin: A BiographyThe continuing popularity of doctor shows on TV—from Scrubs, House, and Grey’s Anatomy to the television phenomenon ER—indicates a widespread fascination with all things medical. Direct Red, by practicing ear, nose, and throat
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Empire of the Scalpel

The History of Surgery

by Ira Rutkow, M.D. ...

From an eminent surgeon and historian comes the “by turns fascinating and ghastly” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) story of surgery’s development—from the Stone Age to the present day—blending meticulous medical research with vivid storytelling.There are not many life events that can be as simultaneously frightening and hopeful as a surgical operation. In America, tens-of ... Read more

$15.99 USD

From an eminent surgeon and historian comes the “by turns fascinating and ghastly” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) story of surgery’s development—from the Stone Age to the present day—blending meticulous medical research with vivid storytelling.There are not many life events that can be as simultaneously frightening and hopeful as a surgical operation. In America, tens-of
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The Surgeon, The Midwife, The Quack

How to Stay Alive in Renaissance England

by Dr. Alanna Skuse ...

Discover the remarkable birth of modern medicine... and how not to die in the Renaissance'An entertaining history of medicine… Skuse brings a deep familiarity with the contemporary sources and a dry wit.' Dan Jones, The Sunday Times'A richly researched and atmospheric history.' Wall Street JournalThe cliched view medicine in the Renaissance world is dreadful: gore-splattered hacksaws, arsen... ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Discover the remarkable birth of modern medicine... and how not to die in the Renaissance'An entertaining history of medicine… Skuse brings a deep familiarity with the contemporary sources and a dry wit.' Dan Jones, The Sunday Times'A richly researched and atmospheric history.' Wall Street JournalThe cliched view medicine in the Renaissance world is dreadful: gore-splattered hacksaws, arsen...
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Surgeon, Heal Thyself

Optimising Surgical Performance by Managing Stress

by Uttam Shiralkar ...

Surgeons start their career in the expectation that it will bring personal satisfaction through an unparalleled sense of achievement and professional growth. Nonetheless, a career in surgery carries with it serious challenges: surgical training is rigorous, both emotionally and physically, and demands that the surgeon adjust to unpredictability. Chronic levels of stress can affect surgical ... Read more

$55.99 USD

Surgeons start their career in the expectation that it will bring personal satisfaction through an unparalleled sense of achievement and professional growth. Nonetheless, a career in surgery carries with it serious challenges: surgical training is rigorous, both emotionally and physically, and demands that the surgeon adjust to unpredictability. Chronic levels of stress can affect surgical
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Operative Dictations in General and Vascular Surgery

Edited by Jamal J. Hoballah, Carol E. H. Scott-Conner, MD ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
Operative Dictations in General and Vascular Surgery, Second Edition is intended to teach residents the principles of succinct and precise operative dictations for a wide spectrum of surgical procedures. Designed as a portable resource, the book provides typical dictations to guide the resident. Comprised of 226 procedures, this new edition comprises the majority of procedures commonly performed ... Read more

$80.99 USD

Operative Dictations in General and Vascular Surgery, Second Edition is intended to teach residents the principles of succinct and precise operative dictations for a wide spectrum of surgical procedures. Designed as a portable resource, the book provides typical dictations to guide the resident. Comprised of 226 procedures, this new edition comprises the majority of procedures commonly performed
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Lateral Access Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Edited by Michael Y. Wang, Andrew A. Sama, Juan S. Uribe ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
This well-illustrated textbook is the first comprehensive and authoritative source of information on minimally invasive lateral access spine surgery. It covers all aspects of the subject, including patient selection, approach and monitoring techniques, soft tissue management, application in a variety of pathologies, technical nuances, and the prevention and management of complications. In addition ... Read more

$89.09 USD

This well-illustrated textbook is the first comprehensive and authoritative source of information on minimally invasive lateral access spine surgery. It covers all aspects of the subject, including patient selection, approach and monitoring techniques, soft tissue management, application in a variety of pathologies, technical nuances, and the prevention and management of complications. In addition
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Navigating Your Surgical Career

The AWS Guide to Success

by Susan Pories, MD, Nancy Gantt, FACS, Christine Laronga, MD, FACS ...

A career in surgery is immensely rewarding and challenging at the same time. This helpful and practical guide written by leaders in surgery is meant to inspire young surgeons and make their career journey a bit easier.Advance Praise forNavigating Your Surgical CareerWhat a resource! Bundled into one wonderfully readable package, this compendium of essays written by experienced women surgeons ... Read more

$9.99 USD

A career in surgery is immensely rewarding and challenging at the same time. This helpful and practical guide written by leaders in surgery is meant to inspire young surgeons and make their career journey a bit easier.Advance Praise forNavigating Your Surgical CareerWhat a resource! Bundled into one wonderfully readable package, this compendium of essays written by experienced women surgeons
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Hand Surgery

Tricks of the Trade

by Pedro Beredjiklian ...

A comprehensive how-to guide on hand surgery techniques from top experts!Hand surgery requires precision, in-depth expertise, and versatility in order to perform a wide variety of operations on fractures, tendon and nerve conditions, soft tissue injuries, rheumatoid deformities, and congenital defects. Hand Surgery: Tricks of the Trade by renowned Rothman Orthopaedic Institute hand surgeon Pedro ... Read more

$249.99 USD

A comprehensive how-to guide on hand surgery techniques from top experts!Hand surgery requires precision, in-depth expertise, and versatility in order to perform a wide variety of operations on fractures, tendon and nerve conditions, soft tissue injuries, rheumatoid deformities, and congenital defects. Hand Surgery: Tricks of the Trade by renowned Rothman Orthopaedic Institute hand surgeon Pedro
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Cataract Surgery: My Experience Before, During and After

by Robert C. Brenner ...

Sight is an amazing gift. And losing this ability can be life-changing. The loss of vision by the development of cataracts is just such a fact. And the thought of someone cutting into your eye is frightening for most people. Yet around 200,000 people face cataract surgery every year. The very thought can terrify and cause some to cancel their scheduled procedure at the last minute. I saw this the ... Read more

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Sight is an amazing gift. And losing this ability can be life-changing. The loss of vision by the development of cataracts is just such a fact. And the thought of someone cutting into your eye is frightening for most people. Yet around 200,000 people face cataract surgery every year. The very thought can terrify and cause some to cancel their scheduled procedure at the last minute. I saw this the
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Dr. Mutter's Marvels

A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine

by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz ...

A mesmerizing biography of the brilliant and eccentric medical innovator who revolutionized American surgery and founded the country’s most famous museum of medical odditiesImagine undergoing an operation without anesthesia performed by a surgeon who refuses to sterilize his tools—or even wash his hands. This was the world of medicine when Thomas Dent Mütter began his trailblazing career as a ... Read more

$10.99 USD

A mesmerizing biography of the brilliant and eccentric medical innovator who revolutionized American surgery and founded the country’s most famous museum of medical odditiesImagine undergoing an operation without anesthesia performed by a surgeon who refuses to sterilize his tools—or even wash his hands. This was the world of medicine when Thomas Dent Mütter began his trailblazing career as a
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Cut Open: A Surgeon’s Stories of Loss, Resilience, and Growth

by Daniel Eiferman ...

Leadership Lessons Surgery Never Taught—the Nonclinical Skills That Save CareersSurgeons and health care professionals are trained to fix the human body, but they are poorly prepared for the nonclinical realities that accompany their careers—complications, harsh criticism, difficult personalities, leadership failures, and the silent weight of moral injury. Most try to push through by imitating ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Leadership Lessons Surgery Never Taught—the Nonclinical Skills That Save CareersSurgeons and health care professionals are trained to fix the human body, but they are poorly prepared for the nonclinical realities that accompany their careers—complications, harsh criticism, difficult personalities, leadership failures, and the silent weight of moral injury. Most try to push through by imitating
... Read more
Atlas of Cleft Lip and Palate & Facial Deformity Surgery

Edited by Jian-min Yao, Jing-hong Xu ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
This book consists the basic theories and comprehensive skills of surgery, plastic surgery and chin surgery. The book contains more than 1900 color surgical photos, which mainly from lip and palate surgery in “Operation Smile” and the accumulation in decades of clinical practice. It briefly introduces various surgical methods of cleft lip and palate and alternative methods, procedures and steps of ... Read more

$242.09 USD

This book consists the basic theories and comprehensive skills of surgery, plastic surgery and chin surgery. The book contains more than 1900 color surgical photos, which mainly from lip and palate surgery in “Operation Smile” and the accumulation in decades of clinical practice. It briefly introduces various surgical methods of cleft lip and palate and alternative methods, procedures and steps of
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Newborn Surgery

Edited by Prem Puri ...

Following the success of three previous editions, this new edition of Newborn Surgery continues to provide the most comprehensive information on the surgical management of neonatal disorders. Each chapter is thoroughly revised and updated, and there are eight new chapters on key topics in the specialty, including neonatal care in the delivery room, specific risks for pre-term infants, surgical ... Read more

$605.99 USD

Following the success of three previous editions, this new edition of Newborn Surgery continues to provide the most comprehensive information on the surgical management of neonatal disorders. Each chapter is thoroughly revised and updated, and there are eight new chapters on key topics in the specialty, including neonatal care in the delivery room, specific risks for pre-term infants, surgical
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Complications in Surgery

by Michael W. Mulholland, Gerard M. Doherty ...

Complications in Surgery, Second Edition offers authoritative recommendations for preventing and managing complications in all current general surgery procedures. The opening sections discuss institutional risk management issues and risks common to all operations, such as wound healing problems, infection, shock, and complications in immunosuppressed patients. Subsequent sections focus on ... Read more

$273.99 USD

Complications in Surgery, Second Edition offers authoritative recommendations for preventing and managing complications in all current general surgery procedures. The opening sections discuss institutional risk management issues and risks common to all operations, such as wound healing problems, infection, shock, and complications in immunosuppressed patients. Subsequent sections focus on
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Schwartz's Manual of Surgery

by F. Brunicardi, Dana Anderson, Dana Anderson, Dana Anderson, Dana Anderson, Dana Anderson, Timothy Billiar, David Dunn, John Hunter, Raphael E. Pollock ...

Schwartz's Manual of Surgery has become the resource of choice for both practicing physicians, residents, and even surgical clerkship students who are interested in a comprehensive, yet concise on-the-job manual detailing the most current practices and trends.This edition reflects the most extensive revisions ever with a greater focus on surgical techniques and a superb array of new visuals ... Read more

$54.99 USD

Schwartz's Manual of Surgery has become the resource of choice for both practicing physicians, residents, and even surgical clerkship students who are interested in a comprehensive, yet concise on-the-job manual detailing the most current practices and trends.This edition reflects the most extensive revisions ever with a greater focus on surgical techniques and a superb array of new visuals
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The Organ Grinders

by Bill Fitzhugh ...

Series Book 3 - The Transplant Tetralogy
Paul Symon is an environmentalist who's out to make the world a better place, but he faces too much disjointed information, public apathy, and self-serving talk. Not to mention greedy despoiler Jerry Landis, a venture capitalist dying of a rare disease that accelerates the aging process.Landis cares only about making more money and finding a way to arrest his medical condition. That brings him and ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Paul Symon is an environmentalist who's out to make the world a better place, but he faces too much disjointed information, public apathy, and self-serving talk. Not to mention greedy despoiler Jerry Landis, a venture capitalist dying of a rare disease that accelerates the aging process.Landis cares only about making more money and finding a way to arrest his medical condition. That brings him and
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