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Cochlear Implants: Technological Advances, Psychological/Social Impacts and Long-Term Effectiveness

Otolaryngology Research Advances, Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Otolaryngology, Medicine and Health
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Bilateral Cochlear Implants (CIs) offer great benefits to patients suffering from lack of hearing by improving speech understanding as well as by providing a sense of directionality. Software and hardware synchronization issues of binaural processing have limited all the benefits that could be offered by bilateral CIs. This book provides discussions on topics that include…
Thyroidectomy: Surgical Procedures, Potential Complications and Postoperative Outcomes

Surgery - Procedures, Complications, and Results, Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Medicine and Health
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The thyroid gland is located in the neck deep to the platysma. This is a broad sheet of muscle that crosses over the clavicle to cover the antero-lateral neck. Its anterior fibres interlace with the opposite side, finding an attachment to the mandible and the dermis of the lower part of the face. The platymsa…
Surgical Implants and Tissue Products for Veterans: Oversight Issues

Medical Procedures, Testing and Technology, Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Medicine and Health
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is one of the largest purchasers of surgical implants, which include biological implants, such as skin and bone grafts, and non-biological implants, such as cardiac pacemakers and artificial joints. Surgical implants fall under VHA’s definition of prosthetics, which includes all items that support or replace…
Laparoscopy: Procedures, Pain Management and Postoperative Complications

Surgery - Procedures, Complications, and Results, Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Medicine and Health
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This book provides a comprehensive, evidence based and updated review of the role of laparoscopy in different surgical specialties. The following chapters are included: Access Techniques for Laparoscopic Surgery – Modified laparoscopic and open splenectomy and azygoportal disconnection for portal hypertension – Single incision laparoscopic splenectomy – Laparoscopic liver surgery – Single incision laparoscopic hepatectomy…
CyberKnife Radiosurgery: Spine. Volume II

Surgery - Procedures, Complications, and Results, Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Medicine and Health
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The last twenty years have seen significant strides in radiosurgical care, much of which was made possible by the CyberKnife technology. With an ever-increasing number of CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgery units installed across the globe and thousands of physicians using them on a daily basis, the field of CyberKnife technology has grown rapidly. As minimally invasive,…
The Revolution of Robotic Stereotactic Radiotherapy (Robotic Radiosurgery) in Lung Cancer

Cancer Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatments, Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Medicine and Health
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Lung cancer, which was rare at the beginning of the 20th century, is now a major cause of cancer-related deaths in men and women. It is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in the world. With conventional radiation therapy, small doses of radiation are delivered on a daily Monday-to-Friday schedule over a period of approximately a…
Migraine Surgery

Neuroscience Research Progress, Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Medicine and Health
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Chronic migraine is a condition which is both prevalent and disabling, and which has a great impact on society as a whole. The accurate diagnosis, workup, and treatment of a migraine requires a multidisciplinary approach, involving primary care physicians, neurologists, pain management specialists, mental health specialists, alternative medicine practitioners, and surgeons. Across the spectrum of…
Prophylaxis of Surgical Site Infection in Abdominal Surgery

Surgery - Procedures, Complications, and Results, Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Medicine and Health
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Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the most frequent complications after abdominal surgery as abdominal procedures are often clean-contaminated, contaminated or even dirty procedures, so long the gastrointestinal tract, plenty of microorganisms, is entered. SSI is associated with morbidity and mortality, and reduces the patients´ quality of life after surgery. Moreover, it prolongs hospital…
Bariatric Surgery: Prevalence, Complications and Impact on Quality of Life

Surgery - Procedures, Complications, and Results, Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Medicine and Health
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In response to rapidly increasing rates of obesity, bariatric weight loss surgeries have increased worldwide, reaching approximately 341,000 procedures in 2011. Bariatric surgery is a major medical intervention with the primary goals of chronically reducing excess weight loss, decreasing incidence and severity of obesity related co-morbidities, and overall improvement in quality of life. Despite widespread…
Advances in Surgical Procedures

Surgery - Procedures, Complications, and Results, Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Medicine and Health
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Many surgical procedures are performed by ambulatory surgery and account for around 60-70% of all surgical procedures. This book presents new research in ambulatory surgery, and discusses advances in other surgical procedures. The topics discussed include ambulatory surgery as well as breast reconstruction, thyroid goitre surgery, and midface lift surgery. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical)
Evidence-Based Cosmetic Surgery

Surgery - Procedures, Complications, and Results, Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Medicine and Health
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Cosmetic surgery procedures are incredibly popular and a plethora of practitioners offer a tremendous diversity of procedures. However, much practice has been based on historical preference, tradition and non-evidence based decision-making. This book demystifies the decision-making process for common cosmetic surgical procedures by examining their evidence basis. Each chapter deals with a different subject of…
Current Immunosuppressive Therapy in Organ Transplantation

Transplantation, Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Medicine and Health
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Organ transplantation has revolutionized the treatment for end-stage organ failure. Immunosuppression is still a major approach currently used in the prevention and treatment of allograft rejection. Both editors Dr. Chen and Dr. Qian have been contributing to preclinical evaluation of immunosuppressants for more than 25 years in North America. Experts from the United States, Canada,…
Third Generation Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation Procedures: Update and Future Perspectives

Surgery - Procedures, Complications, and Results, Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Medicine and Health
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Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty represented and represent two mainstays of minimally invasive spine surgery. Inevitably, these procedures left some unresolved issues that must be solved. This monograph is born from a concrete and shared necessity: to clarify indications and limits, to assess advantages and disadvantages and to identify new perspectives relating to use of third generation…
Uses of Electrical Stimulation for Digestive and Endocrine Surgeons

New Developments in Medical Research, Endocrinology Research and Clinical Developments, Upcoming Publications, Surgery and Surgical Specialties
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The use of electrical stimulators with medical aims has increased exponentially in the last years. The uses are very different. Though the most widely known are referred to as the approaches performed by neurosurgeons, evidence has recently appeared, supporting its use by many other medical specialties. Electrical stimulation can be applied transcutaneously (TENS) or percutaneously…
Management for Failed Bariatric Procedures: Surgical Strategies

Surgery - Procedures, Complications, and Results, Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Medicine and Health
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The book Management for Failed Bariatric Procedures: Surgical Strategies covers the full spectrum of revisional laparoscopic weight loss surgery after a failed primary procedure. The chapter authors, all currently operating experts in this field, cover the essentials of establishing a bariatric revisional surgery program, including diagnostic issues, metabolic failures, malabsorptive failures before considering technical options,…
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Pituitary Adenoma

Surgery - Procedures, Complications, and Results, Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Medicine and Health
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The pituitary gland is a very small sized gland which plays an important role in regulating human well-being by controlling many activities of other hormone-secreting glands. It embeds in a midline, bony hollow of the cranial base and is surrounded by vital structures (e.g. optic apparatus, cavernous sinuses, internal carotid arteries, and cranial nerves that…
Basilar Artery: A Clinical Review (2 Volume Set)

Neuroscience Research Progress, Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Neuroscience, Medicine and Health
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Perhaps no artery in the human body bears as much importance to bodily functions and life as the basilar artery, by virtue of the anatomical territories it serves. This is due to the critical nature of the physiological functions supported by the brainstem, the nearby cerebellum and cerebrum, and the severity of most pathological conditions…
Surgical Treatment of Femoral Neck Fractures

Surgery - Procedures, Complications, and Results, Orthopedic Research and Therapy, Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Medicine and Health
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While arthroplasty is the preferred treatment for most elderly patients with displaced femoral neck fractures, internal fixation is the treatment of choice in the majority of patients below the age of 65 as a joint-preserving procedure. The osteosynthesis of fractures of the femoral neck in the elderly has been partly abandoned during the last years…
Combined Stimulating Methods of Reconstructive Surgery in Pediatric Orthopedics

Surgery - Procedures, Complications, and Results, Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Medicine and Health
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This book is concerned with a trend of reconstructive surgical orthopedics using reparative potential of the organism. It presents a detailed description of combined surgical treatment methods of orthopedic pathologies in children as well as experimental substantiation. The first part of the monograph presents experimental studies concerning the combination of external fixation (Ilizarov method) and…
The Role of Imaging Technology in Current Surgical Practice

Surgery - Procedures, Complications, and Results, Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Medicine and Health
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This book represents an effort to document the experience of a carefully-chosen group of international surgeons, regarding the use of imaging technology in their everyday practice. The aim of this book is to help medical students and surgeons at all levels of training and practice to understand the basics of the more common imaging techniques…
Cryosurgery and Colposcopy: Practices, Outcomes and Potential Complications

New Developments in Medical Research, Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Medicine and Health
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Cryosurgery is a common procedure, known for thousands of years. Cryoablation causes tissue necrosis by freezing the targeted tissues. Necrosis results from the freezing and thawing of cells (crystallization water) and the sequestration of the dead tissue by the organism. After removal of the lesion, regeneration through the layering of a new epithelium starts. Cryosurgery…
Surgery of the Orbital Cavity: “No-Man’s-Land”

Surgery - Procedures, Complications, and Results, Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Medicine and Health
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The orbital cavity is still a “no man’s land”, as no surgical discipline has ever fully addressed it. This book will encompass the orbital cavity from a surgical perspective in a manner previously unseen. The described surgical details and presented results will show that impressive results can be achieved in very difficult and complex cases.…
Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Orthognathic Surgery

Surgery - Procedures, Complications, and Results, Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Medicine and Health
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“The human face should be in perfect harmony and balance along with ideal functioning of the stomatognathic system…” was a view idealized by Apollo Belvedere, who created the neoclassical Greek sculpture of the head and face. However, Nature ensures that all of us are not blessed with perfect faces. It is for the resolution of…
Spontaneous Subarachnoid Haemorrhage: Well-Known and New Approaches

Surgery - Procedures, Complications, and Results, Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Medicine and Health
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Hippocrates of Cos was one of the first who described spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage without special knowledge about neuro-anatomy or neuro-physiology. This haemorrhage represented a life ending event of fate for him. Inventions like computed tomography or angiography gave better insight into the patterns of this life threatening disease. Progress in management was developed by new…

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