The Science and Art of Surgery
Author : John Eric Erichsen
Publisher :
Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 17,89 MB
Release : 1860
Category : Surgery
ISBN :
Mortal Lessons
Author : Richard Selzer
Publisher : HMH
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 21,65 MB
Release : 1996-04-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 054754233X
Book Description
A surgeon shares true stories of life, death, and the human body in an essay collection that “will nail you to your chair” (Saturday Review). With settings ranging from the operating theater to a Korean ambulance, and topics as varied as the disposition of a corpse and the author’s own childhood, these nineteen captivating, wry, and intimate vignettes offer a poignant examination of health, humanity, and, of course, mortality. Sometimes tragic, sometimes humorous, the essays offer a physician’s viewpoint that goes beyond the medical to also consider the most meaningful issues and questions we face, whether as doctors or patients, cared for or caregiver. Praised by Kirkus Reviews as “an impressive display of knowledge and art, magic and mystery,” Mortal Lessons is a classic reflection on the human body and the human experience, and will resonate with readers for generations to come.
Hypospadias Surgery
Author : VVS Chandrasekharam
Publisher : Thieme
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 10,37 MB
Release : 2022-06-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9388257677
Book Description
Hypospadias Surgery: Science and Art is the first book of its kind published in the subcontinent and, in fact, Asia, that describes several tested and reliable techniques for the repair of different types of hypospadias with reproducible results. Based on the extensive experience and expertise of the author, developed over two decades, and over 1,200 operations, it discusses each technique in detail, along with live operative photographs for the salient steps of each procedure. As the title suggests, the content of the book balances both the science and the art of hypospadias surgery and has been crafted with commendable dedication and passion. It also discusses recent advances in the research into hypospadias causation, as well as the postoperative follow-up and assessment of the results. This book will be an immensely useful resource for postgraduate students and practitioners (pediatric surgeons, pediatric urologists, urologists, and plastic surgeons), and those undertaking MCh training courses in pediatric surgery, urology, and plastic surgery. Key Features: Each chapter and section deal with a particular aspect of hypospadias surgery, lending the reader a comprehensive overview of the topic. Each technique is followed by "Author's Comments" in which the author discusses the finer points of the technique through insights gained from his extensive experience. Detailed descriptions of the techniques utilized in reoperative hypospadias repair have been included in the book. The book focuses on the types of cases found in Asia, Asia-Pacific, and African regions, as the author believes that the type, variety, and severity of hypospadias in the countries located in these areas are different from that of the Western world.
State-of-the-Art Vaginal Surgery
Author : Neerja Goel
Publisher : JP Medical Ltd
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 21,82 MB
Release : 2013-01-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9350902877
Book Description
This new edition brings gynaecologic surgeons and postgraduate students fully up to date with the latest developments and techniques in vaginal surgery. Beginning with sections on surgical anatomy, preoperative care and anaesthesia, the following chapters discuss different surgical techniques. This comprehensive guide includes 880 full colour images and illustrations as well as two interactive DVD ROMs demonstrating many of the techniques discussed in the book. The previous edition of State-of-the-Art Vaginal Surgery published in 2007. Key points New edition bringing gynaecologic surgeons and postgraduate students up to date with latest techniques in vaginal surgery Includes two interactive DVD ROMs demonstrating procedures Features 880 full colour images and illustrations First edition published in 2007
TOP KNIFE: The Art & Craft of Trauma Surgery
Author : Asher Hirshberg,
Publisher : tfm Publishing Limited
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 14,31 MB
Release : 2004-10-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1903378923
Book Description
This book will help you take a badly wounded patient to the operating room, organize yourself and your team, do battle with some vicious injuries and come out with the best possible result. It is a practical guide to operative trauma surgery for residents and registrars, for general surgeons with an interest in trauma, and for isolated surgeons operating on wounded patients in military, rural or humanitarian settings. A surgical atlas may show you what to do with your hands but not how to think, plan and improvise. Here you will find practical advice on how to use your head as well as your hands when operating on a massively bleeding trauma patient. The first part of this book presents some general principles of trauma surgery. The second part is about trauma surgery as a contact sport. Here we show you how to deal with specific injuries to the abdomen, chest, neck and peripheral vessels. The single most important lesson we hope you will derive from this book is to always keep it simple because, in trauma surgery, the simple stuff works.
The Butchering Art
Author : Lindsey Fitzharris
Publisher : Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 22,41 MB
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0374715483
Book Description
Winner, 2018 PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing Short-listed for the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize A Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2017, Publishers Weekly A Best History Book of 2017, The Guardian "Warning: She spares no detail!" —Erik Larson, bestselling author of Dead Wake In The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of nineteenth-century surgery and shows how it was transformed by advances made in germ theory and antiseptics between 1860 and 1875. She conjures up early operating theaters—no place for the squeamish—and surgeons, who, working before anesthesia, were lauded for their speed and brute strength. These pioneers knew that the aftermath of surgery was often more dangerous than patients’ afflictions, and they were baffled by the persistent infections that kept mortality rates stubbornly high. At a time when surgery couldn’t have been more hazardous, an unlikely figure stepped forward: a young, melancholy Quaker surgeon named Joseph Lister, who would solve the riddle and change the course of history. Fitzharris dramatically reconstructs Lister’s career path to his audacious claim that germs were the source of all infection and could be countered by a sterilizing agent applied to wounds. She introduces us to Lister’s contemporaries—some of them brilliant, some outright criminal—and leads us through the grimy schools and squalid hospitals where they learned their art, the dead houses where they studied, and the cemeteries they ransacked for cadavers. Eerie and illuminating, The Butchering Art celebrates the triumph of a visionary surgeon whose quest to unite science and medicine delivered us into the modern world.
The Art of Aesthetic Surgery
Author : Foad Nahai, M.D.
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 3224 pages
File Size : 30,28 MB
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1482241668
Book Description
Seldom does a book achieve status as a classic in its first edition, but The Art of Aesthetic Surgery by Foad Nahai has been hailed as a masterpiece since its inception. Reviews have been universally laudatory, and residents and experienced practitioners alike have embraced this work as the ultimate resource on all things aesthetic. Now, this landmark work has been totally revised and updated with over 40 new chapters (many with new authors) and every chapter has been revised to reflect the latest trends, techniques, and information. This three-volume set also includes seven DVDs with 24 operative videos. Comprehensive Coverage 93 chapters in three volumes cover the full range of cosmetic medical treatments and aesthetic operations. Topics include: Hair transplantation and brow lift Eyelid surgery Laser resurfacing and chemical peels Tissue fillers and fat grafting Rhytidectomy and face and neck lift Facial implants Rhinoplasty and ptoplasty Lip rejuvenation Breast augmentation, reduction, and mastoplexy Surgical, noninvasive, and minimally invasive body contouring Liposuction To address the modern physician’s need for business acumen as well as surgical skill, three chapters focus on practice management, ranging from practice model options, staff and financial management, marketing and communications, and legal issues. World-Renowned Authors Dr. Foad Nahai is an acknowledged leader in aesthetic surgery. He has personally written a third of the chapters for this three-volume work. His contributors, representing the "who’s who" of aesthetic surgery, provide detailed accounts of their techniques for the different operations, as well as the planning process so crucial to producing excellent results. Help with Decision-Making Of particular note are the clinical decision-making chapters authored by Dr. Nahai. This invaluable insight provides readers with a unique overview of the various options for each problem, along with his preferred solutions. Complete with algorithms and case studies, this problem-solving feature offers the expert guidance necessary to sort through options, understand their advantages and limitations, and make the best choice for each patient. Necessary Anatomy Key chapters introducing each major anatomic region or topic area focus on applied anatomy and provide essential information that the surgeon needs to know to execute these surgical maneuvers safely and effectively. Reliable Format This new edition maintains the same features that made the previous edition so popular, including beautiful medical illustrations, large type for readability, and a consistent, comprehensive approach. The semi-atlas format features the applicable images located next to legend text for enhanced clarity.
Surgical Philosophy
Author : Hutan Ashrafian
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 16,28 MB
Release : 2015-08-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0429586426
Book Description
Treating disease can be considered a combat between curative therapies and pathological afflictions. As such, the action of achieving a cure can be likened to successfully waging war on sickness and bodily disorders. Surgical Philosophy applies the core principles derived from Sun Tzu's timeless book Art of War to combating disease through surgery.
State of the Art Surgical Coronary Revascularization
Author : David P. Taggart
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 20,88 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0198758782
Book Description
This is the most authoritative textbook ever dedicated to the art and science of surgical coronary revascularization, with 71 chapters, organized in 9 sections, and written by over 100 recognized world experts. It covers every aspect of the surgical management of coronary artery pathology and ischaemic heart disease.
Complications
Author : Atul Gawande
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 18,34 MB
Release : 2003-04-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1429972106
Book Description
A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine. Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one's own eyes. This book is exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is -- complicated, perplexing, and profoundly human. Atul Gawande offers an unflinching view from the scalpel's edge, where science is ambiguous, information is limited, the stakes are high, yet decisions must be made. In dramatic and revealing stories of patients and doctors, he explores how deadly mistakes occur and why good surgeons go bad. He also shows us what happens when medicine comes up against the inexplicable: an architect with incapacitating back pain for which there is no physical cause; a young woman with nausea that won't go away; a television newscaster whose blushing is so severe that she cannot do her job. Gawande offers a richly detailed portrait of the people and the science, even as he tackles the paradoxes and imperfections inherent in caring for human lives. At once tough-minded and humane, Complications is a new kind of medical writing, nuanced and lucid, unafraid to confront the conflicts and uncertainties that lie at the heart of modern medicine, yet always alive to the possibilities of wisdom in this extraordinary endeavor. Complications is a 2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.
