Techniques -- Endoscopic Techniques, Equipment, and Optics -- MR Imaging of the Central Nervous System -- Proton MR Spectroscopy -- Functional Brain Mapping Options for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery -- Image Guidance in Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery -- Intraoperative Imaging Using the Siemens 0.2- and 1.5-Tesla MR Systems -- Endovascular Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms -- Stent Angiopla…
Introduction, Background, and Science -- The International Small Arms Situation: A Public Health Approach -- Guns and Bullets -- Bombs, Mines, Blast, Fragmentation, and Thermobaric Mechanisms of Injury -- Ballistic Protection -- Forensic Aspects of Ballistic Injury -- Ballistic Trauma, Armed Violence, and International Law -- Clinical Care -- Prehospital Care -- Resuscitation and Anesthesia for…
Basic Definitions and Introduction -- Natural Course of Wound Repair Versus Impaired Healing in Chronic Skin Ulcers -- Milestones in the History of Wound Healing -- Etiology and Mechanisms of Cutaneous Ulcer Formation -- Determining Etiology: History and Physical Examination -- Determining Etiology: Biopsy and Laboratory Investigation -- Ulcer Measurement and Patient Assessment -- Dressing Mate…
Minimal Incision Approaches to the Hip -- Acetabulum -- Femur -- The Dysplastic Hip -- What is Bone Cement? -- The Mechanical Properties of PMMA Bone Cement -- Testing and Performance of Bone Cements -- Extreme Differences in Properties of Successful Bone Cements -- Antibiotic-Loaded Cement -- The Three Interfaces -- Which Cement Should We Choose for Primary THA? -- The Benefit of Vacuum Mixing…
Anatomy of the Breast: A Clinical Application -- Pedicle Choices in Breast Reduction -- Long-Lasting Results of Vertical Mammaplasty -- Superior Pedicle Vertical Scar Mammaplasty: Surgical Technique -- Vertical Scar Mammaplasty with a Superior Pedicle -- Short Scar Periareolar Inferior Pedicle Reduction (SPAIR) Mammaplasty -- Vertical Reduction Mammaplasty Using the Medial Pedicle -- Vertical S…
Epidemiology and Therapy of Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism -- Epidemiology of Pulmonary Embolism in Japan -- Thrombolytic Treatment of Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Toward the End of a Long-Lasting Debate? -- The Efficacy of Pharmacomechanical Thrombolysis in the Treatment of Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism and Deep Venous Thrombosis -- Thrombolysis During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Patients…
Epidemiologic and Health Costs of Incontinence -- Epidemiology of Urinary Incontinence -- Epidemiology of Faecal Incontinence: A Review of Population-Based Studies -- Economic Costs of Urinary Incontinence in Germany -- Perception of Incontinence in and by Society -- Pelvic Anatomy, Physiology and Etiology of Incontinence -- The Rodent Animal Model to Explain Stress Urinary Incontinence -- Birt…
The Anatomy and Physiology of the Oesophagus -- The Anatomy and Physiology of the Stomach -- The Anatomy and Physiology of the Small Bowel -- The Anatomy and Physiology of the Diaphragm -- The Spleen -- Benign Disease of the Oesophagus -- Benign Diseases of the Stomach -- Benign Disease of the Small Bowel -- Benign Disease of the Diaphragm -- Benign Diseases of the Spleen -- Epithelial Neoplasm…
Fundamental Principles -- Peripheral Arteries -- Peripheral Veins -- Shunts -- Extracranial Arteries Supplying the Brain -- Visceral and Retroperitoneal Vessels -- Penile and Scrotal Vessels.This comprehensive and up-to-date presentation of vascular ultrasound provides a detailed account of this diagnostic modality and the exciting expansion it has seen in recent years. The emphasis is on the c…
to Ablation -- History of Ablation -- Epidemiology: How to Appraise the Ablation Literature Critically -- Image-Guided Tumor Ablation: Basic Science -- Tumor Angiogenesis: General Principles and Therapeutic Approaches -- Operations for Tumor Ablation -- Image-Guided Tumor Ablation: How to Build a Practice -- Anesthesia for Ablation -- Devices, Equipment, and Operation of Ablation Systems -- Ima…