The training of a surgeon includes the acquisition of a number of characteristics, including a cognitive knowledge base, problem formulation and de...

Colonoscopy is the procedure with very low percentage of all complications, especially those that require surgical intervention. Even with this low...

While arthroplasty is the preferred treatment for most elderly patients with displaced femoral neck fractures, internal fixation is the treatment o...

Over the past 20 years a silent revolution in functional neurosurgery has been unfolding. This revolution, still in the making, is the development ...

The Fundamentals of Spine Surgery first aims to investigate the efficacy of several therapeutic modalities in the modern treatment of spinal pathol...

“Moshe Schein’s life as a surgeon on four continents and his skills as a storyteller make for compelling reading.” Abraham Verghese, Author of Cutt...

Dr. Moshe Schein has previously compiled two books of surgical aphorisms and quotations — the first book Aphorisms & Quotations for the Surgeon...

Written by world experts in the field, The Medial Collateral Ligament and the Posteromedial Corner: A Comprehensive Analysis is an up-to-date, uniq...

Are you a medical student on the cusp of graduation from medical school who is soon to embark upon a journey through residency training? Are you an...

In 1970 American neurosurgeon Robert White and his team carried out the first full head transplant in living monkeys. However, the resulting chimer...

Surgery remains a challenge for young learners. Perhaps the most difficult of all surgeries are those done on the liver, biliary tree and pancreas....

This book contains anatomical and technical information on aspects of endoscopy of the lumbar subarachnoid space, which was named thecaloscopy. For...

Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty represented and represent two mainstays of minimally invasive spine surgery. Inevitably, these procedures left some ...

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-l...

Operative trauma surgery is a key element of surgical training world-wide, but many surgical trainees have only limited exposure to it throughout t...

Burn surgery requires an infrastructure to ensure safe and accurate debridement of the necrotic burnt tissue. Blood products are a vital piece of t...

In recent years, transplantation immunology has evolved as a distinct field founded on the recognition that rejection of a transplanted organ or ti...

Finally, a surgical text for the patient, one that lets you know what questions to ask. A must for any family member planning to undergo surgery. A...

The use of electrical stimulators with medical aims has increased exponentially in the last years. The uses are very different. Though the most wid...

The need for dialysis access surgery is growing rapidly as the population of patients with end stage renal failure expands. This book is aimed at t...

This book was written by a team of vascular, cardiac and neurosurgeons working mainly in the East Slovak Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, and ...