Published March, 2012
By Stanley H. Rosenbaum, Stanley Rosenbaum and Lewis J. Kaplan
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Surgery
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Examines management of peri-operative complications. This title covers such topics as: fluids and electrolytes, hypoperfusion, shock states and ACS, surgical prophylaxis and complication avoidance bundles, NSQIP, SCIP and TQIP, post-operative malnutrition and probiotic therapy, GI hemorrhage, and in-hospital rescue therapies.

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Published March, 2012
By Geoffrey Dunn, Sugantha Ganapathy and Vincent W S Chan
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Surgery
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Offers information on important advances in surgical palliative care for anesthesiology intensivists. This title covers such topics as: various trends and developments, palliative care of patients on high doses of narcotics, trauma in the surgical ICU, care of family in the surgical ICU, communication skills in palliative surgery, and more.

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Published March, 2012
By John M. Kane III and John M. Kane
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Surgery
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Deals with the topic of Sarcomas. This title includes such articles as: Prognostic Factors and Staging for Soft Tissue Sarcomas; Margin Status and Local Recurrence: Correlation or Causation; Systemic Chemotherapy in the Adjuvant and Clinical Metastatic Setting; Pulmonary Metastasectomy; and, Regional Therapy for Advanced Extremity Sarcomas.

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Published March, 2012
By Devon I. Ruben and Devon I. Rubin
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Surgery
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Electromyography remains a main diagnostic tool within neurology. This issue addresses the developments in the clinical application of EMG. It also includes articles such as Nerve conduction studies: Basic Concepts and Patterns of Abnormalities, and Needle Electromyography - Basic Concepts and Interpretation of Recorded Potentials.

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Published February, 2012
By Blair A. Jobe
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Series: The Clinics: Surgery
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Benign esophageal diseases are common problems treated by thoracic surgeons. This title includes articles on the diagnosis and management of several motility and reflux disorders that are considered benign, with an emphasis on the use of cutting-edge technology.

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Published February, 2012
By Shanu Kothari
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Surgery
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A comprehensive review of bariatric and metabolic surgery for the general surgery. It covers such topics as: the obesity epidemic/economic impact and diabetes epidemic/economic impact, physiology of obesity/diabetes, physiology of weight loss surgery, history of bariatric surgery, laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, and more.

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Published February, 2012
By E. Wesley Ely, Pratik Pandharipande and E.Wesley Ely
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Surgery
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Looks at modern sedation techniques in the critically ill. This title covers such topics as: pharmacology of commonly used analgesics and sedatives in the ICU; lessons learned from international surveys of current sedation practices; and, protocolized and target-based sedation and analgesia in the ICU.

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Published January, 2012
By John Pallanch
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Surgery
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Presents topics on: image fusion in pre-operative planning; the use of 3D imaging tools including stereolithographic modeling and intraoperative navigation for maxillo-mandibular and complex orbital reconstruction; custom-made, three-dimensional, intraoperative surgical guides for nasal reconstruction; and, more.

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Published January, 2012
By Michael W. Neumeister
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Surgery
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Covers such topics as: Acute Trauma; Toe to Hand Transfers; Functioning Muscle Transfers; The Stiff Joint; Contracture Release; Secondary Flexor Tendon Reconstruction; Tendon Transfer; Nerve Reconstruction; Current Status of Brachial Plexus Reconstruction; Treatment of Non-union and Mal-union Following Hand Fractures; and, more.

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Published January, 2012
By Mark J. Krasna
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Series: The Clinics: Surgery
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Discusses a range of topics devoted to lung cancer. This title includes articles that focus on pathology; advanced staging systems; epidemiology of lung cancer - smoking, second hand smoke, and genetics; molecular markers for incidence, prognosis, and response to therapy; screening; diagnostic work-up; non-invasive staging techniques; and, more.

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