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Recent Advances in Surgery - Hardcover

Taylor, Irving

 
9780443061912: Recent Advances in Surgery

Synopsis

Taylor (U. College London Medical School) and Johnson (Southampton General Hospital, UK) compile 15 chapters from primarily British perspectives on advances in surgery. The first chapter introduces the roles of learning theory and current technologies in surgical training, especially stimulation-based systems. Other chapters address such topics as improving outcomes in high-risk patients, treating the rising incidence of cases of abdominal tuberculosis and melanoma, and laparoscopic procedures for obesity. The volume includes color plates of conditions requiring surgery, and highlighted key points for clinical practice. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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