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Publisher
Advantage Media Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"Find The New You. Deciding to have plastic surgery can be a difficult decision-but it is also a courageous decision that can leave you liberated and empowered. If you want to feel confident and better in your clothes and in your skin, you can do it-you can rejuvenate your body and change your life..." -- Amazon.
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Through the stories of eleven landmark heart surgeries between 1945 and 2005, Morris shows the achievements made by cardiac surgeons -- and the committed bravery, occasional arrogance, jealous rivalry, and incredible ingenuity they displayed to get the job done. Peer over the surgeon's shoulders and into the miracle of the human body, and discover the history of risk-taking that has ultimately saved millions of lives.
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Joshua Bederson is the chief of Neurosurgery at the esteemed Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City. New Yorker writer John Colapinto brings to vivid life what Dr. Bederson's professional life is like to show all the varied facets of his work, from extensive study and research to brain operations, one-on-one consultations with patients, and even staff meetings with fellow surgeons and students. Since Mt. Sinai is a teaching hospital, we learn alongside...
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English
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In this collection of nineteen unforgettable essays, Dr. Selzer describes unsparingly the surgeon's art. Both moving and perversely funny, Mortal Lessons is an established classic that considers not only the workings and misworkings of the human body but also the meaning of life and death. With a Preface written by the Author especially for this edition.
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He appeared to be an ordinary middle-aged man sitting in the first examination room of my plastic surgery clinic. The baseball cap was the only thing that seemed somehow out of place. I said, "Hello, Mr. Brown, I am Dr. Cronin; what can I do for you?" Without saying a word, he grabbed the bill of his cap and, with a little flair, removed it to expose the reason for his visit. "Can you help me, Dr. Cronin?" he said. My eyes open a little wider, and...
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English
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Surgery is the crude art of cutting people open, yet it is also a symphony of delicate manipulation and subtle chords. So says Jonathan Kaplan in his stunning book Contact Wounds, an electrifying account of a doctor's education in the classroom, in life, and on the battlefield. Inspired by his father, a military surgeon in World War II and Israel's nascent fight for statehood, Kaplan became a doctor and was appointed to a post at a woefully understaffed...
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¿Por qué algunas personas no logran sentirse bien con su imagen tras haberse sometido a distintas cirugías plásticas? ¿Qué es el trastorno dismórfico corporal (TDC) y por qué no desaparece después de haber corregido aquello que rechazaba el paciente? ¿Cómo podemos saber si alguien es un buen candidato para la intervención que solicita?
Con la edad, los traumas infantiles se manifiestan en forma de vergüenza corporal. Los pacientes que...
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English
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The author was driven to write this book for several reasons. It is his belief, based on personal experience, that the subject matter, a common phenomenon, is largely ignored at worst or badly taught at best with predictably bad or uncertain outcomes. While this book is aimed mainly at General Surgeons who do not regularly treat or operate on these cases it may also be of interest to others such as colorectal surgeons, trainee surgeons or even medical...
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This book can be studied by undergraduate students preparing for their MBBS exams in surgery, and by postgraduate surgeons in training preparing for the MD exam in general surgery and the MRCS exams. The aim of this book is to make the assessment of medical students fair, structured, and objective. It can also be used as a training and review book by the students to improve their skills in history taking, clinical examination, and communication. It...
12) Rabid
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1977.
Language
English
Description
After undergoing radical emergency surgery, Rose develops an insatiable desire for blood. She searches out victims to satisfy her incurable craving, infecting them with an unknown disease which in turn swiftly drives them insane… and makes them equally bloodthirsty. RABID is one of acclaimed horror director David Cronenberg's first films. Winner of Best Screenplay and Best Special Effects at the **Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival**....
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Dieses Buch gibt einen Überblick über die Hauptversagensgründe von Knieprothesen und bietet in prägnanten Texten und Grafiken einen Leitfaden zur Indikationsstellung und zur operativen Durchführung von Revisionseingriffen am Kniegelenk. Der Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf der Praxis: Schritt für Schritt wird das How to do beschrieben. Darüber hinaus vermitteln die Autoren zahlreiche Tipps und Tricks, die für einen erfolgreichen Operationsverlauf...
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English
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Whoever wishes to adopt microsurgery as a technique within their therapeutic repertoire should know that it demands skills that develop in the microsurgery laboratory. This handbook intends to aid in the acquisition and development of those skills necessary to perform a microsurgical procedure of excellence.
Keeping up with the changes observed in educational processes, this guide uses explanatory videos in all the techniques described making the...
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Deutsch
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Das Buch: beschreibt die Implantation eines künstlichen Hüftgelenks am Beispiel der DePuy Pinnacle Pfanne und des DePuy Corail in zementfreier Technik. Als Gleitpaarung wird eine Hart-Weichpaarung mit einem Polyethylen Inlay und einem Keramikkopf verwendet. Der Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf der Praxis: die Operation wird Schritt für Schritt beschrieben. Dabei wird besonderes Augenmerk auf die Fallstricke während der Operation gelegt. Neben den zahlreichen...
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Meet Jill Ortiz, an average girl turned hero for six unsuspecting individuals in need of a new chance at life. This is her story of how she went from being an ordinary girl living in Cincinnati, Ohio, to moving to Napa Valley, California, and taking on one of the most important decisions of her life.
Being prompted by a deep faith and what she believes was a whisper from God, Jill made the life altering decision to donate one of her kidneys to...
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Deutsch
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Das Buch: beschreibt die Implantation eines medialen, zementierten Teilgelenkersatzes am Kniegelenk am Beispiel des DePuySynthes SIGMA® Partial Knees mit einem fixen Inlay. Der Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf der Praxis: die Operation wird Schritt für Schritt beschrieben. Dabei wird besonderes Augenmerk auf die Fallstricke während der Operation gelegt. Neben den zahlreichen brillanten Grafiken und Fotos, die die Operation visualisieren, wird der Operationsverlauf...
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Das Buch beschreibt den Ersatz des vorderen Kreuzbandes mit einer Semitendinosussehne (4-fach) in der „all inside" Technik. Der Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf der Praxis: die Operation wird Schritt für Schritt beschrieben und zahlreiche brillante Grafiken und Fotos visualisieren die Operation. Darüber hinaus demonstriert ein 10-minütiges Video den Operationsverlauf. So ist die Umsetzung der Theorie in die Praxis auf kurzem Weg möglich.
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Deutsch
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Das Buch: beschreibt die Implantation eines künstlichen Kniegelenks am Beispiel des DePuy PFC mit einem fixen Inlay. Der Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf der Praxis: die Operation wird Schritt für Schritt beschrieben. Dabei wird besonderes Augenmerk auf die Fallstricke während der Operation gelegt. Neben den zahlreichen brillanten Grafiken und Fotos, die die Operation visualisieren, wird der Operationsverlauf in einem Video demonstriert. So ist die...
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"La historia del hígado está llena de anécdotas que se remontan al origen de la humanidad. Los antiguos lo consideraban el principal órgano del cuerpo, donde se alojaban el alma y las emociones humanas, y por ello también ha sido sede de temperamentos, incluyendo el biliar. Para algunos, el hígado está vinculado con el placer: se cree que las palabras hepático y hedonista comparten la misma raíz. En el periodo de Isabel I, reina de Inglaterra,...
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