Preoperative planning software in vertebrology: issues and outlook

Issues with Language Policy and Planning in Iranian Higher Education

In this study, we attempt to bring to light various organisational and implementational clashes relevant to the conceptualisation of language policies at national level, and the planning of local practices with regard to degree programmes, language journals and conferences in Iranian higher education. We also prove that in its current status, the ELT syllabus in Iran, both at national and local...

Social Issues in Post Disaster Reconstruction Planning

Post disaster reconstruction in the destructed zones entails the social aspects in addition to the physical and urban aspects, because of the presence of affected people in the very location. The presented research aims to assess the social aspects of the post disaster conditions in the course of reconstruction, which take into consideration the related social factors in the affected community....

Preoperative Planning Preoperative Work-Up

Many of the general principles that have been learned from open colon and rectal surgery can be applied to laparoscopic and robotic surgery. Patients undergoing minimally invasive colorectal surgery need a full history and physical exam, with particular attention paid to the number and types of previous abdominal surgeries, as well as any history of any signifi cant abdominal infection. This sh...

History, Current Status, and Emerging Issues in Public Outlook Program

HepaVision2 – A software assistant for preoperative planning in living-related liver transplantation and oncologic liver surgery

HepaVision2, a user friendly software application for preoperative planning based on CT images in liver surgery is presented. It is intended for both, evaluation of potential donors in living-related liver transplantation and planning of oncologic resections. The planning takes into account the patient’s individual anatomy allowing for fully automatic calculation of individual resection proposa...