Principles of surgical extractions

Surgical Principles

75s). London: Butterworth. THIS is a most refreshing and interesting book to read as a textbook of minor surgery-a subject which can be neglected all too readily. The section under 'General Survey' deals with the subject in considerable detail, and the section under 'Regional Survey' describes the numerous so-called minor conditions seen under various headings, i.e. 'Head', 'Neck', 'The Eye', e...

Principles of surgical oncology

Surgical oncology, as its name suggests, is the specific application of surgical principles to the oncologic setting. These principles have been derived by adapting standard surgical approaches to the unique situations that arise when treating cancer patients. The surgeon is often the first specialist to see the patient with a solid malignancy, and, in the course of therapy, he or she may be ca...

Principles of Surgical Management

Principles of Surgical Oncology

and Key Points 1. Oncology surgery includes operations to diagnose malignancy (biopsies), to remove known cancer of the primary tumor and metastases, and for palliation. 2. A fifth category of oncology surgery, reconstructive surgery, is not strictly speaking, cancer surgery, but practically all cancer operations involve some reconstruction. Frequently, plastic or vascular surgeons assist with ...

Neuronavigation. Principles. Surgical technique.

Neuronavigation and stereotaxy are techniques designed to help neurosurgeons precisely localize different intracerebral pathological processes by using a set of preoperative images (CT, MRI, fMRI, PET, SPECT etc.). The development of computer assisted surgery was possible only after a significant technological progress, especially in the area of informatics and imagistics. The main indications ...