Posts Tagged ‘surgery’

Mesothelioma Law Firm Helps Patients Understand Thoracic Surgery

Surgery is often the first line of defense against asbestos cancer. The California mesothelioma law firm of Clapper Patti Schweizer & Mason helps clients and those newly diagnosed to understand the role of thoracic surgery as treatment for mesothelioma. CPSM has been representing clients injured by asbestos and providing resources about mesothelioma, prevention and treatment [...]

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Mesothelioma Law Firm Helps Patients Understand Thoracic Surgery – YAHOO!

Surgery is often the first line of defense against asbestos cancer. The California mesothelioma law firm of Clapper Patti Schweizer & Mason helps clients and those newly diagnosed to understand the role of thoracic surgery as treatment for mesothelioma. View full post on mesothelioma – Bing News

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Lung-sparing surgery, photodynamic therapy improve survival of mesothelioma patients

Pleural mesothelioma patients who undergo lung-sparing surgery in combination with photodynamic therapy (PDT) show superior overall survival than patient treated using the conventional therapy of extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) with PDT, indicates new research from the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. View full post on mesothelioma – Yahoo! News [...]

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Patients With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Should Not Be Subjected To Radical Lung-Removing Surgery Say Physicians

International mesothelioma experts gathered at the 1st International Symposium on Lung-Sparing Therapies for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) on Saturday, May 21, 2011 in Santa Monica, CA. A wide range of medical specialists reviewed information from a variety of U.S. centers as well as from the recently concluded Mesothelioma And Radical Surgery (MARS) trial from the [...]

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Operative Thoracic Surgery

Product DescriptionPrevious editions of Operative Thoracic Surgery have established it as the pre-eminent guide in the field. A comprehensive reference, the book provides step-by-step operative instructions in a visual form. The fifth edition has been entirely updated and revised by two well-respected surgeons and includes a host of prestigious international contributors. Each operative procedure is [...]

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Port-Site and Wound Recurrences in Cancer Surgery: Incidence – Pathogenesis – Prevention

Product DescriptionThis is the most talked about subject in laparoscopic surgery today. At every meeting in surgery and oncology at least one or two sections involve this topic. This book allows the reader an organized insight into the different pathogenic mechanisms of port-site recurrences, notably as to where the cells from which the secondary tumour [...]

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Complications in Cardiothoracic Surgery: Avoidance and Treatment

Product DescriptionDrs. Little and Merrill draw on their expertise in general thoracic and cardiac surgery to review tracheobronchial operations, lung volume reduction operations, lung transplantation, minimally invasive esophagectomy, pleural operations, revascularizations, myocardial operations, and aortic and great vessel operations. For each operation, leading practitioners provide specific advice on what to be aware of to prevent [...]

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Integrated Cancer Management: Surgery Medical Oncology and Radiation Oncology

Product DescriptionThis definitive, up-to-the-minute reference explores the range of metabolic, nutritional, immunologic, and psychological changes that can occur while treating local, regional, and distant cancer, and examines the influence of these factors on outcomes and recovery. Includes clearly written, concise summaries of oncological therapy emphasizing critical decision making in patient management!Written by surgeons, medical oncologists, [...]

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Sabiston and Spencer’s Surgery of the Chest: Expert Consult – Online and Print

Product DescriptionThrough seven successful editions, Sabiston & Spencer Surgery of the Chest has set the standard in cardiothoracic surgery references. Now, the new 8th Edition, edited by Frank W. Sellke, MD, Pedro J. del Nido, MD, and Scott J. Swanson, MD, carries on this tradition with updated coverage of today’s essential clinical knowledge from leaders [...]

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Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach

Product DescriptionThe second edition of Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery: An Evidence- Based Approach addresses the growing complexity of decision making in thoracic surgery. More than half of the clinical questions posed in this book are new, and of the questions that remain as holdovers from the previous edition, virtually all have been revised and [...]

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