Recent Advances in Surgery - 11

- This addition to the prestigious series of Recent Advances in Surgery is completely


revised and updated. Written by experienced senior and most credible experts, using


symptom-based scenarios to comprehensively explore a range of issues with which


practicing surgeons and students need to be familiar to evolve into competent


medical practitioners. It chronicles some of the challenges which have been


encountered by surgical practitioners around the world through innovation and new


techniques


- This book providing updates on various areas of surgery, is a reminder of its value in


growth and evolution. It includes a chapter on how to manage mass casualties in


disasters and terrorist attacks which is sadly becoming the need of the hour. Stem cell


research and tissue engineering are being viewed as the hope for future


- The role of radioisotopes in management of endocrine disease, molecular approach


to treatment, genetics, interventional radiology and the biomechanical insight into


wound healing, depict a healthy integration of various scientific disciplines


- The six sigma methodology illustrates the extent to which surgical care, like any other


field needs quality improvement tools