Sir Victor Horsley was a pioneer of neurosurgery, performing successful operations on the brain and spinal cord long before it was possible to image the nervous system. This fascinating biography explores his influence on the development of neurosurgery and on clinical practice more generally, and his social activism.
Video Atlas of Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery (book and DVD) aims to demonstrate techniques to medical professionals worldwide who are involved in the care of cleft lip, cleft palate, and related abnormalities, such as velopharyngeal insufficiency. The accompanying DVD includes 30 high-quality videos that illustrate the step-by-step approach.
Focuses on bariatrics, and is aimed at students, residents, fellows and practicing surgeons with interest in metabolic and bariatric surgery. All mainstream bariatric operations are described in detail, with operative videos and helpful tips to improve outcomes for an experienced surgeon.
Videofluoroscopy: A Multidisciplinary Team Approach is a timely volume that helps to meet the growing need for multidisciplinary team knowledge of the videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS). Clinicians increasingly rely on the objective examination of swallowing to create a baseline as part of the patient's diagnosis and treatment.
Focusing on violence from assessment, through underlying neurobiology, to treatment and other recommendations for practice, this book will be of interest to forensic psychiatrists, general adult psychiatrists, psychiatric residents, psychologists, psychiatric social workers and rehabilitation therapists.