Advances in Head and Neck Surgery

Oct 28, 2016 by in CRITICAL CARE Comments Off on Advances in Head and Neck Surgery

HPV-negative tumors HPV-positive tumors Decreasing incidence Increasing incidence Tobacco abuse common Tobacco abuse less common Alcohol abuse common Alcohol abuse less common Low oral sex exposure High oral sex exposure…

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Bariatric Surgery: The Less, The Better

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Fig. 33.1 Mechanism of action of surgical bariatric procedures Based on estimated bariatric surgery numbers for 2013 published by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), Roux-en-Y gastric…

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Use of Biologic Grafts in Surgery

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Fig. 48.1 Patient undergoing abdominal wall reconstruction with Alloderm™ (LifeCell, Branchburg, NJ) who has undergone full vascularization of the biologic graft. (Reproduced with permission from Latifi R, Peralta R, Al…

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Technological Advances in Endovascular Surgery

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Fig. 28.1 Case of a 68-year-old diabetic gentleman with severe tissue loss and Duplex ultrasound evidence of a popliteal artery occlusion at the below-the-knee segment. Successful revascularization was performed, with…

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Augmented Reality in Surgery

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Fig. 6.1 Google Glass became available to the general public in May of 2014 and provides users with a natural language voice command user interface in order to provide a…

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