and Ángel Zorraquino González2 (1) Department of Abdominal Wall Surgery, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Valencia, La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain (2) Department of General Surgery, Abdominal Wall…
Fig. 30.1 Hand-assisted surgery setup with surgeon using nondominant hand in port and additional laparoscopic trocars using instruments and camera Fig. 30.2 Intraoperative picture showing the use of the hand…
Fig. 22.1 T1 axial (a) and coronal (b) post-gadolinium-enhanced MRI showing multiple peripherally enhancing metastatic lesions in an individual with known metastatic breast cancer Fig. 22.2 T1 axial post-gadolinium-enhanced MRI…
Fig. 4.1 Comparison of size of objects from 10−10 to 1 m. (Used with permission from Kateb B, Chiu K, Black KL, et al. Nanoplatforms for constructing new approaches to…
Past Current Future Surgery Aggressive definitive surgery Damage control surgery Prehospital control of bleeding Improvement of haemostatic agents. Improvement of interventional radiology with hybrid theatre Haemostatic agents Coagulopathy “Catch…
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…
Fig. 31.1 The da Vinci® Si Surgical System. (Used with permission. Copyright © 2015 Intuitive Surgical Inc.) The latest version, the da Vinci Xi Surgical System, was released for the…
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…
Fig. 26.1 The HeartMate II® (Thoratec Corp., Pleasanton, CA) is currently the device of choice for cardiac assist applications worldwide The HeartMate II contains a rotor capable of producing flow…
Fig. 35.1 (a–d) (a) Port placement for laparoscopic right hepatectomy. (b) Port placement for laparoscopic left hepatectomy. (c) Port placement for laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy. (d) Port placement for…
