Publisher's Synopsis
This practical work presents an all-encompassing review of the technological procedures available for use by the general surgeon. The book follows a disease-oriented approach, covering how new cutting edge surgical procedures can be applied to "old" diseases. Since the approach of the physician is always disease-oriented rather than technology-oriented, this organ systems format makes the format easily accessible.;The book is divided into main parts. It first discusses the technology itself, and goes on to cover how this technology is used to surgically treat diseases in a new way.
