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Title Emerging technologies in surgery / Richard M. Satava, Achille Gaspari, Nicola Di Lorenzo, [editors]
Published Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 168 pages) : illustrations
Contents Part I: Introduction. Overview of emerging technologies / Achille Lucio Gaspari MD, Antonio Manzelli MD ; Economics of new surgical technologies / Michael S. Kavic MD, Amy E. Waitman MD ; Scientific, social, and ethical implications of disruptive technologies / Richard M. Satava MD FACS -- Part II: Education and training. The world virtual university and the Internet: http://www.websurg.com / Jacques Marescaux MD, FRCS, FACS, Didier Mutter MD, PhD ; Virtual reality : objective assessment, education, and training / Anthony G. Gallagher PhD, E. Matt Ritter ; Organizing surgical simulation centers in response to disruptive technologies / Mark W. Bowyer MD, FACS ; Ideal VR systems : Is there a "Holy Grail" in simulation system land? / Nicola Di Lorenzo MD ; The medical informatics challenge in surgery / J. Sutherland MD, Timothy Ganous MPA -- Part III: Robotics and novel surgical approaches. Robotics in general surgery : today and tomorrow / Federico Moser MD, Santiago Horgan MD ; Evolving endoluminal therapies / Jeffrey L. Ponsky MD -- Part IV: Innovations in surgical instruments. Microtechnology in surgical devices / Marc O. Schurr MD ; Innovative instruments in endoscopic surgery / Gerhard F. Bueß MD, Masahiro Waseda MD ; New hemostatic dissecting forceps with a metal membrane heating element / Eiji Kanehira, Toru Nagase ; Radiofrequency and hepatic tumors / Piero Rossi, Adriano De Majo ; Technological innovations in kidney and liver living-donor-related transplantation / Enrico Benedetti -- Part V: Bioengineering. Tissue engineering / Michael Shin PhD, Joseph Vacanti MD -- Beyond the future. Adapting to future technologies / Richard M. Satava MD FACS
Summary "Tremendous acceleration and changes in scientific discovery and progress are presently occurring. These emerging technologies that will affect the practicing surgeon within the next 10 to 20 years are illustrated in detail in this volume. Its purpose is not to review clinical experience of the common surgical practice of the past decade, but to outline and illustrate the future trends."--Jacket
Analysis geneeskunde
medicine
volksgezondheid
public health
chirurgie
surgery
transplantatie
transplantation
radiologie
radiology
Medicine (General)
Geneeskunde (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Surgical technology.
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- methods
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- trends
Technology Assessment, Biomedical
Medical Laboratory Science -- trends
MEDICAL -- Prosthesis.
MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General.
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- trends.
Technology Assessment, Biomedical.
Technology, Medical -- trends.
Surgical technology.
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- methods.
Surgical technology
Form Electronic book
Author Satava, Richard M., 1942-
Gaspari, Achille.
Di Lorenzo, Nicola.
ISBN 9783540396000
3540396004
9783540395997
3540395997
1281043389
9781281043382
9786611043384
6611043381