Pioneers in surgical gastroenterology.1903378354 Pioneers in surgical gastroenterology. Ed. by Walford Gillison and Henry Buchwald. TFM TFM Traffic Flow Management TFM TeX Font Metrics TFM Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana TFM Trusted Facility Manual TFM Testicular Feminization TFM Total Facility Management TFM Tentative Final Monograph TFM Transaction Flow Manager TFM Thermally Fused Melamine Publishing Ltd. 2007 336 pages $85.00 Hardcover RC801 Dr. Buchwald is a pioneer in his own right, for having invented the first implantable infusion pump infusion pump A device designed to deliver drugs and/or 'biologicals', at low doses and at a constant or controllable rate; ↑ rates of delivery in such devices may be associated with local hemolysis, compromising the potential benefits of a calibrated delivery and his early work in bariatric surgery Bariatric Surgery Definition Bariatric surgery promotes weight loss by changing the digestive system's anatomy, limiting the amount of food that can be eaten and digested. . Following an overview of general medicine and surgery going back to their origins, Gillison (emeritus consultant surgeon, UK), Buchwald (surgery and biomedical engineering, U. of Minnesota), and other international contributors treat the factors that helped birth surgical gastroenterology. The 16 illustrated chapters trace milestones in GI surgery and showcase its pioneers from Theodor Billroth, considered the father of such surgery, to those who brought us laparoscopic Laparoscopic A minimally-invasive surgical or diagnostic procedure that uses a flexible endoscope (laparoscope) to view and operate on structures in the abdomen. Mentioned in: Obstetrical Emergencies (minimally invasive) surgery and continent ileostomy ileostomy /il·e·os·to·my/ (il?e-os´tah-me) surgical creation of an opening into the ileum, with a stoma on the abdominal wall. il·e·os·to·my n. 1. . The appendix (appendectomies are discussed) contains biographical notes on key pioneers discussed. The volume is not indexed. U.S. distribution by BookMasters. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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