The Appendix

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Chapter 51 The Appendix John Maa, Kimberly S. Kirkwood EMBRYOLOGY AND ANATOMY APPENDICITIS NEOPLASMS Approximately 8% of those in Western countries have appendicitis at some time during their life, with…

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Soft Tissue Sarcomas

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Chapter 33 Soft Tissue Sarcomas Samuel Singer DISTRIBUTION, AGE, AND CAUSES MOLECULAR GENETICS EVALUATION HISTOLOGIC GRADING AND PROGNOSTIC FACTORS FOR OUTCOME STAGING MANAGEMENT SUMMARY Soft tissue sarcomas are rare and…

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Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation

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Chapter 28 Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Yolanda Becker HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION ISLET TRANSPLANTATION Historical Perspective Interest in transplanting organs into humans dates back to the early 1900s….

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Bone Tumors

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Chapter 34 Bone Tumors Herbert S. Schwartz, Ginger E. Holt ONCOLOGIC RESECTION SKELETAL RECONSTRUCTION GENETICS BENIGN BONE TUMORS SKELETAL SARCOMAS SKELETAL METASTASES FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS Orthopedic oncology is a complex surgical…

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Molecular and Cell Biology

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Chapter 3 Molecular and Cell Biology Tien C. Ko HUMAN GENOME RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY CELL SIGNALING CELL DIVISION CYCLE CELL DEATH HUMAN GENOME PROJECT NOVEL TREATMENT STRATEGIES ETHICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND…

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The Lymphatics

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Chapter 66 The Lymphatics Iraklis I. Pipinos, B. Timothy Baxter EMBRYOLOGY AND ANATOMY FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND STAGING DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS CLASSIFICATION DIAGNOSTIC TESTS TREATMENT LYMPHATIC DISORDERS Embryology and Anatomy…

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The Spleen

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Chapter 57 The Spleen Julie Shelton, Michael D. Holzman SPLENIC ANATOMY SPLENIC FUNCTION SPLENECTOMY LATE MORBIDITY AFTER SPLENECTOMY PROPHYLACTIC TREATMENT OF SPLENECTOMIZED PATIENTS Splenic Anatomy The spleen is an 80-…

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Bites and Stings

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Chapter 22 Bites and Stings Robert L. Norris, Paul S. Auerbach, Elaine E. Nelson, Ronald M. Stewart SNAKEBITES MAMMALIAN BITES ARTHROPOD BITES AND STINGS MARINE BITES AND STINGS Snakebites Epidemiology…

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Liver Transplantation

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Chapter 27 Liver Transplantation Nancy L. Ascher HISTORY INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS LIVE DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION TECHNICAL ASPECTS EARLY COMPLICATIONS EXTENDED CRITERIA DONORS EVALUATION OF ABNORMAL LIVER FUNCTION TEST RESULTS IMMUNOSUPPRESSION…

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