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development and importance of chimerism and the immunosuppressive drug FK-506 would have been welcomed. Recommended Audience: Gastroenterologists, hepatologists, and transplant surgeons involved in the care and management of liver transplant patients. I consider the book mandatory reading for persons in training who are pursuing careers in liver transplantation. It should be available in all libraries. Overall Grading: kirkk Gregory J. Gores, M.D., Division of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
Surgery of the Biliary Tract, edited by James Toouli, 457 pp, with illus, $125, New York, Churchill Livingstone (telephone: 212-2065000), 1993, ISBN 0-443-04361-2 Type of Book: A multiauthored (worldwide distribution) text edited by a senior Australian surgeon. Scope of Book: The 33 chapters in the 7 sections are designed to cover all aspects of diseases that may affect the biliary tract. Contents: Surgeons, radiologists, gastroenterologists, and pathologists address the epidemiologie, diagnostic, and therapeutic approach to biliary tract diseases in sections that emphasize anatomy and physiology, clinical syndromes and investigations, gallstones, motility disorders, benign strictures, cystic disorders, and biliary tract tumors. An insightful introduction is provided by a leading pioneer in the field of surgery of the biliary tract. Strengths: The multidisciplinary authorship emphasizes the allimportant team approach to patients with the broad spectrum of biliary tract problems. Some of the chapters that deal with benign strictures and tumors of the biliary tract are particularly outstanding. Deficiencies: Inequality in the chapters, which range from comprehensive to superficial, poor quality of some gross photographs and radiologie studies, and lack" of clinical results in several contributions are distracting to the overall appeal of the text. Recommended Audience: Surgeons (undergraduate and postgraduate) involved with the diagnosis and treatment of patients with diseases of the biliary tract. Overall Grading: kkk Jon A. van Heerden, M.B.,Ch.B., Division of Gastroenterologie and General Surgery, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
Surgery of Cranial Base Tumors, edited by Laligam N. Sekhar and Ivo P. Janecka, 870 pp, with illus, $225, New York, Raven Press (telephone: 212-930-9500), 1993, ISBN 0-88167-877-5 Type of Book: A multiauthored atlas that describes the approaches to and the techniques of surgical excision of cranial base tumors as well as the postoperative management of patients who undergo such procedures. Scope of Book: A comprehensive color atlas that deals specifically with many of the surgical approaches to the base of the skull.
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Contents: The text is divided into six sections that deal with general surgical principles and operative instrumentation, surgical anatomy, operative approaches, cranial base reconstruction, operative excision of specific tumors, and rehabilitation techniques used postoperatively, respectively. The discussions present reasonable methods for the treatment of the lesions described. Many chapters contain case reports. Strengths: Pertinent anatomy and excellent diagrams are provided in essentially every chapter. Relevant anesthetic techniques and electrophysiologic monitoring methods are also discussed in several chapters. Many of the authors have tremendous expertise. Deficiencies: The text should have emphasized the technical difficulty of many of the surgical procedures and that many such procedures create substantial cranial nerve deficits. Moreover, in many situations, the skull base lesions are benign and require only followup. Recommended Audience: Neurosurgeons and otolaryngologists should be familiar with the general principles included in this text, and neurosurgeons should also have a knowledge of the surgical procedures described. Overall Grading: -kkk-k Michael J. Ebersold, M.D., Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
BOOKS RECEIVED Diagnosis and Management of Pathologic Fractures, edited by Joseph M. Lane and John H. Healey, 176 pp, with illus, $110, New York, Raven Press, 1993 Imaging for Surgeons, by David Lisle, 296 pp, with illus, $95, London, Edward Arnold (distributed by Little, Brown and Company, Boston), 1993 Epidermal Growth Factors and Cytokines (Clinical Dermatology, Vol 10), edited by Thomas A. Luger and Thomas Schwarz, 486 pp, with illus, $165, New York, Marcel Dekker, 1994 Introduction to Nursing Informatics (Computers in Health Care series), by Kathryn J. Hannah, Marion J. Ball, and Margaret J. A. Edwards, 311 pp, with illus, $35, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1994 Drug Design for Neuroscience, edited by Alan P. Kozikowski, 480 pp, with illus, $110, New York, Raven Press, 1993 MRI: Principles and Artifacts (The Raven MRI Teaching File series), edited by R. Edward Hendrick, Paul D. Russ, and Jack H. Simon, 304 pp, with illus, $70, New York, Raven Press, 1993 Reproductive Medicine (Serono Symposia Publications From Raven Press, Vol 93), edited by Gaetano Frajese, Emil Steinberger, and Luis J. Rodriguez-Rigau, 336 pp, with illus, $135, New York, Raven Press, 1993 Workbook in Practical Neonatology, 2nd ed, edited by Richard A. Polin, Mervin C. Yoder, and Fredric D. Burg, 480 pp, with illus, $45, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1993 The Medical Assistant: Administrative and Clinical, 7th ed, by Mary E. Kinn, Mary Ann Woods, and Eleanor F. Derge, 926 pp, with illus, $29.50, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1993 Student Review for The Medical Assistant: Administrative and Clinical, 7th ed, by Mary E. Kinn, Eleanor F. Derge, and Mary Ann Woods, 548 pp, with illus, $12.50, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1993 Cell Signalling: Biology and Medicine of Signal Transduction (Advances in Second Messenger and Phosphoprotein Research, Vol 28), edited by Barry L. Brown and Pauline R. M. Dobson, 293 pp, with illus, $89, New York, Raven Press, 1993
BOOK REVIEWS
development and importance of chimerism and the immunosuppressive drug FK-506 would have been welcomed. Recommended Audience: Gastroenterologists, hepatologists, and transplant surgeons involved in the care and management of liver transplant patients. I consider the book mandatory reading for persons in training who are pursuing careers in liver transplantation. It should be available in all libraries. Overall Grading: kirkk Gregory J. Gores, M.D., Division of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
Surgery of the Biliary Tract, edited by James Toouli, 457 pp, with illus, $125, New York, Churchill Livingstone (telephone: 212-2065000), 1993, ISBN 0-443-04361-2 Type of Book: A multiauthored (worldwide distribution) text edited by a senior Australian surgeon. Scope of Book: The 33 chapters in the 7 sections are designed to cover all aspects of diseases that may affect the biliary tract. Contents: Surgeons, radiologists, gastroenterologists, and pathologists address the epidemiologie, diagnostic, and therapeutic approach to biliary tract diseases in sections that emphasize anatomy and physiology, clinical syndromes and investigations, gallstones, motility disorders, benign strictures, cystic disorders, and biliary tract tumors. An insightful introduction is provided by a leading pioneer in the field of surgery of the biliary tract. Strengths: The multidisciplinary authorship emphasizes the allimportant team approach to patients with the broad spectrum of biliary tract problems. Some of the chapters that deal with benign strictures and tumors of the biliary tract are particularly outstanding. Deficiencies: Inequality in the chapters, which range from comprehensive to superficial, poor quality of some gross photographs and radiologie studies, and lack" of clinical results in several contributions are distracting to the overall appeal of the text. Recommended Audience: Surgeons (undergraduate and postgraduate) involved with the diagnosis and treatment of patients with diseases of the biliary tract. Overall Grading: kkk Jon A. van Heerden, M.B.,Ch.B., Division of Gastroenterologie and General Surgery, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
Surgery of Cranial Base Tumors, edited by Laligam N. Sekhar and Ivo P. Janecka, 870 pp, with illus, $225, New York, Raven Press (telephone: 212-930-9500), 1993, ISBN 0-88167-877-5 Type of Book: A multiauthored atlas that describes the approaches to and the techniques of surgical excision of cranial base tumors as well as the postoperative management of patients who undergo such procedures. Scope of Book: A comprehensive color atlas that deals specifically with many of the surgical approaches to the base of the skull.
Mayo Clin Proc, March 1994, Vol 69
Contents: The text is divided into six sections that deal with general surgical principles and operative instrumentation, surgical anatomy, operative approaches, cranial base reconstruction, operative excision of specific tumors, and rehabilitation techniques used postoperatively, respectively. The discussions present reasonable methods for the treatment of the lesions described. Many chapters contain case reports. Strengths: Pertinent anatomy and excellent diagrams are provided in essentially every chapter. Relevant anesthetic techniques and electrophysiologic monitoring methods are also discussed in several chapters. Many of the authors have tremendous expertise. Deficiencies: The text should have emphasized the technical difficulty of many of the surgical procedures and that many such procedures create substantial cranial nerve deficits. Moreover, in many situations, the skull base lesions are benign and require only followup. Recommended Audience: Neurosurgeons and otolaryngologists should be familiar with the general principles included in this text, and neurosurgeons should also have a knowledge of the surgical procedures described. Overall Grading: -kkk-k Michael J. Ebersold, M.D., Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
BOOKS RECEIVED Diagnosis and Management of Pathologic Fractures, edited by Joseph M. Lane and John H. Healey, 176 pp, with illus, $110, New York, Raven Press, 1993 Imaging for Surgeons, by David Lisle, 296 pp, with illus, $95, London, Edward Arnold (distributed by Little, Brown and Company, Boston), 1993 Epidermal Growth Factors and Cytokines (Clinical Dermatology, Vol 10), edited by Thomas A. Luger and Thomas Schwarz, 486 pp, with illus, $165, New York, Marcel Dekker, 1994 Introduction to Nursing Informatics (Computers in Health Care series), by Kathryn J. Hannah, Marion J. Ball, and Margaret J. A. Edwards, 311 pp, with illus, $35, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1994 Drug Design for Neuroscience, edited by Alan P. Kozikowski, 480 pp, with illus, $110, New York, Raven Press, 1993 MRI: Principles and Artifacts (The Raven MRI Teaching File series), edited by R. Edward Hendrick, Paul D. Russ, and Jack H. Simon, 304 pp, with illus, $70, New York, Raven Press, 1993 Reproductive Medicine (Serono Symposia Publications From Raven Press, Vol 93), edited by Gaetano Frajese, Emil Steinberger, and Luis J. Rodriguez-Rigau, 336 pp, with illus, $135, New York, Raven Press, 1993 Workbook in Practical Neonatology, 2nd ed, edited by Richard A. Polin, Mervin C. Yoder, and Fredric D. Burg, 480 pp, with illus, $45, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1993 The Medical Assistant: Administrative and Clinical, 7th ed, by Mary E. Kinn, Mary Ann Woods, and Eleanor F. Derge, 926 pp, with illus, $29.50, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1993 Student Review for The Medical Assistant: Administrative and Clinical, 7th ed, by Mary E. Kinn, Eleanor F. Derge, and Mary Ann Woods, 548 pp, with illus, $12.50, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1993 Cell Signalling: Biology and Medicine of Signal Transduction (Advances in Second Messenger and Phosphoprotein Research, Vol 28), edited by Barry L. Brown and Pauline R. M. Dobson, 293 pp, with illus, $89, New York, Raven Press, 1993