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Patients often have to have limbs amputated to save them from advanced malignant neoplasms and severe extremity infections, or due to failure to repair severe extremity trauma. However, efforts should be made to preserve the limb if possible, and…

uberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is still a global health threat to humanity. The World Health Organization estimates there were more than 10 million new cases and reported more than 1.5 million…

The cardiovascular system includes the heart located centrally in the chest and the body's blood vessels which carry blood. The cardiovascular (or circulatory) system supplies oxygen from inspired air, via the lungs to the surrounding tissues of the…

This book provides the thoracic community and pleura experts with an up-to-date surgical vision of pleura pathology. It provides in-depth knowledge and a better understanding of the indications, positioning techniques, and management of chest drains…

This book aims to review contemporary publications regarding pneumothorax. In particular, the anatomy and physiology of pneumothorax, pathological classification into primary and secondary, different diagnostic methods, and the rationale behind…

This 3-volume set offers a comprehensive compilation presenting detailed information on eye diseases (retina, vitreous, and macula). Key features of the series include: Emphasis on practical features of clinical diagnosis Brief and didactic…

Tissue engineering re-emerged in the 1990s as a new concept to overcome the problem of tissue and organ failure. Over the past few decades, there have been tremendous advances in the regeneration of tissues such as bone, heart valves, cartilage,…

Sight is the most important sense in higher mammals. The retina is the first step in visual processing and the window to the brain. It is not surprising that problems that arise with the retina lead to moderate to severe vision problems. Here we…

Sea level changes and atmospheric pressure fluctuations, superimposed on these changes, are
of tremendous significance, and should be studied when researching various non-uniformly scaled
processes.
When studying various non-uniformly scaled…

Sea surface salinity (SSS) is an essential climate variable [1]. It is a key component of the water cycle,
as a tracer of precipitation and evaporation, river outflow and ice melt/freeze. It is a key driver of oceanic
circulation through its role…