Librería Servicio Médico

Author:  Jatin Shah / Snehal G. Patel / Bhuvanesh Singh

Language: English

Finishing:Hardcover , 856 pages

ISBN:9780323055895

Edition: 4/2012

Description

Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology, by Drs. Jatin P. Shah, Snehal G. Patel, and Bhuvanesh Singh, offers you authoritative, multidisciplinary guidance on the latest diagnostic and multidisciplinary therapeutic approaches for head and neck cancer. With this medical reference book, you'll have all the help you need to offer your patients the best possible prognoses and to optimally preserve and restore form and function.

Author Information

By Jatin P. Shah, MD, MS (Surg), PhD (Hon), FACS, Hon. FRCS (Edin), Hon. FRACS, Hon. FDSRCS (Lond), Chief , Head and Neck Service, E.W. Strong Chair in Head and Neck Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and Professor of Surgery, Cornell University Medical College, NY; Snehal G. Patel, MD, MS (Surg), FRCS (Glasg), Clinical Research Associate, Head and Neck Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY and Bhuvanesh Singh, MD, PhD, FACS, Director, Laboratory of Epithelial Cancer Biology and Associate Attending Surgeon.

Key Features

• Overcome any challenge in head and neck surgery with comprehensive coverage of the scalp, skull base, paranasal sinuses, oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, cervical lymph nodes, thyroid, salivary glands, and soft tissue and bone tumors - from incidence, diagnosis, and work up through treatment planning, operative techniques, rehabilitation, and outcomes.

• Increase your understanding of head and neck oncology with this completely reorganized edition, presenting a uniform flow of topics, which includes the latest information on Diagnostic approaches, staging, algorithms for selection of therapy, and outcomes of treatment for head and neck tumors.
• Offer today's best treatment options with outcomes of therapy data from the NCDB, institutional data from MSKCC, and evidence-based information
• Diagnose patients using the latest advances in radiographic imaging, diagnostic pathology and molecular biology.
• Take fullest advantage of every multidisciplinary management approach available including radiation oncology, medical oncology (including targeted therapies), maxillofacial prosthodontics and dental oncology, surgical procedures for salvage of recurrences after chemoradiation therapy, and rehabilitation measures to improve functional outcomes (speech, swallowing, etc.).
• Understand the nuances of day-to-day practical care of patients with basic operating room techniques and technology, intraoperative decisions, and post operative care for patients undergoing head and neck surgery.
• Know what to look for and how to proceed with sequential operative photographs of each surgical procedure and full-color artwork to demonstrate anatomical relationships. Particular emphasis is placed on surgical management of patients after chemo-radiotherapy, reflecting the changing paradigms in head and neck oncology and the special challenges that confront modern day head and neck surgeons.

1. Introduction
2. Basic principles of head and neck surgery
3. Scalp and skin
4. Eyelids and orbit
5. Nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses
6. Skull base
7. Lips
8. Oral cavity
9. Pharynx and esophagus
10. Larynx and trachea
11. Cervical lymph nodes
12. Thyroid and parathyroid glands
13. Salivary glands
14. Neurogenic tumors and paragangliomas
15. Soft tissue tumors
16. Bone tumors, including odontogenic lesions
17. Reconstructive surgery
18. Oncologic dentistry, maxillofacial prosthetics and implants
19. Radiation therapy
20. Chemotherapy

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