Day: November 8, 2015

(Part of the Operative Techniques in Surgery series) Editors: Ronald L. Dalman, MD; and Michael W. Mulholland, MD Publisher: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins – 356 pages Book Review by: Hiro Motiram Volumes in the Operative Techniques in Surgery series such as this one offer ‘comprehensive treatment of contemporary procedures,’ as the series editor Dr. Mulholland describes it in his Series Preface. Available books in this series contain information that is as current as possible, but also cover not only all types of surgeries, including open, laparoscopic, and robotic operations, but also surgeries on all parts of...

Authors: Alfred Abuhamad, MD; and Rabih Chaoui, MD Publisher: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins – 593 pages Book Review by: Hiro Motiram This is a unique, highly informative, very practical, and extremely useful volume on diagnosing the hearts of unborn and newborn infants, both in good condition and defective, with numerous illustrations and other study aids such as charts, photos, radiographs, ultrasound, and other types of images. Congenital heart diseases (CHD), also known as congenital heart defects, are common forms of severe congenital abnormalities. Half of such cases are minor, and are easily corrected through surgery. But...