Month: November 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...

Editors: Mhairy G. MacDonald, MD; and Mary M.K. Seshia, MD Publisher: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins – 1199 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani This book was first written about 40 years ago by Dr. Gordon B. Avery. In his Foreword to this, the 7th edition of the book he created, he points out that in January 1975, neonatology was not even formally recognized as a medical specialty; and that “the first Sub-Board Examinations in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine were given later that year.” He relates to us that the situation for doctors and nurses caring for ‘distressed fetuses,...

(Part of Stoller’s Orthopedic and Sports Medicine series that includes the elbow, the foot and ankle, the hip, the knee, and the wrist and hand) Editor: David W. Stoller, MD; Illustrator: Salvador Beltran Publisher: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins – 862 pages Book Review by: Hiro Motiram This big, bright, well-illustrated book on the shoulder should become an important part of the library of practicing and aspiring orthopedists including orthopedic surgeons such as you for example, if it is not already occupying a central space in your collection. This massive volume of work represents an outstanding achievement...