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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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In this title, readers learn the stories of animals that are both benefitting from and helping out the world of prosthetic science - covering all species, situations, and science backgrounds. From the high-tech science of 3D printing, to inflatables, to toy wheels, this title has it all, including visits with subjects who are accessible for interviews and photography. INSPIRING is a perfect fit for animal lovers and science enthusiasts alike.--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Karl is an Abyssinian ground hornbill with a special challenge. His lower bill had broken off and made eating difficult. Karl did a great job of adapting and finding new ways to eat, but he wasn't getting all the food he needed. His zookeepers at the National Zoo and friends at the Smithsonian Institute wanted to help. Could an old bird skeleton and a 3-D printer give Karl a new beak? Karl's new adventure was about to begin!
3) Aesthetica
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English
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"At 19, she was an Instagram celebrity. Now, at 35, she works behind the cosmetic counter at the "black and white store," peddling anti-aging products to women seeking physical and spiritual transformation. She too is seeking rebirth. She's about to undergo the high-risk, elective surgery Aesthetica, a procedure that will reverse all her past plastic surgery procedures, returning her, she hopes, to a truer self. Provided she survives the knife. But...
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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
ix, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
Description
Breast Cancer Surgery and Reconstruction offers a glimpse into the big picture of the various stages and types of breast reconstruction using stories and photos of real women. It offers a true picture of what breast reconstruction entails, and offers hope to those facing it. This is a book to help women with a variety of issues surrounding their choices, with powerful insights from women who have been there,--Amazon.com.
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"[Clive Barker] is a mapmaker of the mind, charting the farthest reaches of the imagination." —Washington Post
From The Books of Blood to Hellraiser to Imajica, Abarat, and Mister B. Gone, Clive Barker's extraordinary vision knows no bounds. With Coldheart Canyon, the New York Times bestselling master of dark fantasy who has been called "a cross between Stephen King and Gabriel Garcia Marquez" (Boston Herald)
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Español
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El libro Cirugía Plástica es para el estudiante de medicina y otras áreas de la salud, ampliamente disponible, en lenguaje claro, que pueda ser accesible económicamente a la mayoría, es la idea de este trabajo. Se ilustra con fotografías cada aspecto básico, de tal manera que se pueda navegar por los capítulos leyendo los pies de foto y las conclusiones para tener una buena idea del contenido. Fundamentos de Cirugía Plástica va dedicado...
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English
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Basic surgical skills are essential not only for surgical trainees but also for every healthcare professional as most of them are expected to perform simple suturing at some point or the other in their career. There are plenty of books and courses which provide guidance trainees to understand and practice these skills. However, most of them are targeted at trainees with some experience in these areas. The FSS course is designed at providing a cost...
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Español
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El vértigo de la tecnología ha llevado en la actualidad a consolidar la laparoscopia como una práctica definitiva en la conducta quirúrgica, pues la robótica aplicada hoy en día a este campo abre nuevos y promisorios determinantes: la precisión y la abolición subjetiva del temblor. El uso de robots en la práctica quirúrgica ha llevado a zonas antes no conocidas por el ojo humano, y esto permite tomar las decisiones adecuadas no solo en la...
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English
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The author was driven to write this book for several reasons. It is his belief, based on personal experience, that the subject matter, a common phenomenon, is largely ignored at worst or badly taught at best with predictably bad or uncertain outcomes. While this book is aimed mainly at General Surgeons who do not regularly treat or operate on these cases it may also be of interest to others such as colorectal surgeons, trainee surgeons or even medical...
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English
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The idea for the Surgical Oncology Manual was generated by the general surgical oncology fellows at the University of Toronto. The Surgical Oncology Manual reflects the current approach to the management of surgical oncology in General Surgery at the University of Toronto. The manual provides consensus of opinion on how to treat patients with particular malignancies. The manual outlines the essential elements of diagnosis, staging, and clinical management...
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This book can be studied by undergraduate students preparing for their MBBS exams in surgery, and by postgraduate surgeons in training preparing for the MD exam in general surgery and the MRCS exams. The aim of this book is to make the assessment of medical students fair, structured, and objective. It can also be used as a training and review book by the students to improve their skills in history taking, clinical examination, and communication. It...
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English
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Surgery is fun specialty in the entire medical filed. Books and literature are the main sources of knowledge. However, getting the knowledge from large textbooks or going through large numbers of papers is time consuming and exhausting. It is about time to change the way we get our information. The author digested tones of books, handbooks and papers and then he mixed them with his experience to produce this up-to-date and concise but thorough book....
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As you read Sports Hernia, Doctor David and Michael Albin, the Hernia Specialists, will put your mind at ease with the latest information and a rundown of the most cutting-edge surgical techniques available to help you decide what is best for you. Drs. David and Michael Albin have performed over 20,000 hernia surgeries. This book will help inform you when hernia surgery is absolutely necessary, when you can wait, and when you may not need surgery...
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Ulster has produced an impressive number of surgeons who have gained world-wide renown. None has been more celebrated, or more deserving of a biography than Sir Ian Fraser whose life spanned almost the whole of the 20th century. Following a brilliant university career, Fraser's training occupied most of the inter-war years. As with most innovatory surgeons, his career really flourished in war-time conditions. During the Second World War, he was at...
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English
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Written by an author with plenty of experience holding a scalpel, Dr. David Schneider's The Invention of Surgery is an in-depth biography of the practice that has leapt forward over the centuries from the dangerous guesswork of ancient Greek physicians through the world-changing developments of anesthesia and antiseptic operating rooms to the "implant revolution" of the twentieth century.
The Invention of Surgery is history of surgery that explains...
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With compassion and candor, leading neurosurgeon Henry Marsh reveals the fierce joy of operating, the profoundly moving triumphs, the harrowing disasters, the haunting regrets, and the moments of black humor that characterize a brain surgeon's life. If you believe that brain surgery is a precise and exquisite craft, practiced by calm and detached surgeons, this gripping, brutally honest account will make you think again.
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Surgery is the crude art of cutting people open, yet it is also a symphony of delicate manipulation and subtle chords. So says Jonathan Kaplan in his stunning book Contact Wounds, an electrifying account of a doctor's education in the classroom, in life, and on the battlefield. Inspired by his father, a military surgeon in World War II and Israel's nascent fight for statehood, Kaplan became a doctor and was appointed to a post at a woefully understaffed...
20) Dietland
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English
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A fresh and provocative debut novel about a reclusive young woman saving up for weight loss surgery when she gets drawn into a shadowy feminist guerilla group called Jennifer--equal parts Bridget Jones's Diary and Fight Club--
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