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Record Nr.

UNINA9910583457803321

Autore

Schneider Armin

Titolo

Biomedical engineering in gastrointestinal surgery / / Armin Schneider and Hubertus Feussner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Academic Press

London : , : Academic Press, , [2017]

�2017

ISBN

0-12-803231-6

0-12-803230-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 576 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

610.28

Soggetti

Gastrointestinal system - Surgery

Biomedical engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Surgery and biomedical engineering -- Anatomy, physiology, and selected pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract -- Principles of gastrointestinal surgery -- Preconditions of successful (gastrointestinal) surgery -- Diagnostic procedures -- Classical (open) surgery -- Operative (surgical) laparoscopy -- Interventional flexible endoscopy -- Combined laparoscopic-endoscopic procedures and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) -- Mechatronic support systems and robots -- Tracking and navigation systems -- Health informatics/health information technology -- Training and simulation -- Visceral surgery of the future.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a combination of engineering and surgical experience on the role of engineering in gastrointestinal surgery. There is currently no other book that combines engineering and clinical issues in this field, while engineering is becoming more and more important in surgery.