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Comparative skeletal anatomy : a photographic atlas for medical examiners, coroners, forensic anthropologists, and archaeologists
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ISBN: 9781597451321 1588298442 9781588298447 1597451320 9786612824296 1282824295 Year: 2008 Publisher: Totowa, N.J. : ©2008 Humana,

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Forensic scientists working with human skeletal remains must be able to differentiate between human and non-human bones. Comparative Skeletal Anatomy: A Photographic Atlas for Medical Examiners, Coroners, Forensic Anthropologists, and Archaeologists fills a void in the literature by providing a comprehensive photographic guide of both human and non-human bones that is useful to those working in the fields of archaeology or the forensic sciences. This volume is a photographic atlas of common animal bones and is the first to focus comparatively on both human and animal osteology. Throughout this groundbreaking text, animal bones are photographed alongside the corresponding human bone, allowing the reader to observe size and shape variations. The goal of this guide is to help experienced archaeologists and forensic scientists distinguish human remains from common animal species, including horses, cows, goats, rabbits, chickens, ducks, sheep, and pigs, among others. Comprehensive and timely, Comparative Skeletal Anatomy: A Photographic Atlas for Medical Examiners, Coroners, Forensic Anthropologists, and Archaeologists is sure to become an essential reference for all forensic scientists and archeologists working with human skeletal remains.


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Prevention of Bone Metastases
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ISBN: 9783642218927 9783642218910 Year: 2012 Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Bone metastases continue to be a major cause of morbidity in cancer patients, but improved understanding of the biology of bone metastases has led to the identification of drugs that are of potential value in not only their treatment but also their prevention. This book, written by recognized experts in the field, provides a detailed overview of current knowledge on this subject. One important focus of the book is the efficacy of bisphosphonates in preventing bone metastases in patients with breast, lung, and prostate cancer and disease progression in cases of multiple myeloma.  The combined use of bisphosphonates and cytostatics is also discussed, with a report on first clinical data.  Further topics addressed include the significance of the bone microenvironment, special issues in the elderly patient, the use of bone turnover markers, and initial findings obtained with denosumab.


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Osteoporosis Research
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ISBN: 9780857292933 9780857292926 Year: 2011 Publisher: London Springer London

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Osteoporosis Research - Animal Models, presents in a very illustrative and practical manner, general methodologies of bone studies in animals, as well as the particular features of the most commonly used animal models in the field. Research in the field of osteoporosis has grown in recent years. This has resulted in significant advances in determining the causes of osteoporosis, assessing risk factors, and creating new treatment methods. The use of animal models provides important knowledge about pathological conditions that can eventually lead to the development of more effective clinical treatment of diseases in both humans and animals.   Osteoporosis Research - Animal Models, is an essential tool for researchers in the bone field. This book aids researchers in selecting their appropriate model and highlights the experiments that can be strategically designed to optimize the potential of an animal to develop the cardinal features of osteoporosis in humans. This book addresses the importance of recent findings from animal models and their significance on the pathogenesis of osteoporosis in relation to human disease.

Micro-Tomographic Atlas of the Mouse Skeleton
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ISBN: 1281148288 9786611148287 0387392580 0387392548 9780387392547 9780387392585 Year: 2007 Publisher: Boston, MA Springer Science+Business Media, LLC

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Micro-Tomographic Atlas of the Mouse Skeleton Professor Itai Bab, Chief, Bone Laboratory, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel Professor Ralph Müller, Director, Center for Bioengineering Research and Education, ETH Zürich, Switzerland Micro-Tomographic Atlas of the Mouse Skeleton serves as an essential guide containing unique systematic description of all calcified components of the mouse. This detailed atlas fulfils an emerging need for high resolution anatomical details as mice become a standard laboratory animal in skeletal research and the use of m CT technology is rapidly increasing as a key analytical tool in the study of bone. Key Features: Includes over 200 high resolution, two- and three dimensional m CT images of the exterior and interiors of all bones and joints Offers the spatial relationship of individual bones within complex skeletal units (e.g., skull, thorax, pelvis, extremities). All images are accompanied by detailed explanatory text that highlights special features and newly reported structures. Available for the first time in the Atlas: Detailed information on the micro-anatomy of the murine skeleton essential for the design of experiments and interpretation of results Comparative analyses on m CT-based morphometric parameters at the whole bone, cortical and trabecular levels including: Age differences (4-40 weeks) Gender differences Differences between main mouse strains (C57Bl/6J, SJL, C3H) Micro-Tomographic Atlas of the Mouse Skeleton offers a practical, comprehensive desk reference for all scientists and students interested in skeletal biology.

Growth of the Pediatric Skeleton
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ISBN: 9783540376903 3540376887 9783540376880 3642072348 9786612036590 1282036599 3540376909 Year: 2008 Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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The book is an organized approach to understanding bone growth and disease. It integrates anatomic and radiologic knowledge of enchondral and membranous bone growth and emphasizes the similarities of the physis and acrophysis in development. While mainly written for trainees in radiology, pediatrics, and orthopedics, it will also be useful to practitioners in these fields. The artwork, jointly produced by artist and author, illustrates the concepts being promulgated. The identification of abnormality is aided by the explanations of the causes in terms of pattern recognition.

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Medicine & Public Health. --- Imaging / Radiology. --- Diagnostic Radiology. --- Orthopedics. --- Pediatrics. --- Metabolic Diseases. --- Pediatric Surgery. --- Medicine. --- Medical radiology --- Metabolic diseases. --- Surgery. --- Médecine --- Radiologie médicale --- Orthopédie --- Pédiatrie --- Chirurgie --- Geraamte --- Kindergeneeskunde --- Bone development. --- Bone diseases in children. --- Bones -- Growth. --- Age Groups --- Musculoskeletal Development --- Skeleton --- Musculoskeletal Diseases --- Connective Tissue --- Persons --- Organogenesis --- Musculoskeletal System --- Tissues --- Diseases --- Musculoskeletal Physiological Processes --- Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena --- Anatomy --- Named Groups --- Embryonic and Fetal Development --- Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena --- Morphogenesis --- Growth and Development --- Phenomena and Processes --- Physiological Processes --- Physiological Phenomena --- Bone and Bones --- Bone Development --- Infant --- Adolescent --- Child --- Bone Diseases --- Medicine --- Human Anatomy & Physiology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Radiology, MRI, Ultrasonography & Medical Physics --- Physiology --- Bones --- Growth. --- Pediatric bone diseases --- Pediatric bone disorders --- Bone --- Bone development --- Bone growth --- Osteogenesis --- Growth --- Radiology. --- Pediatric surgery. --- Children --- Pediatric orthopedics --- Radiology, Medical. --- Surgery, Primitive --- Disorders of metabolism --- Metabolic diseases --- Metabolic disorders --- Metabolism, Disorders of --- Paediatrics --- Pediatric medicine --- Orthopaedics --- Orthopedia --- Surgery --- Clinical radiology --- Radiology, Medical --- Radiology (Medicine) --- Medical physics --- Health and hygiene --- Pediatric surgery --- Surgery, Pediatric --- Radiological physics --- Physics --- Radiation --- Treatment

Arthroscopic and endoscopic spinal surgery : text and atlas
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ISBN: 9781588295224 1588295222 9781592599042 9786610359219 1280359218 1592599044 Year: 2005 Publisher: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press,

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Minimally invasive spinal surgery has progressed significantly from the first blind nucleotomy in the 1970s to such advanced techniques as endoscopic fragmenectomy, decompression of lateral recess stenosis, foraminoplasty, and spinal stabilization. In Arthroscopic and Endoscopic Spinal Surgery: Text and Atlas, an authoritative panel of surgeons, researchers, inventors, experts, and the creator of the field describe and illustrate various techniques and approaches that are currently used for the treatment of painful spine pathologies. The authors guide the surgeon and demonstrate step-by-step how minimally invasive techniques can be used for the treatment of spinal disorders without violating the content of the spinal canal and how anatomical structures appear through an endoscope. They also provide visual aid for the diagnosis and recognition of various anatomical structures of the spine and cutting-edge methods that prevent the development of postsurgical failed-back syndrome. Up-to-date and instructive, Arthroscopic and Endoscopic Spinal Surgery: Text and Atlas will teach surgeons how minimally invasive techniques can be used for the treatment of spinal disorders without violating the content of the spinal canal and normal anatomy.

Cartilage Repair Strategies
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ISBN: 1281217034 9786611217037 1597453439 1588296296 9781588296290 9781597453431 Year: 2007 Publisher: Totowa, NJ Humana Press Inc.

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Cartilage Repair Strategies is a comprehensive update of the present state of cartilage repair and regeneration. The information in this volume addresses what methods are effective, what methods are safe, and what methods will lead to an alteration in the short history of articular cartilage injury repair. Contributors present examinations of a variety of topics including the structure and function of articular cartilage, the evaluation of cartilage repair techniques, and the latest cartilage sensitive imaging techniques. Several chapters anticipate new and emerging cartilage repair techniques – such as second generation ACI, resorbable scaffold-based repair, and arthroscopically performed cartilage transplantation – and include descriptions of the rationale and application of these procedures. Leading experts present updates on current and emerging methodologies, making Cartilage Repair Strategies a unique and essential reference.

Bone metastasis : experimental and clinical therapeutics
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ISBN: 9781588294036 158829403X 9781592598922 1617375454 9786610359295 1280359293 1592598927 Year: 2005 Publisher: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press,

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Bone metastasis occurs in 60 to 85% of all breast, prostate, and lung cancer patients and is responsible for increasing morbidity. In Bone Metastasis: Experimental and Clinical Therapeutics, leading bone metastasis experts from around the world explain the molecular underpinnings of the process, review current treatment approaches, and outline future therapeutic strategies. On the basic science side, the authors illuminate the role of various autocrine, paracrine, and immunological factors involved in the progression and establishment of bone metastases, highlighting the physiological processes that lead to bone degradation, pain, angiogenesis, and dysregulation of bone turnover. On the therapeutic side, the authors discuss various strategies that appear to have promise and are currently deployed in treatment or at the experimental stage. They show how the treatment of bone metastases may need to be individualized through a combination of surgical, radiation, and/or pharmacological maneuvers. Their analysis of various pharmacogenomic parameters and tissue environmental factors sets the stage for progress beyond the current standards of using radiation and/or bisphosphonates for palliation. State-of-the-art and innovative, Bone Metastasis: Experimental and Clinical Therapeutics elucidates for all those involved-whether in research or clinical treatment of bone-seeking cancers-the biological processes and therapeutic advances that are already generating significant improvement in the cancer clinic.


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Integrating Zooarchaeology and Paleoethnobotany
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ISBN: 9781441909350 9781441909343 Year: 2010 Publisher: New York, NY Springer New York

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In recent years, scholars have emphasized the need for more holistic subsistence analyses, and collaborative publications towards this endeavor have become more numerous in the literature. However, there are relatively few attempts to qualitatively integrate zooarchaeological (animal) and paleoethnobotanical (plant) data, and even fewer attempts to quantitatively integrate these two types of subsistence evidence. Given the vastly different methods used in recovering and quantifying these data, not to mention their different preservational histories, it is no wonder that so few have undertaken this problem. Integrating Zooarchaeology and Paleoethnobotany takes the lead in tackling this important issue by addressing the methodological limitations of data integration, proposing new methods and innovative ways of using established methods, and highlighting case studies that successfully employ these methods to shed new light on ancient foodways. The volume challenges the perception that plant and animal foodways are distinct and contends that the separation of the analysis of archaeological plant and animal remains sets up a false dichotomy between these portions of the diet. In advocating qualitative and quantitative data integration, the volume establishes a clear set of methods for (1) determining the suitability of data integration in any particular case, and (2) carrying out an integrated qualitative or quantitative approach.


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Epiduroscopy - spinal endoscopy
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ISBN: 9783540875468 3540875441 9783540875444 9786612018053 1282018051 3540875468 Year: 2008 Publisher: Heidelberg : Springer Medizin Verlag,

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Endoscopy of the spinal canal – epiduroscopy (EDS) – has proven to be a safe, efficient and future-oriented interventional endoscopic procedure for everyday clinical use in diagnosing and managing pain syndromes. Epiduroscopy can be used in the sacral, lumbar, thoracic and even cervical regions of the spine to identify pathological structures, carry out tissue biopsies and perform epidural pain provocation tests to assess the pain relevance of visualized anomalies, making it an excellent diagnostic tool. Spinal endoscopy allows targeted epidural analgesic pharmacologic therapy for affected nerve roots or other painful regions in the epidural space. Treatment options provided by epiduroscopy include laser-assisted adhesiolysis or resection of pain-generating fibrosis, catheter placement, as well as support with other invasive procedures for pain relief. Professional EDS management enhances a multimodal philosophy and opens up new treatment strategies for patients. If used early on, it can control pain well before chronicity sets in.

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