Gastrectomy
Chapter 8 Gastrectomy Jeffrey M. Hardacre Introduction The number and types of gastric procedures performed by surgeons-in-training have changed dramatically over time. With the advent of histamine receptor (H2) blockers…
Heineke-Mikulicz Pyloroplasty and Duodenotomy for Bleeding Ulcer
Chapter 9 Heineke-Mikulicz Pyloroplasty and Duodenotomy for Bleeding Ulcer Jeffrey M. Marks Introduction Surgery for bleeding duodenal ulcers is required less often now as a result of advances in endoscopic…
Tracheotomy and Cricothyrotomy
Chapter 2 Tracheotomy and Cricothyrotomy Rod Rezaee, Yi-Chun Carol Liu and Pierre Lavertu Introduction Tracheotomy (tracheostomy) is one of the oldest surgical procedures known, with the first reference 3000 to…
Cytomegaloviruses
Cytomegaloviruses Edward S. Mocarski Jr Thomas Shenk Paul D. Griffiths Robert F. Pass Introduction Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a ubiquitous virus infection with worldwide distribution. The virus is the most…
Herpesviridae
Herpesviridae Philip E. Pellett Bernard Roizman Who made the world I cannot tell; ‘Tis made, and here I am in hell. My hand, though now my knuckles bleed, I never…
Circoviridae
Circoviridae Xiang-Jin Meng History The prototype circovirus, porcine circovirus (PCV), was first reported in 1974 as papovavirus-like and picornavirus-like particles in a contaminated porcine kidney cell line PK-15.106 The name…
Parvoviridae
Parvoviridae Kenneth I. Berns Colin R. Parrish Introduction and History Parvoviruses are small, nonenveloped viruses with a linear, single-strand DNA (ssDNA) genome of about 5,000 bases. The family Parvoviridae (Table…
Adenoviruses
Adenoviruses William S.M. Wold Michael G. Ison History During attempts to establish tissue culture lines from tonsils and adenoidal tissue surgically removed from children, Rowe and colleagues613 recognized that a…
Adenoviridae
Adenoviridae Arnold J. Berk Adenoviruses were first isolated and characterized in 1953 by two groups who were searching for the etiologic agents of acute respiratory infections.134,283 The two isolated viruses…
Human Immunodeficiency Viruses: Replication
Human Immunodeficiency Viruses: Replication Eric O. Freed Malcolm A. Martin Introduction In the late 1970s and early 1980s, previously healthy patients with symptoms of immunologic dysfunction sought advice and treatment…
