Women in Surgery
Women in Surgery Dawn Coleman Dana A. Telem For the past 15 years, near-equal complements of men and women have entered American medical schools. Despite this, considerable gender-based inequities persist…
GENERAL SURGERY
Building a Creative Culture
Building a Creative Culture Michael W. Mulholland CREATIVITY Creativity is the key to success. Contemporary American surgery is uniquely expensive, highly scrutinized, and challenged by societal and economic expectations. In…
25. General Surgery
Wounds that have no gap separating the boundaries (e.g., clean surgical wounds) will undergo “primary healing,” from the apposed edges of the tissue. Wounds that have a large gap (e.g.,…
12. Allergy and Clinical Immunology
A tick bite from the Lone Star tick can trigger a severe allergy to red meat. This specific allergy is related to a carbohydrate called alpha-gal found in red meat….
1. Preventive Medicine
“Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable.” —Bill Gates 1.1 Types of Prevention 1.2 General Screening Recommendations in Adults Start screening at the following age Patient group Screen for Testing modality…
Chapter 12 Thoracic Spine and Thoracic Cage
12.1 Significance and Function of the Thoracic Region The thoracic region is one of the stable and comparatively rigid sections of the vertebral column. Initially, this may appear to be…
Chapter 9 Posterior Pelvis
9.1 Significance and Function of the Pelvic Region The pelvis is the kinetic and kinematic center of the musculoskeletal system. It is the center of the functional unit of the…
Chapter 14 Head and Jaw
14.1 Introduction Of all the structures in the head region, physical therapists are best able to treat the jaw (temporomandibular joint or TMJ) and the atlanto-occipital joint, which have already…
Chapter 10 Lumbar Spine
10.1 Significance and Function of the Lumbar Spine The embryonic curves change during early childhood development in two sections of the vertebral column. The lumbar spine represents one of these…
Chapter 7 Foot
7.1 Introduction 7.1.1 Significance and Function of the Foot Function Transmission of body weight onto the underlying surface: during the gait cycle and bipedal stand the construction of the foot…
