In this inspiring story of his fifty-year career as a healer, Dr. Brand probes the mystery of pain and reveals its importance. As an indicator that lets us know something is wrong, pain has a value that becomes clearest in its absence.

Uniformly structured chapters, written by internationally recognized experts in their fields, cover all relevant topics comprehensively and succinctly. The book includes more than 300 figures, almost half in color.

Authoritative, comprehensive, and user-friendly, the text features over 40 chapters complete with case studies as well as question and answer commentaries. The text is augmented by more than 500 tables and illustrations.

Surgery: A Case Based Clinical Review provides the reader with a comprehensive understanding of surgical diseases in one easy to use reference that combines multiple teaching formats. The book begins using a case based approach.

A chapter on laparoscopic surgery is also included. Clear, concise, and generously illustrated, this is a superb quick reference to refresh the memory of the surgical resident before entering the operating room.

The wide scope of this book ensures coverage of the most common general surgery procedures and the most common operations that faculty, residents and students encounter.

There, this book was conceived. Each of us developed the plan and content for his specific surgical discipline.

This book covers a wide range of topics in oral surgery with detailed, step-by-step analysis of surgical techniques, with many examples.

An interdisciplinary approach enables health care providers to work together.