As I updated the text from the second edition, it was invigorating to see how much the field of endocrinology has advanced over the past decade and a half. MORE

This is a practical textbook on facial reconstruction. It is helpful for the novice or experienced surgeon. The goal of the book was to make facial reconstruction easier by making choice of repair, design and execution more straightforward and successful. MORE

The book has dramatically changed with advances in immunology, innovative genomic approaches to the diagnosis and understanding of microbial pathogenesis, and the evolving spread and persistence of both old and newly emerging microbial pathogens. MORE

This edition includes up to date information on structural heart interventions and advances in the hemodynamic assessment of patients undergoing structural heart procedures. MORE