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Anesthesia in Cosmetic Surgery
Barry Friedberg (Ed.)
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Description for Anesthesia in Cosmetic Surgery
hardcover. Focuses on all of the procedures that the anesthesiologist needs to be proficient in to care for this group of patients. Editor(s): Friedberg, Barry. Num Pages: 284 pages, 59 tables. BIC Classification: MMB; MNPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1032.
One major by-product of the aging baby-boom generation has been a surging interest in cosmetic surgery. Out-patient cosmetic surgery clinics have sprouted up in droves all over the U.S., and the number of cosmetic procedures performed in 2005 increased by over 95% from the previous year. Although procedures like facelifts and abdominoplasties (the 'tummy-tuck') are considered minimally invasive, the anesthetic protocols and regimens here are often overly complex and unnecessarily toxic. Major complications involving anesthesia in this (and any other) surgical milieu can range from severe post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) to neuromuscular spasticity to mortality. The mortality spectrum of ... Read more
One major by-product of the aging baby-boom generation has been a surging interest in cosmetic surgery. Out-patient cosmetic surgery clinics have sprouted up in droves all over the U.S., and the number of cosmetic procedures performed in 2005 increased by over 95% from the previous year. Although procedures like facelifts and abdominoplasties (the 'tummy-tuck') are considered minimally invasive, the anesthetic protocols and regimens here are often overly complex and unnecessarily toxic. Major complications involving anesthesia in this (and any other) surgical milieu can range from severe post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) to neuromuscular spasticity to mortality. The mortality spectrum of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521870900
SKU
V9780521870900
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About Barry Friedberg (Ed.)
Barry L. Friedberg, MD, is a volunteer assistant professor at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. Since 1992, he has practiced exclusively in the subspecialty of office-based anesthesia for elective cosmetic surgery. He founded the Society for Office Anesthesiologists (SOFA) in 1996 that he merged in 1998 with the Society for Office Based Anesthesia (SOBA), another non-profit, ... Read more
Reviews for Anesthesia in Cosmetic Surgery
'…there is nothing in print remotely as up to date or comprehensive … you would be well advised to give this book serious consideration.' Anaesthesia and Intensive Care