E. Kuntz — Hepatology. Textbook and Atlas (3rd edition)

Автор: E. Kuntz
Название книги: Hepatology. Textbook and Atlas (3rd edition)
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Медицина
Страницы: 944
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

This comprehensive guide on hepatology contains 530 top-quality coloured figures. These include clinical and immunological findings, laparoscopic and histologic features as well as imaging procedures. This edition has been updated, revised and extended.

Like the first edition, the second edition was sold out
within one year, as was a special reprint available
exclusively in the Far East. The extremely positive
response from different countries around the world
made it easy for both publisher and author to
consider a third edition in the near future. We wished
to create a textbook with an integrated hepatological
atlas based on a form, colour design and scope that
had not existed before. Nevertheless, we decided to
keep the tried and tested concept of the original
version: to serve as a teaching manual, textbook and
reference work. Like its predecessor, the new edition
has 40 self-contained chapters, each with its own
detailed list of contents (using up to three decimal
points). Once again, a big black dot is inserted
whenever the following sentence represents a
semantic leap from the preceding statement. The
same fonts and letter sizes have been used. Each
chapter finishes with an extensive bibliography. All
authors are listed in full in semi-bold type and
ordered alphabetically. About 7,000 references have
been cited. I have retained historical papers which
appeared to me to be in some way remarkable, but
literature up to 2008 has also been included.
Due to the updating of the individual chapters, a
revised index was required with about 3,000 terms
and 12,000 page references. Using this index and the
detailed table of contents at the beginning of each
chapter, the reader is able to find everything easily
and quickly. Furthermore, in the text itself, there are
numerous cross-references to related descriptions,
figures and tables in other chapters. This makes it
possible to interconnect the extensive information
contained in the 935-page textbook like a network.
There are more citations of first-time authors (with
year) regarding syndromes, diagnostic methods,
therapeutic measures, medicotechnical developments,
surgical procedures, etc. Some 1,500 initial
descriptions are mentioned (whereby numerous
corrections had to be made in this respect). Such
creative or innovative ideas have often led directly to
significant progress or served as a new starting point
for subsequent path-breaking developments. The
notable achievements of earlier physicians or
clinicians deserve great respect! Regrettably, such
important scientists of the past tend to be forgotten
in our fast-moving times. In this context, we would do well to remember the 2,000-year-old tradition of
hepatology.
For that reason, I took great care in revising the
chapter on “History of Hepatology”. With its 20
historical figures, which have never before been
published together, this chapter represents a special
feature for all interested readers.
The comprehensive selection of colour illustrations
has been extended to 530, so that the textbook has
become a real atlas of hepatology. The 320 tables
have been designed in different shades and colours.
All figures and tables have been integrated in the
textflow, making this edition especially attractive. So
the book itself is designed to lead from “seeing” to
“understanding” and, ultimately, to diagnostic and
therapeutic “doing”.
I should like to express my special gratitude for all
the friendly assistance and helpful advice to the
pathologist Prof. Dr. H.P. Fischer (Bonn), the
radiologist Prof. Dr. K. Rauber (Wetzlar) as well as
the gastroenterologists Prof. Dr. R. Jakobs (Wetzlar)
and Dr. G. Schmidt (Kreuztal). In addition, I wish
to thank the numerous colleagues who offered their
support in preparing the first and second editions
and whose names appear in the respective prefaces
(see pp X and XII). The abbreviations or symbols
frequently used are listed in the preface to the first
edition together with all other information regarding
dictionary and technical terms.
All my personal thoughts and emotions, which are
written down in the first and second edition, have
constantly been with my beloved son Hans-Dieter.
This comprehensive volume must be seen as our joint
life’s work.
My special thanks go to the company Pagina Media
(Hemsbach) for their excellent setting of all three
editions and for their most friendly collaboration
over many years. Finally, I thank the employees at
Springer Publishing House (Heidelberg) for
completing this book, with special mention of Hinrich
Küster, senior editor, and Meike Seeker, project
manager, for their encouragement and kind support
at all times.