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Atlas of Endoscopic Anatomy for Endonasal Intracranial Surgery
Cappabianca, Paolo; Alfieri, Alessandra; Divitiis, Enrico de (University Federico Ii, Naples, Italy); Tschabitscher, Manfred
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Paperback. Num Pages: 138 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MFC; MJP; MMDS; MMPH; MNB; MNN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 8. Weight in Grams: 399.
It is only recently that the use of the endoscope as the sole visualizing tool has been introduced in transsphenoidal pituitary surgery with its favorable related implications and minimal operative trauma. Of course, microscopic and endoscopic anatomy are basically the same, but the optical distorsion of endoscopic images is quite substantial compared to microscopic depictions. An endoscope lens produces images with maximal magnification at its center and severe contraction at its periphery. Nearer images are disproportionally enlarged and remote images are falsely miniaturized. This optical illusion may disorientate a surgeon who is not familiar with this peculiar condition at the ... Read more
It is only recently that the use of the endoscope as the sole visualizing tool has been introduced in transsphenoidal pituitary surgery with its favorable related implications and minimal operative trauma. Of course, microscopic and endoscopic anatomy are basically the same, but the optical distorsion of endoscopic images is quite substantial compared to microscopic depictions. An endoscope lens produces images with maximal magnification at its center and severe contraction at its periphery. Nearer images are disproportionally enlarged and remote images are falsely miniaturized. This optical illusion may disorientate a surgeon who is not familiar with this peculiar condition at the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Verlag GmbH Austria
Number of pages
138
Condition
New
Number of Pages
138
Place of Publication
Vienna, Austria
ISBN
9783709172551
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V9783709172551
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Reviews for Atlas of Endoscopic Anatomy for Endonasal Intracranial Surgery
"... Den Autoren ist ein vom ausgezeichneten Bildmaterial dominierter Atlas gelungen ... " Annals of Anatomy 185/5/2003