Hubertus Feussner - Böcker

Biomedical Engineering in Gastrointestinal Surgery is a combination of engineering and surgical experience on the role of engineering in gastrointestinal surgery. There is currently no other book that combines engineering and clinical issues in this field, while engineering is becoming more and more important in surgery. This book is written to a high technical level, but also contains clear explanations of clinical conditions and clinical needs for engineers and students. Chapters covering anatomy and physiology are comprehensive and easy to understand for non-surgeons, while technologies are put into the context of surgical disease and anatomy for engineers.

The authors are the two most senior members of the Institute for Minimally Invasive Interdisciplinary Therapeutic Interventions (MITI), which is pioneering this kind of collaboration between engineers and clinicians in minimally invasive surgery. MITI is an interdisciplinary platform for collaborative work of surgeons, gastroenterologists, biomedical engineers and industrial companies with mechanical and electronic workshops, dry laboratories and comprehensive facilities for animal studies as well as a fully integrated clinical "OR of the future".

Written by the head of the Institute of Minimally Invasive Interdisciplinary Therapeutic Intervention (TUM MITI) which focusses on interdisciplinary cooperation in visceral medicine Provides medical and anatomical knowledge for engineers and puts technology in the context of surgical disease and anatomy Helps clinicians understand the technology, and use it safely and efficiently

Computerassistierte Systeme haben längst Einzug in den Operationssaal gehalten, ohne solche Systeme sind bestimmte Interventionen in den großen chirurgischen Fächern mit dem heutigen Qualitätsanspruch nicht mehr denkbar. Trotzdem befinden wir uns erst am Anfang einer Entwicklung, die in der Zukunft weitere wichtige Neuerungen bereithält: Prä- und intraoperative Bildgebung, Bildverarbeitung, Modellierung, Simulation, Navigation, Robotik, Surgical Cockpit, prä- und intraoperative Prozessoptimierung, Workflow Management und Informationsintegration im OP werden in den nächsten Jahren an Bedeutung gewinnen. Was steckt hinter diesen Begriffen? Ändert sich durch diese Entwicklungen das Berufsbild des Chirurgen? Welche ökonomischen, rechtlichen und ethischen Aspekte sind zu beachten? Ausgewiesene Experten geben in diesem Buch Antworten auf diese Fragen.