Surgery is the highest precision and boundless responsibility, where every movement of the doctor must be calibrated to the millimeter.
The author of the book, Sergey Kostenov, an ophthalmic surgeon who has performed more than 20,000 operations, a doctor of medical...
sciences and a member of the European and American Societies of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, invites you into the incredible world of surgery. He shares his professional journey, recounts thrilling cases from his personal medical practice, and describes scientific experiments and tragic epidemiological events, combining historical facts and literary fiction.
You will learn how outstanding surgeons were able to advance ophthalmology with their inventions, how refractive surgery developed, and delve into the heartfelt stories of patients whose lives were forever changed by ophthalmic surgery. You will also explore how COVID-19 and HIV emerged and how doctors managed to perform the first successful transplant.
Author: Сергей Костенев
Printhouse: Eksmo
Series: Medicine Without Borders. Books about those who save lives
Age restrictions: 18+
Year of publication: 2025
ISBN: 9785042289415
Number of pages: 256
Size: 219x144x18 mm
Cover type: твердая
Weight: 393 g
ID: 1728274
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8 January (Th)
free
5 January (Mo)
€ 9.99
free from € 80.00