Live Surgery. Stories about thrilling operations and scientific experiments that improved people's quality of life

Live Surgery. Stories about thrilling operations and scientific experiments that improved people's quality of life

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

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.

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