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The latest years have seen medicine marching forward with quite the huge steps. Diagnostics have improved with the development of medical imaging, treatment has become more efficient and even less painful with the usage of robots in surgical procedures, those in need of artificial limbs can live more comfortably as advanced prosthetic appliances are being invented, and fields like tissue engineering and telemedicine give a clear signal that medicine still has many undiscovered opportunities of treatment to offer. This book gives an informative insight on the latest trends of medical technology and the therapy possibilities they provide.

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