具体描述
An incredible memoir from one of the world’s most eminent heart surgeons and some of the most remarkable and poignant cases he’s worked on.
Grim Reaper sits on the heart surgeon’s shoulder. A slip of the hand and life ebbs away.
The balance between life and death is so delicate, and the heart surgeon walks that rope between the two. In the operating room there is no time for doubt. It is flesh, blood, rib-retractors and pumping the vital organ with your bare hand to squeeze the life back into it. An off-day can have dire consequences – this job has a steep learning curve, and the cost is measured in human life. Cardiac surgery is not for the faint of heart.
Professor Stephen Westaby took chances and pushed the boundaries of heart surgery. He saved hundreds of lives over the course of a thirty-five year career and now, in his astounding memoir, Westaby details some of his most remarkable and poignant cases – such as the baby who had suffered multiple heart attacks by six months old, a woman who lived the nightmare of locked-in syndrome, and a man whose life was powered by a battery for eight years.
A powerful, important and incredibly moving book, Fragile Lives offers an exceptional insight into the exhilarating and sometimes tragic world of heart surgery, and how it feels to hold someone’s life in your hands.
作者简介
Steve Westaby is a celebrated world-famous heart surgeon who is renowned for being the first surgeon in history to fit a patient with a new type of artificial heart. During his 35-year career as a surgeon he worked at several of the UK’s top hospitals and performed over 11,000 heart operations. He won the Ray C. Fish Award for Scientific Achievement (2004). In 2004 Steve Westaby was featured in the BBC documentary Your Life in Their Hands, which is a long-running series on the subject of surgery.
目录信息
1 The Ether Dome 1
2 Humble Beginnings 14
3 Lord Brock’s Boots 26
4 Township Boy 38
5 The Girl with No Name 54
6 The Man with Two Hearts 85
7 Saving Julie’s Heart 114
8 Black Banana 137
9 Domino Heart 163
10 Life on a Battery 187
11 Anna’s Story 212
12 Mr Clarke 237
13 Adrenaline Rush 247
14 Despair 269
15 Double Jeopardy 285
16 Your Life in Their Hands 305
Afterword 321
Acknowledgements 327
Glossary 333
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读后感
这本是心外科医生Stephen Westaby写的手术故事, 读的时候自己难免和和Henry Marsh的讲述神经外科手术的Do No Harm一书比较. Westaby有很多新创的, 在英国第一例的心脏手术, 他在书里也阐述了数个这样的例; 所以该书的大多数故事都是特别困难的病例. 每个病例也都写得很详细, ...
评分病例总结书评第一的小姐姐已经总结的非常到位了。 我作为一名Perfusionist的学生，主要研究针对ECMO，看这本书还是饶有兴致的。只是全书16章，阅读到致谢后记住的故事不超过五个。 读书前就猜到应该会涉及ECMO的内容，但没想到直到最后才出现，而且还是不良结局，典型的时机把...
评分看理想老友计划赠送的书，物超所值。韦斯塔比医生不仅有高超的医术，文笔也不错。跌宕起伏惊心动魄的故事里掺进一两句玩笑，读起来非常受用。上一次读心外科的人文书籍是李清晨连载的心外传奇。 作为一个心外科医生，失败的手术肯定是多数的，但读者需要英雄，需要振奋人心的成...
评分病例总结书评第一的小姐姐已经总结的非常到位了。 我作为一名Perfusionist的学生，主要研究针对ECMO，看这本书还是饶有兴致的。只是全书16章，阅读到致谢后记住的故事不超过五个。 读书前就猜到应该会涉及ECMO的内容，但没想到直到最后才出现，而且还是不良结局，典型的时机把...
评分关于作者 斯蒂芬·韦斯塔比医生，曾任英国牛津约翰·拉德克利夫医院主任医生及教授，是世界一流的心外科手术专家和人工心脏专家。在他五十年的职业生涯中，曾经亲手完成过一万两千台心脏外科手术，平均每个工作日都要完成一例手术。 手术室本是非常之地，既是解除病痛的地方，...
用户评价
医学人文类书籍，今年看过最好的书，集医学知识、种族、人文、生活等元素为一体。特别是youtube上可以找到相关医学案例的采访，增加了阅读体验，太精彩了！
评分The stories about life and death and medical advancements are so inspiring. Sometimes also very sad.
评分和好多小伙伴一样，看完Henry Marsh那本脑外之后来Stephen Westaby这边看心外。之前想看的Under the Knife就是他的新作。顶级外科医生们退休后转行科普类畅销书作者，人生也是很完满了。
评分we were adrenaline junkies living on a continuous high, craving action. sleep deprivation underpins the psychopathy of the surgical mind - immunity to stress, an ability to take risks , the loss of empathy.
评分we were adrenaline junkies living on a continuous high, craving action. sleep deprivation underpins the psychopathy of the surgical mind - immunity to stress, an ability to take risks , the loss of empathy.
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