/library/oar/handle/123456789/46873 2025-11-10T00:12:56Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/44935 Title: Update on avian influenza in 2006 Abstract: In the first quarter of 2006, bird flu panic was in full swing: The French feared for their foie gras, the Swiss locked their chickens indoors, and Americans enlisted prison inmates in Alaska to help spot infected wild birds. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/44911 Title: Surgery for skin cancer Authors: Briffa, Joseph E. Abstract: Skin cancer is the commonest malignancy in the Maltese population and its incidence is rising. Surgery remains the main therapeutic modality in the clinical management of malignancies of the skin. Different forms of skin cancer require varying surgical solutions, depending on the type of cancer, its anatomical site, risk of spread and the presence of any metastases. This article aims to give a brief overview of the various common types of skin cancer and the relevant surgical options available. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/44910 Title: Skin grafting Authors: Chircop, Victor Abstract: Skin grafting is one of the basic procedures of plastic surgery. Skin grafting is the removal of healthy skin from an area of the body (donor site) and the transplantation to another area (recipient area) where the skin has been damaged. The most commonly used donor sites are the buttocks, the thigh, and the forearm. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/44909 Title: Informed consent : part 2 Abstract: In the first part we have discussed the first two stages to the Informed Consent Process. In this second part, we will deal with the last three stages. namely. what constitutes a voluntary choice, competence and consent. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z