Schein's Common Sense Emergency Abdominal Surgery

This new revised, expanded and rewritten fourth edition is a response to the constant evolution of how emergency surgery is practiced. With a focused and user-friendly approach and the help of expert contributors, it targets young practicing surgeons with the aim of promoting the avoidance of mistakes. Fifty chapters are divided into four parts: general considerations; before the operation; the operation; after the operation. Chapters are: general philosophy; a brief history of emergency abdominal surgery; the acute abdomen; rational diagnostic procedures; abdominal imaging; optimizing the patient; pre-operative antibiotics; family, ethics, informed consent and medicolegal issues; before the flight: pre-op checklist; the incision; abdominal exploration; the laparoscopic approach; peritonitis; the intestinal anastomosis (and stomata); esophageal emergencies; diaphragmatic emergencies; upper gastrointestinal bleeding; perforated peptic ulcer; acute pancreatitis; gallbladder and biliary emergency surgery; small bowel obstruction; acute abdominal wall hernias; acute appendicitis; acute mesenteric ischemia; hepatic emergencies; inflammatory bowel disease and other types of colitis; colonic obstruction; acute diverticulitis; massive lower GI bleeding; anorectal emergencies; surgical complications of endoscopy; abdominal trauma; the abdominal compartment syndrome; abdominal aortic emergencies; gynecological emergencies; abdominal emergencies in infancy and childhood; urological emergencies; abdominal emergencies in the Third World; abdominal drainage; abdominal closure; before landing; postoperative care; nutrition; postoperative antibiotics; postoperative ileus vs. intestinal obstruction; intra-abdominal abscesses; anastomotic leaks and fistulas; relaparotomy and laparostomy for infection; wound management; in the aftermath and the M&M meeting. US distribution is by BookMasters. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)