an unconventional book for trainees and thinking surgeons /
First Statement of Responsibility
Moshe Schein, Paul N. Rogers, Ahmad Assalia (editors)
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
3rd ed
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Heidelberg :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2010
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xxiii, 631 p.) :
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GENERAL NOTES
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Title from PDF t.p. (SpringerLink, viewed Apr. 22, 2010)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Abdominal aortic emergencies -- Abdominal drainage -- Abdominal closure -- Before landing -- Postoperative care -- Nutrition -- Postoperative antibiotics -- Postoperative ileus verus intestinal obstruction -- Intra-abdominal abscesses -- Anastomotic leaks and fistulas -- Leaks following colonic or rectal anastomoses -- Re-laparotomies and laparostomy for infection -- Abdominal wall dehiscence -- LIRS, SIRS, sepsis, MODs and tertiary peritonitis -- Wound management -- Postoperative bleeding -- The role of laparoscopy -- Complications of laparoscopic surgery -- In the aftermath and the M&M meeting
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General philosophy -- The acute abdomen -- Rational diagnostic procedures -- Abdominal imaging -- Optimizing the patient -- Preoperative antibiotics -- Family, ethics, informed consent and medicolegal issues -- Before the flight: pre-op checklist -- A brief history of emergency abdominal surgery -- The incision -- Abdominal exploration: finding what is wrong -- Peritonitis: contamination and infection: principles of treatment -- The intestinal anastomosis -- Intestinal stomas -- Esophageal emergencies -- Diaphragmatic emergencies -- Upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage (and portal hypertension) -- Perforated peptic ulcer -- Acute pancreatitis -- Gallbladder and biliary emergencies
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Small bowel obstruction -- Acute abdominal wall hernias -- Acute mesenteric ischemia -- Inflammatory bowel disease and other types of colitis -- Colonic obstruction -- Acute diverticulitis -- Massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding -- Acute appendicitis -- Anorectal emergencies -- Surgical complications of endoscopy -- Complications of bariatric surgery -- Complications of peritoneal dialysis -- Gynecological emergencies -- Urological emergencies -- Abdominal emergencies in infancy and childhood -- The AIDS patient -- Abdominal emergencies in the "Third World" -- Penetrating abdominal trauma -- Blunt trauma and Rx of specific injuries -- The abdominal compartment syndrome
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Title
Schein's common sense emergency abdominal surgery.