Operative Strategy in General Surgery; Copyright ; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1 Concept and Strategy in Surgery; 2 Management of the Contaminated Operation; 3 Rational Use of Drains; 4 Surgical Stapling: Principles and Precautions; 5 Incision, Exposure, and Closure; Esophagus; 6 Operations to Resect, Replace, or Bypass the Esophagus; 7 Esophagectomy: Right Thoracotomy and Laparotomy; 8 Esophagogastrectomy: Left Thoracoabdominal; Stomach; 9 Operations for Peptic Ulcer; 10 Truncal Vagotomy; 11 Proximal Gastric Vagotomy; 12 Pyloroplasty, Heineke-Mikulicz; 13 Pyloroplasty, Finney. 14 Gastrojejunostomy15 Gastrectomy for Peptic Ulcer; 16 Perforated Peptic Ulcer; 17 Gastrostomy; 18 Gastrectomy for Cancer; 19 Total Gastrectomy; Small Intestine; 20 Exposure of the Third and Fourth Portions of the Duodenum; 21 Small Bowel Resection and Anastomosis; 22 Enterolysis for Intestinal Obstruction; 23 Baker Tube Stitchless Plication; Colon and Rectum; 24 Appendectomy; 25 Colon Resection; 26 Colon Resection for Cancer; 27 Right Colectomy for Cancer; 28 Left Colectomy for Cancer; 29 Operations for Rectal Cancer; 30 Low Anterior Resection for Rectal Cancer. 31 Abdominoperineal Proctosigmoidectomy for Cancer32 Subtotal Colectomy with Ileoproctostomy or Ileostomy and Sigmoid Mucous Fistula; 33 Subtotal Colectomy for Massive Colonic Hemorrhage; 34 Ileostomy, End; 35 Ileostomy, Loop; 36 Abdominoperineal Proctectomy for Benign Disease; 37 Operations for Colon Obstruction; 38 Cecostomy; 39 Transverse Colostomy; 40 Closure of Temporary Colostomy; 41 Operations for Colonic Diverticulitis; 42 Operation for Rectal Prolapse (Ripstein); Appendixes; A Some Mechanical Basics of Operative Technique; B Dissecting and Sewing; C Control of Bleeding; D Glossary.