Schein's Common Sense Emergency Abdominal Surgery: An Unconventional Book for Trainees and Thinking Surgeons

Description

Emergency Abdominal Surgery is a battleground for the surgeon - providing character-building experiences, and opportunities for triumph and disaster. In the third edition of this 'simple' book, emergency abdominal surgery is discussed in an informal and no nonsense fashion - as practiced in the 'trenches' of the ER and the OR. The preferred approach for a given situation is discussed in context; it has to fulfill certain prerequisites: save lives, decrease morbidity, be cost effective and be performed correctly. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii Front Matter....Pages 13-14 General Philosophy....Pages 1-6 A Brief History of Emergency Abdominal Surgery....Pages 7-12 The Acute Abdomen....Pages 15-23 Rational Diagnostic Procedures....Pages 25-31 Abdominal Imaging....Pages 33-55 Optimizing the Patient....Pages 57-68 Preoperative Antibiotics....Pages 69-72 Family, Ethics, Informed Consent and Medicolegal Issues....Pages 73-78 Before the Flight: Pre-Op Checklist....Pages 79-82 Front Matter....Pages 83-84 The Incision....Pages 85-88 Abdominal Exploration: Finding What Is Wrong....Pages 89-97 Peritonitis: Contamination and Infection—Principles of Treatment....Pages 99-105 The Intestinal Anastomosis....Pages 107-112 Intestinal Stomas....Pages 113-119 Esophageal Emergencies....Pages 121-131 Diaphragmatic Emergencies....Pages 133-138 Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage (and Portal Hypertension)....Pages 139-156 Perforated Peptic Ulcer....Pages 157-166 Acute Pancreatitis....Pages 167-184 Gallbladder and Biliary Emergencies....Pages 185-214 Front Matter....Pages 83-84 Small Bowel Obstruction....Pages 215-232 Acute Abdominal Wall Hernias....Pages 233-239 Acute Mesenteric Ischemia....Pages 241-249 Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Other Types of Colitis....Pages 251-262 Colonic Obstruction....Pages 263-275 Acute Diverticulitis....Pages 277-287 Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding....Pages 289-295 Acute Appendicitis....Pages 297-310 Anorectal Emergencies....Pages 311-320 Surgical Complications of Endoscopy....Pages 321-331 Complications of Bariatric Surgery....Pages 333-342 Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis....Pages 343-346 Gynecological Emergencies....Pages 347-356 Urological Emergencies....Pages 357-366 Abdominal Emergencies in Infancy and Childhood....Pages 367-375 The AIDS Patient....Pages 377-382 Abdominal Emergencies in the “Third World”....Pages 383-405 Penetrating Abdominal Trauma....Pages 407-413 Blunt Trauma and Rx of Specific Injuries....Pages 415-433 The Abdominal Compartment Syndrome....Pages 435-443 Front Matter....Pages 83-84 Abdominal Aortic Emergencies....Pages 445-453 Abdominal Drainage....Pages 455-466 Abdominal Closure....Pages 467-471 Before Landing....Pages 473-474 Front Matter....Pages 475-476 Postoperative Care....Pages 477-483 Nutrition....Pages 485-493 Postoperative Antibiotics....Pages 495-499 Postoperative Ileus Versus Intestinal Obstruction....Pages 501-508 Intra-Abdominal Abscesses....Pages 509-518 Anastomotic Leaks and Fistulas....Pages 519-526 Leaks Following Colonic or Rectal Anastomoses....Pages 527-534 Re-laparotomies and Laparostomy for Infection....Pages 535-556 Abdominal Wall Dehiscence....Pages 557-561 LIRS, SIRS, Sepsis, MODS, and Tertiary Peritonitis....Pages 563-571 Wound Management....Pages 573-579 Postoperative Bleeding....Pages 581-590 The Role of Laparoscopy....Pages 591-599 Complications of Laparoscopic Surgery....Pages 601-608 In the Aftermath and the M & M Meeting....Pages 609-615 Back Matter....Pages 617-631