General surgery

This handbook fully investigates reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA), presenting all the recent advances in the field to enable shoulder surgeons to treat patients with complex conditions, such as rotator cuff tears and instability, failed surgery and combined arthritis, or proximal humerus neoplasia.

Das auf zwei Bände angelegte Werk bietet Ihnen das gesamte Wissen auf dem aktuellen Stand – von den Standardverfahren bis hin zu den neuesten Methoden.

This book is designed to present a comprehensive understanding for the rationale of neoadjuvant treatment sequencing for localized pancreatic cancer and to focus on accurate clinical staging and stage-specific treatment sequencing.

As the field of general surgery continues to expand, the diagnostic and therapeutic pathways are becoming more complex.

This book answers key questions asked by emergency clinicians faced with complex gastrointestinal and abdominal pain presentations.

In recent years the approach towards rib fractures has evolved.

This handbook fully investigates reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA), presenting all the recent advances in the field to enable shoulder surgeons to treat patients with complex conditions, such as rotator cuff tears and instability, failed surgery and combined arthritis, or proximal humerus neoplasia.

This superbly illustrated book is a comprehensive and detailed guide to the contemporary arthroscopic management of intraarticular fractures.

Mass Casualty events may occur as a result of natural or human-caused disasters or after an act of terrorism.

This pocket handbook provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of esophageal disorders.

  Minimally invasive surgery has impacted the outcomes of surgery more than any technology since the development of sterile technique.

This text provides the necessary tools and up-to-date information on the morphological approach and most current use of ancillary techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of malignant tumors.

The field of emergency general surgery encompasses a wide array of surgical diseases, ranging from the simple to the complex.

The field of benign foregut surgery continues to evolve with new diagnostic methods and treatment modalities.

For years the administrative of anesthesia was extremely dangerous and risky.

This review book comprehensively covers most aspects of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE).

The aim of this book is to identify and shed new light on the main surgical practices involved in acute care and trauma surgery.

This book presents current evidence in an Enhanced Recovery Programme context, and provides a common sense approach to using the array of available analgesia techniques appropriately in major abdominal surgery.

  This text captures the global standards of bariatric surgery practice at a time of change, excitement, and lots of controversy.

This text is designed to present a comprehensive state-of-the-art approach to options available for inguinal hernia repair.

This book fills a void in the market for specialists who are working in areas without the support of gastroenterologists.

The incidence of primary and metastatic liver tumors is rising and the therapeutic armamentarium for these tumors is expanding at a rapid pace.

This manual, written by world opinion leaders in the field, is designed to provide readily accessible, step-by-step guidance on all aspects of the management of mass casualty incidents.

  Management of atypical breast lesions continues to evolve.

This book focuses on Barrett's Esophagus (BE), a clinical condition that must be evaluated in all patients affected by chronic GERD, and with an important link to esophageal cancer.

In recent years the approach towards rib fractures has evolved.

This book is intended for medical students and surgical trainees such as surgical residents and fellows.

  As minimally invasive surgical techniques evolve, the outlook for patients continues to brighten.

The field of hernia repair, in general, has evolved over the last 25 years.

This text provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art definitive "e;case-based"e; reference for the work-up, diagnosis, intraoperative management, and peri-operative care of patients with complex, difficult to manage HPB diseases.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of thoracic pathologies of surgical interest involving the lung, mediastinum, esophagus, and chest wall with the aim of providing both radiologists and thoracic surgeons with a reference of high value in everyday clinical practice.

Hyperhidrosis is a medical condition in which a person sweats excessively and unpredictably.

This text addresses the current levels of evidence for management of a variety of critical parameters after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), as well as providing the reader with practical approaches to care based upon existing evidence.

This book aims to deepen collaboration between gastroenterologists and surgeons by providing endoscopists and gastroenterologists with a clear understanding of the anatomic alterations likely to be observed after bariatric surgery and acquainting bariatric surgeons with the possibilities offered by endoscopic treatment of obesity itself and of the complications associated with bariatric surgery.

This text provides a comprehensive review of what comes after the completion of a general surgery residency, and will serve as a valuable resource for those surgeons, residents, and medical students interested in a career in general surgery.

This book is designed to present readers with comprehensive, high-quality research results on almost all aspects of this carcinoma in clinical management, from correct determination of the esophagogastric junction, issues on cardiac mucosa, epidemiology, and natural history, to clinical, endoscopic, and histopathologic features and diagnostic pitfalls of this carcinoma at both early and advanced stages.

This text serves as a very useful clinical guide and realistic approach to the clinical management of melanoma.

This book, now in a revised and updated second edition, offers detailed guidance on the diagnosis, surgical planning, and interdisciplinary treatment of craniofacial trauma.

This text focuses on the complications following bariatric surgery.

This book provides a comprehensive guide to the surgical skills required during general surgery.

This text is designed to present a comprehensive and state-of the-art approach to dismounted complex blast injuries.

This comprehensive manual discusses the many aspects of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), providing relevant information along with practical guidance.

This volume addresses the current lack of knowledge of many general surgeons and trainees in the comprehensive management of patients with choledocholithiasis, with an emphasis on how the surgeon can provide single-stage management for the majority of patients.

Now in its revised and expanded second edition, this comprehensive, user-friendly text brings the latest evidence to bear on the diagnosis and management of orthopedic trauma patients.

This text reviews the anatomy and physiology of neuromodulation for treatment of various pathology of the human body, with specific emphasis on sacral neuromodulation for bladder and bowel dysfunction in the adult and pediatric populations.

This is the second edition of a well-received book that reflects the state of the art in diagnosis and treatment of acute abdominal disorders in the pregnant patient.

This book is a comprehensive guide to the surgical repair of inguinal and abdominal wall hernias that not only describes all potential approaches, but also places them in the context of the anatomy of the region, the pathology, and the advances in scientific knowledge over the past decade.

This book describes current, evidence-based guidelines for damage control interventions across the field of trauma care with the aim of enabling clinicians to apply them to best effect in daily clinical practice.

 This text provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of this field, and will serve as a valuable resource for clinicians, surgeons and researchers with an interest in surgical critical care.

Morbid obesity is an epidemic as more than 2/3 of the United States population is obese and as such, has a high burden of weight-related co-morbid diseases.