General surgery

This book offers an overview of acute care surgery around the world, focusing on the four main branches of this novel subdiscipline: trauma, general emergencies, critical care, and rescue surgery.

With the expertise of an author panel of leading clinicians in the field of surgery, trauma, critical care and geriatrics the new edition of this text addresses the explosion in knowledge on the impact aging has on injury, acute illness and critical care management.

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

This book examines in detail the topic of sepsis, with a focus on intra-abdominal sepsis.

This textbook 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 GIST.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were nearly 40,000 opioid-related deaths in the U.

This book focuses exclusively on the surgical patient and on the perioperative environment with its unique socio-technical and cultural issues.

This book is designed to provide the reader with comprehension of the principles of contemporary surgical education and skills to design and implement effective curricula that include learning theory, needs assessments, curriculum development, effective teaching methods, valid and reliable assessment of learners, and comprehensive program evaluation.

The previous edition of this book was based on a simple but essential philosophy: provide a practical and up-to-date resource for the practicing surgeon detailing the specific needs and special considerations surrounding the surgical care of children.

The Certified Bariatric Nurse (CBN) designation was created by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery to fill the rapidly growing need for nurses specialized in the care of patients undergoing weight loss surgery.

This Atlas focuses on surgical techniques used to treat the entire spectrum of esophageal diseases.

Endoscopic spinal surgery has become popular due its procedure-related benefits.

The neurosurgical, surgical and medical training and practice models have to keep up with the technological revolution in the 21st Century as our lives changed on a swift base.

The neurosurgical, surgical and medical training and practice models have to keep up with the technological revolution in the 21st Century as our lives changed on a swift base.

This book aims at filling a gap in relation to the pathophysiology of the inguinal region and the genesis of groin protrusions.

The book provides up-to-date information on all aspects of colonic diverticular disease, particularly common in Western countries.

This text provides the reader a starting point for the most difficult and uncommon complications in acute care surgery.

This text provides a comprehensive textbook summarizing the presentation, workup, and surgical solutions for common emergencies in the cancer patient.

Each chapter of this new book on advanced lower GI endoscopy and endoluminal surgery focuses on the thought process and step-wise technical approach to the condition and procedure listed.

Deep knowledge of anatomy and surgical technique will continue to remain the foundation of surgery despite advancement in surgical technology.

This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art, evidence-based review of esophageal preservation and replacement and serves as a valuable resource for clinicians, surgeons and researchers with an interest in this field.

Approaches to complex pelvic surgery have changed dramatically in recent years thanks to the development of the entire field of orthopedic surgery.

This book is a tribute to early pioneers and later innovators in applications of surgical principles for biliary stone disease.

This book is the first to focus on the range of innovations that have been critical to the emergence of modern endocrine surgery.

The book provides up-to-date information on all aspects of colonic diverticular disease, particularly common in Western countries.

The book encompasses the different concepts and designs using magnets for surgical purposes.

This book offers an overview of acute care surgery around the world, focusing on the four main branches of this novel subdiscipline: trauma, general emergencies, critical care, and rescue surgery.

This book provides an in-depth review of the sutures of the skull.

This book provides guidance regarding the approach to common scenarios encountered in the frozen section laboratory while underscoring diagnostic pitfalls and providing the proper level of diagnostic information to ensure clear communication.

This book is aimed at surgeons faced with the immediate management of acute surgical problems in a variety of resource settings.

This book comprehensively covers minimally invasive laparoscopic and robotic surgical techniques suitable for use in abdominal operations.

This disorder transcends multiple disciplines and demands a team approach to improve knowledge and treatment.

The operating room can be an intimidating place for medical students.

The goal of the first edition of Interventional Critical Care: A Manual for Advanced Care Practitioners was to fill a knowledge gap of the advanced practice provider (APP) specifically regarding the skills and understanding of critical care procedures in response to the rapidly expanding participation of APPs in critical care.

Filling a gap in the literature, this is the first book to comprehensively present fracture sonography as a diagnostic tool that can complement and in some cases even replace conventional radiological imaging.

This book is a comprehensive, state-of-the art, definitive reference for the surgical management of Neuroendocrine Tumors (NETs).

This book offers readers fresh insights on applying Extended Reality to Digital Anatomy, a novel emerging discipline.

This atlas, containing a wealth of clear operative images, is designed to enable trainee surgeons to visualise the surgical field for procedures specific to open colorectal surgery, thereby facilitating understanding and learning of surgical techniques and avoidance of intra- and postoperative complications.

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Telemedicine and telehealth have consistently been shown to be effective for remote areas or limited-resource locations, regular medical and surgical practice, primary care, second opinion, extreme conditions, major crises, and disaster management.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were nearly 40,000 opioid-related deaths in the U.

Comprehensively addressing the topic of the compartment syndrome, this book covers all aspects of this painful and complex condition, ranging from the history to the pathophysiology and treatment in the various body compartments affected by the syndrome, as well as the short- and long-term outcomes.

This updated volume gives a clear description of transplantation surgery and covers the recent developments and innovations that have occurred within the field.

The book demonstrates the step-by-step method of performing minimally invasive esophagectomy and robot-assisted esophagectomy.

Neuroendocrine neoplasms comprise a large family of proliferative lesions that involve almost every part of the body.

The first edition of this publication was aimed at defining the current concepts of trauma induced coagulopathy by critically analyzing the most up-to-date studies from a clinical and basic science perspective.

This book delivers a comprehensive review of human factors principles as they relate to surgical care inside and outside of the operating theatre.

This book aims to assist the reader in navigating the potentially complex decision-making process involved in selecting the most appropriate intervention for each particular scenario that may be encountered by the practitioner or surgeon in the growing patient with facial trauma.

The first edition of Robotic Surgery was written only a decade after the introduction of robotic technology.