General surgery

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

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

This text is designed to provide a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of the major issues specific to technological advances the field trauma, critical care and many aspects of surgical science and practice.

This book aims to review all of the literature, including landmark papers and the most current published data, in regard to the management of non-malignant foregut diseases.

This atlas is composed of 28 chapters with authoritative commentaries and illustrations in a number of surgical procedures amenable to laparoscopic techniques.

The advent in the 1960s of the unique and exciting new form of energy called laser brought to medicine a marvelous tool that could accomplish new treatments of previously untreatable disorders as well as improved treat- ment of mundane problems.

This book focuses on endovascular methods for resuscitation and trauma management.

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS There is no doubt that the content of this EAES Consensus Development Conferences (CDC's) booklet represents an extremely important contribution to answering the following questions: which area of endoscopic surgery requires quality assurance ?

A clinician's guideline for intra-abdominal infections written by experts in the field.

This third edition manual provides a comprehensive, insightful, evidenced-based review of general surgical oncology and serves as a valuable resource for general surgeons in training, practicing general surgeons, and surgical oncologists.

We are honored to present the second edition of Surgical Intensive Care Medicine.

This issue of Surgical Clinics of North America focuses on Management of Breast Cancer, and is edited by Dr.

Generations of residents and general surgeons have relied upon and worn out their copies of Surgical Anatomy and Technique: A Pocket Manual.

The ASCRS Textbook of Surgery of the Colon and Rectum offers a comprehensive textbook designed to provide state of the art information to residents in training and fully trained surgeons seeking recertification.

This book presents and describes the various uses of gastric bypass in bariatric and metabolic surgery and outlines the different techniques currently available.

On April 23, 1906, Alexis Carrel presented his manuscript entitled "e;The Surgery of Blood Vessels"e; to the Johns Hopkins Medical Society.

As any new field in medicine develops, an the history of transplantation and the current accompanying documentation occurs in a rea- status of hemodialysis as it relates to trans- sonable and logical sequence.

The landscape of academic surgery has become increasingly complex.

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With new anatomy and surgical procedures on the esophaygus, inquinal hernia and laparoscopy, Surgical Anatomy and Technique is now, more than ever, an essential addition to the library of every resident and general surgeon.

Molecular Genetics of Colorectal Neoplasia A Primer for the Clinician provides the latest information on the genetics of colorectal cancer within a context of basic genetics, describing the subject in understandable language and making it clinically relevant.

This innovative, comprehensive book covers key elements of perioperative management of older patients, from preoperative evaluation to post-hospital care.

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.

Trauma to the abdomen, both accidental and willful, has become increasingly common in this era of increasing violence.

This text serves as a comprehensive guide for the care of patients requiring lower extremity major amputations.

This volume educates physicians on the basic knowledge of ESD, from indication of this technique to assessing suitability and technical aspects of each important step.

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

As Professor Owen H Wangensteen, one of the greatest academic surgeons of the 20th century, said: "e;You are a true surgeon from the moment you are able to deal with your complications.

La valoracion preoperatoria se realizaba en el pasado por un cardiologo; este acto medico, debido a su complejidad, como bien se comenta en este texto, debe ser realizado por un medico conocedor del tema y del paciente.

This book focuses on endovascular methods for resuscitation and trauma management.

'This is history with a surgeon's touch: deft, incisive and sometimes excruciatingly bloody' The Sunday Times'Utterly eccentric and riveting' Mail on Sunday 'Eye-opening and, frequently, eye-watering .

Biomechanics of the Gastrointestinal Tract is an up-to-date book for researchers on the study of the mechanical properties and the motor system of the gastrointestinal tract.

Cancer of the rectum continues to be a significant health problem in industrialized co- tries around the world.

This book provides essential didactic content for the SAGES University Masters Program Colorectal Surgery Curriculum.

The learning curve in the management of painful degenerative lumbar spine patients is steep because every case has singular characteristics.

Abdominal Wall Hernias is the most up-to-date, comprehensive reference on all aspects of hernia repair.

This book is a quick guide to the key components of trauma center administration, management, and patient care.

This issue of Surgical Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr.

This volume provides a comprehensive summary of the field, with expert recommendations on prediction and management.

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For the surgeon of antiquity the liver has been an organ of mystery - and danger.

This book will provide a guide for medical students to self-reflect, build a portfolio, and select a career path equipped with the knowledge to make an informed decision that is the best for them.

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

An accessible handbook covering thoracic surgery topics, with comprehensive guidance for trainees, cardiothoracic surgeons and consultants.

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

This book provides a guide to the anatomy and the surgical techniques required in thoracic and cardiothoracic surgery.

This text will serve as a guide for both the head and neck surgeon and the general surgeon in the technical and clinical aspects of transformative transoral neck surgery.

In May 1997 the Faculty of Surgery from the University of Athens and elsewhere gathered with colleagues in Athens for the third time in 6 years to continue our discussions on the progress, problems, realization, and future of laproscopic surgery.