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

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 i...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Schein, Moshe. (Editor), Rogers, Paul. (Editor), Assalia, Ahmad. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
Subjects:
Medicine.
Emergency medicine.
Critical care medicine.
Emerging infectious diseases.
Surgery.
Abdomen > Surgery.
Trauma.
Medicine & Public Health.
Emergency Medicine.
Traumatic Surgery.
Infectious Diseases.
Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.
Abdominal Surgery.
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74821-2
Table of Contents:
  • From the Content: General Philosophy
  • A Brief History of Emergency Abdominal Surgery
  • Part A Before the Operation: The Acute Abdomen
  • Rational Diagnostic Procedures
  • Abdominal Imaging
  • Optimizing the Patient
  • Preoperative Antibiotics
  • Family, Ethics, Informed Consent and Medicolegal Issues
  • Before the Flight: Pre-Op Checklist
  • Part B The Operation: The Incision
  • Abdominal Exploration: Finding What is Wrong
  • Peritonitis: Contamination and Infection - Principles of Treatment
  • The Intestinal Anastomosis (and Stomata)
  • Intestinal Stomas
  • Esophageal Emergencies
  • Diaphragmatic Emergencies
  • Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage (and Portal Hypertension)
  • Perforated Peptic Ulcer
  • Acute Pancreatitis: The Basics
  • Gallbladder and Biliary Emergencies
  • Acute Cholecystitis
  • Acute Cholangitis
  • Management of CBD Stones in Acute Biliary Pancreatitis
  • Small Bowel Obstruction
  • Acute Abdominal Wall Hernias
  • Acute Mesenteric Ischemia
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Other Types of Colitis
  • Colonic Obstruction
  • Acute Diverticulitis
  • Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
  • Acute Appendicitis
  • Anorectal Emergencies
  • Surgical Complications of Endoscopy
  • Complications of Bariatric Surgery
  • Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis
  • Gynecological Emergencies
  • Urological Emergencies
  • Abdominal Emergencies in Infancy and Childhood
  • The AIDS Patient
  • Abdominal Emergencies in the 'Third World'
  • Asia
  • Africa
  • Penetrating Abdominal Trauma
  • Blunt Trauma and Rx of Specific Injuries
  • Blunt Abdominal Trauma
  • Operative Management of Individual Organ Injuries
  • The Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
  • Abdominal Aortic Emergencies
  • Abdominal Drainage
  • Abdominal Closure
  • Before Landing
  • Part C After the Operation: Postoperative Care
  • Nutrition
  • etc.

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