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

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