Schein’s Common Sense Emergency Abdominal Surgery: A Small Book for Residents, Thinking Surgeons and Even Students

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
General Philosophy....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
The Acute Abdomen....Pages 9-16
Rational Diagnostic Procedures....Pages 17-26
Who Should Look After the “Acute Abdomen” and Where?....Pages 27-28
Optimizing the Patient....Pages 29-40
Pre-operative Antibiotics....Pages 41-44
Family, Ethics, Informed Consent and Medicolegal Considerations....Pages 45-50
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
The Incision....Pages 53-56
Abdominal Exploration: Finding What Is Wrong....Pages 57-65
Peritonitis: Contamination and Infection — Principles of Treatment....Pages 67-74
The Intestinal Anastomosis....Pages 75-80
Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage....Pages 81-96
Perforated Peptic Ulcer....Pages 97-105
Acute Pancreatitis....Pages 107-119
Acute Cholecystitis....Pages 121-130
Acute Cholangitis....Pages 131-136
Small Bowel Obstruction....Pages 137-149
“Acute” Abdominal Wall Hernias....Pages 151-157
Acute Mesenteric Ischemia....Pages 159-167
Inflammatory Bowel Disease....Pages 169-178
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Colonic Obstruction....Pages 179-192
Acute Appendicitis....Pages 193-202
Acute Diverticulitis....Pages 203-214
Massive Rectal Bleeding....Pages 215-221
Gynecological Emergencies....Pages 223-232
Penetrating Abdominal Trauma....Pages 233-238
Blunt Abdominal Trauma....Pages 239-251
The Abdominal Compartment Syndrome....Pages 253-260
Abdominal Closure....Pages 261-265
Ruptured Abdominal Aneurysm....Pages 267-274
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
Nutrition....Pages 277-286
Postoperative Antibiotics....Pages 287-290
Postoperative Care....Pages 291-296
Postoperative Ileus Versus Intestinal Obstruction....Pages 297-302
Intra-abdominal Abscesses....Pages 303-314
Abdominal Wall Dehiscence....Pages 315-319
Re-laparotomies and Laparostomy for Infection....Pages 321-332
LIRS, SIRS, Sepsis, MODS and Tertiary Peritonitis....Pages 333-339
Anastomotic Leaks and Fistulas....Pages 341-348
Wound Management....Pages 349-354
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
The Role of Laparoscopy....Pages 355-360
In the Aftermath and the M & M Meeting....Pages 361-367
Back Matter....Pages 369-382