Acute Care Surgery Handbook: Volume 2 Common Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Emergencies

✍ Scribed by Salomone Di Saverio, Fausto Catena, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini, George Velmahos (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 503
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This pocket manual is a practically oriented guide to abdominal and gastrointestinal emergencies in acute care surgery. It covers the most common injuries to the entire area, offering careful descriptions of diagnostic procedures, surgical techniques and non-operative management. The guide stems from collaboration with the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) and aims to provide general surgeons, residents and trainees with a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the most relevant operative techniques and with useful "tips and tricks" applicable in for their daily clinical practice. A second volume on other surgical emergencies, which also includes chapters on antibiotic management, nutrition and interventional radiology in acute care surgery, is also available.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Acute Abdomen: Clinical Assessment and Decision-Making....Pages 1-13
Diagnostic Tools in ACS: CT Scan, Diagnostic Laparoscopy, and Exploratory Laparotomy....Pages 15-25
Laparoscopy: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Tool for Acute Care Surgery....Pages 27-41
Esophageal Non-bleeding Emergencies: Minimally Invasive and Endoscopic Management of Esophageal Perforations....Pages 43-54
Management of Postoperative Complications in Esophagogastric Surgery....Pages 55-64
Management of Complicated and Strangulated Hiatal Hernias....Pages 65-90
Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage....Pages 91-106
Management of Perforated Peptic Ulcer....Pages 107-115
Small Bowel Bleeding....Pages 117-135
Colorectal Bleeding Emergencies....Pages 137-148
Acute Pancreatitis....Pages 149-169
Acute Cholecystitis and Cholangitis....Pages 171-193
Endoscopic Techniques for Biliary and Pancreatic Acute Diseases....Pages 195-208
Laparoscopy in Surgical Emergencies....Pages 209-230
Prevention of Biliary Injuries in Acute Cholecystitis....Pages 231-246
Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction (ASBO)....Pages 247-267
Large Bowel Obstruction....Pages 269-290
Endoscopic Management of Large Bowel Obstruction....Pages 291-307
Management of Colonic Diverticulitis....Pages 309-331
Laparoscopy for Perforated Acute Diverticulitis....Pages 333-349
Incarcerated and Strangulated Abdominal Wall Hernias....Pages 351-360
Acute Appendicitis: Diagnosis and Nonoperative Management....Pages 361-375
Management of Complicated Appendicitis: Percutaneous Drainage and Interval Appendectomy or Immediate Surgery? Open or Laparoscopic Surgery?....Pages 377-387
Laparoscopy, SILS, and NOTES for Acute Appendicitis....Pages 389-409
Small Bowel Perforations and Small Bowel Miscellaneous Acute Diseases....Pages 411-437
Acute Mesenteric Ischemia....Pages 439-461
Open Abdomen Strategies in Acute Care Surgery: When and How....Pages 463-480
Entero-atmospheric Fistula: Tips and Tricks for the Management of a Surgical Nightmare....Pages 481-503

✦ Subjects

Traumatic Surgery;Abdominal Surgery;Emergency Medicine;Intensive / Critical Care Medicine