SCHEINโS COMMON SENSE EMERGENCY Abdominal Surgery
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Contributors
Editorsโ note
Preface
PART I: General considerations
Chapter 1 General philosophy
Chapter 2 A brief history of emergency abdominal surgery
PART II: Before the operation
Chapter 3 The acute abdomen
Chapter 4 Rational diagnostic procedures
Chapter 5 Abdominal imaging
Chapter 6 Optimizing the patient
Chapter 7 Pre-operative antibiotics
Chapter 8 Family, ethics, informed consent and medicolegal issues
Chapter 9 Before the flight: pre-op checklist
PART III: The operation
Chapter 10 The incision
Chapter 11 Abdominal exploration: finding what is wrong
Chapter 12 The laparoscopic approach to emergency abdominal surgery
Chapter 13 Peritonitis: classification and principles of treatment
Chapter 14 The intestinal anastomosis (and stomata)
Chapter 15 Diaphragmatic emergencies
Chapter 16 Upper gastrointestinal emergencies
Chapter 17 Acute pancreatitis
Chapter 18 Gallbladder and biliary emergency surgery
Chapter 19 Small bowel obstruction
Chapter 20 Acute abdominal wall hernias
Chapter 21 Acute appendicitis
Chapter 22 Acute mesenteric ischemia
Chapter 23 Hepatic emergencies
Chapter 24 Inflammatory bowel disease and other forms of colitis
Chapter 25 Colonic obstruction
Chapter 26 Acute diverticulitis
Chapter 27 Massive lower GI bleeding
Chapter 28 Anorectal emergencies
Chapter 29 Surgical complications of endoscopy
Chapter 30 Abdominal trauma
Chapter 31 The abdominal compartment syndrome
Chapter 32 Abdominal aortic emergencies
Chapter 33 Gynecological emergencies
Chapter 34 Abdominal emergencies in infancy and childhood
Chapter 35 Urological emergencies
Chapter 36 Abdominal drainage
Chapter 37 Abdominal closure
Chapter 38 Before landing
PART IV: After the operation
Chapter 39 Postoperative care
Chapter 40 Postoperative antibiotics
Chapter 41 Postoperative ileus vs. intestinal obstruction
Chapter 42 Intra-abdominal abscesses
Chapter 43 Anastomotic leaks and fistulas
Chapter 44 Relaparotomy and laparostomy for intra-abdominal infection
Chapter 45 Abdominal wall dehiscence
Chapter 46 Wound management
Chapter 47 In the aftermath
Index