The Practice of General Surgery

Esteemed author Kirby I. Bland, MD, along with 206 international and multidisciplinary specialists, presents state-of-the-art, problem-based approaches for general surgery. These leaders in the field provide in-depth coverage of the diagnosis and management of various common, recurrent, and advanced surgical problems. This new text is designed to enhance decision making and operative planning in general surgery by offering new approaches to various organ-system diseases confronting the practicing general surgeon.

Table of Contents:
SECTION ONE: GENERAL PRINCIPLES 1. Anesthesia and Risk Assessment 2. Fluids and Electrolytes 3. Nutritional Support in the Surgical Patient 4. Abnormal Bleeding and Coagulopathies 5. Blood Transfusions and Alternative Therapies 6. HIV 7. Circulatory Monitoring SECTION TWO: TRAUMA/BURNS 8. Initial Evaluation of the Trauma Patient 9. Management of Blunt Abdominal Injuries 10. Management of Penetrating Trauma: Neck, Thorax, and Abdomen 11. Vascular Trauma 12. Thermal Injury 13. Closed Head Injury 14. Spinal Cord Trauma 15. Compartment syndrome SECTION THREE: CRITICAL CARE 16. Acute Renal Failure 17. Adrenal Insufficiency 18. Monitoring Respiratory Function and Weaning from the Ventilator 19. Coma 20. Acute Systemic Hypertension 21. Do Not Resucitate, Do Not Treat 22. Multisystem Organ Dysfunction and Failure: The Systemic Response to Critical Surgical Illness 23. Basic/Advanced Mechanical Ventilation 24. Hepatic Failure 25. Status Epilepticus/Brain Death 26. General Principles of Sepsis 27. Neurological Physiology & Neurologic Monitoring 28. Thyroid Abnormalities 29. Pulmonary Embolism 30. Right Ventricular Failure and Cardiogenic Shock 31. Nosocomial Pneumonia 32. Basic Pharmokinetics, Pharmocodynamics, and Important Drug Interactions 33. Pericardial Tamponade 34. Gastrointestinal Failure 35. Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetes Insipidus 36. Aspiration Pneumonitis SECTION FOUR: HEAD AND NECK 37. Incidence, Etiology, Diagnosis, and Staging of Head and Neck Cancer 38. Oral Cavity and Oropharynx 39. Larynx and Hypopharynx 40. Sinuses and Skull Base 41. Cervical Lymph Nodes and Unknown Primary 42. Salivary Glands 43. Neurovascular and Soft Tissue Tumors of the Head and Neck SECTION FIVE: GASTROINTESTINAL ESOPHAGUS, PARAESOPHAGEAL (benign) 44. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) 45. Barretts Esophagus 46. Achalasia 47. Esophageal Perforation 48. Esophageal Diverticula 49. Esophageal Cancer Transhiatal Resection 50. Esophageal Cancer transthoracic Resection STOMACH: BENIGN 51. Peptic Ulcer Disease and Helicobacter pylori 52. Peptic Ulcer Disease, Bleeding 53. Peptic Ulcer Disease: Perforation 54. Peptic Ulcer Disease: Obstruction 55. Gastric Ulcer 56. Postgastrectomy and Postvagotomy Syndromes 57. Bariatric Surgery 58. Gastric Adenocarcinoma 59. Stromal Tumors of Stomach and Small Bowel 60. Gastric Lymphoma SMALL BOWEL: BENIGN 61. Small Bowel Obstruction 62. Small Intestinal Diverticular Disease 63. Motility Disorders of the Small Bowel 64. Appendicitis 65. Short Bowel Syndrome 66. Radiation Enteropathy 67. Splanchnic Venous Thrombosis SMALL BOWEL: MALIGNANT 68. Adenocarcinoma of the Small Bowel 69. Lymphoma of the Small Bowel 70. Carcinoid of the Small Bowel 71. Stromal Tumors of the Small Bowel COLON/RECTUM: BENIGN 72. Large Bowel Obstruction 73. Chronic Ulcerative Colitis 74. Crohns Disease 75. Pseudo-obstruction of the Colon 76. Diverticulitis 77. Pilonidal Disease 78. Fissure/Fistula 79. Polyposis Syndromes of the Colon 80. Fecal Incontinence 81. Pruritis Ani 82. Rectovaginal Fistulae 83. Pseudomembranous Enterocolitis 84. Toxic Megacolon 85. Colonic Volvulus 86. Rectal Prolapse 87. Ischemic Colitis COLON/RECTUM: MALIGNANT 88. Polyps of the Colon and Rectum 89. Colon Cancer 90. Pseudomyxoma Peritonei 91. Anal Cancer 92. Cancer of the Rectum LIVER: BENIGN 93. Hepatitis 94. Benign Hepatic Neoplasm 95. Hepatic Abscess 96. Portal Hypertension 97. Cystic Diseases of the Liver 98. Budd-Chiari Syndrome 99. Hemangioma of Liver LIVER: MALIGNANT 100. Hepatic Cell Carcinoma 101. Metastatic Cancer of the Liver BILIARY: BENIGN 102. Post-cholecystectomy Syndrome 103. Lithiotripsy of Gallstones 104. Asymptomatic Gallstones 105. Cholecystolithiasis 106. Choledocholithiasis 107. Choledochal Cyst 108. Biliary Dyskinesia 109. Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis BILIARY: MALIGNANT 110. Cholangiocarcinoma 111. Gallbladder Carcinoma SPLEEN: BENIGN 112. Splenectomy 113. Cyst/Abscess of the Spleen SPLEEN: MALIGNANT 114. Malignant Diseases of the Spleen PANCREAS: BENIGN 115. Necrotizing Pancreatitis 116. Acute Pancreatitis 117. Chronic Pancreatitis 118. Pancreas Divisum 119. Pancreatic Pseudocyst 120. Obstructive Jaundice: Preoperative valuation 121. Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas PANCREAS: MALIGNANT 122. Pancreatic Carcinoma 123. Nonfunctonal Islet Cell Neoplasms HERNIA 124. Femoral Hernia 125. Inguinal Hernias 126. Incisional Hernia 127. Uncommon Abdominal Wall Hernias GI BLEEDING 128. Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Diagnosis and Treatment 129. Lower GI Bleeding 130. Gastrointestinal Bleeding of Obscure Origin MINIMALLY INVASIVE GI PROCEDURES 131. Laparoscopic Colectomy 132. Laparoscopic Appendectomy 133. Laparoscopic Small Bowel Resection 134. Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration 135. Advanced Laparoscopic Techniques THORACIC 136. Infections of the Pleural Cavity 137. Lung Abscess 138. Hemoptysis for Benign Disease 139. Spontaneous Pneumothorax/Lung Reduction Surgery 140. Thymus 141. Mediastinal Tumors SECTION SIX: PEDIATRIC 142. Newborn Intestinal Obstruction Atresia Stenosis Meconium ileus Hirschsprungs disease Imperforate Anus 143. Malrotation volvulus 144. Abdominal Wall Defects: Omphalocele and Gastroschisis 145. Pyloric Stenosis 146. Intussusception 147. Meckels Diverticulum SECTION SEVEN: ONCOLOGY BREAST 148. Diagnosis and Assessment of Benign and Malignant Breast disease 149. High Risk Indicators: Microscopic Lesions, Personal and Family History: Assessment and Management 150. In Situ Carcinoma of the Breast: Ductal and Lobular Origin 151. Breast Carcinoma: Stage I/II 152. Advanced Breast Carcinoma (Stage IIIa and IIIb) 153. Metastatic Carcinoma of the Breast (Stage IV) 154. Breast Reconstruction SKIN and SOFT TISSUES 155. General Evaluation and Biopsy of Cutaneous Lesions 156. Staging and Selection of treatment Options for Malignant Melanoma 157. Technique and Application of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy 158. Surgical Treatment of Malignant Melanoma 159. Management of Regional and Systemic Metastases of Melanoma 160. Management of Soft Tissue Sarcomas: Extremity and Chest Wall SECTION EIGHT: ENDOCRINE 161. Goiter and Nontoxic Benign Thyroid Conditions 162. Papillary Thyroid Cancer 163. Follicular, Hurthle, and Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer 164. Medullary Thydroid Carcinoma 165. Hyperparathyroidism 166. Functioning and Nonfunctioning Adrenal Tumor 167. Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas 168. Carcinoid Tumors SECTION NINE: GYNECOLOGY 169. Surgical Management of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease 170. Endometriosis 171. Ovarian (Adnexal) Neoplasm Benign 172. Malignant Ovarian Neoplasms 173. Endometrial Cancer 174. Cervical Cancer SECTION TEN: VASCULAR 175. Cerebrovascular Disease 176. Thoracic, Abdominal, Peripheral and Visceral Aneurysmal Disease 177. Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Arterial Occlusive Disease 178. Visceral Artery Occlusive Disease 179. Acute Arterial Occlusions 180. Vascular Trauma 181. Management of Venous and Lymphatic Disease 182. Vascular Access for Hemodialysis 183. Amputation for Peripheral Vascular Disease 184. Complications of Vascular Surgery: Infected Vascular Grafts, Aortoenteric Fistulae, Pseudoaneurysms

Review :
"The sections are well laid out and the information is readily accessible...This is a concisely written book which is structured in such a way as to be genuinely useful to experienced surgeons.." P. J. Friend