Operative techniques in foregut surgery / / Mary T. Hawn, MD, MPH, editor, Professor, Chief of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery University of Alabama at Birminham School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, Michael W. Mulholland, MD, PhD, Editor-in-Chief, Professor of Surgery and Chair, Department of Surgery University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797025203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia : , : Wolters Kluwer, , [2015]; �2015
• ISBN: 1-4963-1892-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 372 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
• Collana: Operative techniques in surgery
• Disciplina: 616.3
• Soggetti: Gastrointestinal system - Surgery; Stomach - Surgery; Esophagus - Surgery
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: section I. Treatment of Paraesophagel hernias -- section II. Treatment of gastroesophageal reflux -- section III. Treatment of achalasia -- section IV. Treatment of Barrett's esophagus and early esophageal cancer -- section V. Treatment of esophageal cancer -- section VI. Treatment of esophageal perforation -- section VII. Surgery of the stomach and duodenum -- section VIII. Bariatric operations -- section IX. Surgery of the biliary system -- section X. Surgery of the spleen -- section XI. Surgery of the abdominal wall.
• Sommario/riassunto: "As part of the series Operative Techniques in Surgery, this volume focuses on the detailed technical aspects of esophageal and gastric surgery. This book will serve as a guide to surgeons and trainees with and interest in foregut surgery. The unique aspects of this book are the provision of multiple approaches to a surgical problem with step by step instructions complimented by detailed illustrations and photos. The contributors to this text are surgeons well known for their ; technical expertise, with a specific focus on innovative approaches to the challenging practice of surgery. The goal of the textbook is to provide not only the technical steps of an operation, but the tips and pearls from master surgeons on how they approach the procedure. The book succinctly de scribes preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative clinical decision-making as well as potential pitfalls and how to mitigate them"--