Table of Contents

 

 

 

SECTION I

INTRODUCTION

 

Chapter 1

A Focused History of Surgery

 

Chapter 2

Preoperative and Postoperatve Management

 

Chapter 3

Endoscopy and Endoscopic Intervention

 

SECTION II

ABDOMINAL WALL

 

Chapter 4

Incisions, Closures, and Management of the Abdominal Wound

 

Chapter 5

Hernias

 

Chapter 6

Intestinal Stomas

 

Chapter 7

Abdominal Abscess and Enteric Fistula

 

SECTION III

ESOPHAGUS

 

Chapter 8

Benign Esophageal Disorders

 

Chapter 9

Cancer of the Esophagus

 

Chapter 10

Surgical Procedures to Resect and Replace the Esophagus

 

SECTION IV

STOMACH AND DUODENUM

 

Chapter 11

Benign Gastric Disorders

 

Chapter 12

Ulcer Complications (Including Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome)

 

Chapter 13

Stomach and Duodenum: Operative Procedures

 

Chapter 14

Gastric Adenocarcinoma

 

Chapter 15

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

 

Chapter 16

Morbid Obesity and Operations for Obesity

 

SECTION V

SMALL INTESTINE AND COLON

 

Chapter 17

Bowel Obstruction

 

Chapter 18

Diverticular Disease of the Colon

 

Chapter 19

Crohn s Disease

 

Chapter 20

Ulcerative Colitis

 

Chapter 21

Appendix

 

Chapter 22

Tumors of the Small Intestine

 

Chapter 23

Tumors of the Colon

 

SECTION VI

RECTUM AND ANUS

 

Chapter 24

Benign Disorders of the Anorectum (Pelvic Floor, Fissures, Hemorrhoids, Fistulas)

 

Chapter 25

Cancer of the Rectum

 

Chapter 26

Cancer of the Anus

 

Chapter 27

Complications Following Anorectal Surgery

 

SECTION VII

LIVER

 

Chapter 28

Hepatic Abscess and Cystic Disease of the Liver

 

Chapter 29

Benign and Malignant Primary Liver Neoplasms

 

Chapter 30

Colorectal Metastasis (Resection, Pumps, RF Ablation, and Cryoablation)

 

Chapter 31

Portal Hypertension

 

SECTION VIII

GALLBLADDER AND BILE DUCTS

 

Chapter 32

Cholecystectomy (Open and Laparoscopic)

 

Chapter 33

Choledocholithiasis and Cholangitis

 

Chapter 34

Choledochal Cyst and Biliary Strictures

 

Chapter 35

Cancer of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts

 

SECTION IX

PANCREAS

 

Chapter 36

Management of Acute Pancreatitis

 

Chapter 37

Complications of Acute Pancreatitis (Including Pseudocysts)

 

Chapter 38

Chronic Pancreatitis

 

Chapter 39

Disorders of the Duodenal Ampullae

 

Chapter 40

Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas

 

Chapter 41

Cancer of the Pancreas and Other Periampullary Cancers

 

Chapter 42

Endocrine Tumors of the Pancreas

 

SECTION X

SPLEEN

 

Chapter 43

The Spleen