Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
CHAPTER 12 Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy E. Carter Paulson, Robert E. Roses, Jon B. Morris Case Study A 45-year-old female presents to the emergency department after several hours of persistent right upper…
Inguinal Hernia Repair
CHAPTER 4 Inguinal Hernia Repair Demetri J. Merianos, Steven E. Raper Case Study A 29-year-old male presents to his primary care physician’s office complaining of a bulge in his right…
Gastric Bypass
CHAPTER 9 Gastric Bypass Robert T. Lewis, Noel N. Williams Case Study A 42-year-old female presents to a surgeon’s office requesting a gastric bypass operation. She weighs 290 pounds and…
Esophagectomy
CHAPTER 6 Esophagectomy Ibrahim Abdullah, Ernest F. Rosato Case Study A 65-year-old male reports a 5-month history of weight loss, difficulty swallowing solid food, and progressive discomfort in the region…
Enteral Access Procedures
CHAPTER 10 Enteral Access Procedures Benjamin Herdrich, Jon B. Morris Case Study A 63-year-old male with an extensive smoking history presents to his physician complaining of 2 months of increasing…
Pancreatic Resection
CHAPTER 14 Pancreatic Resection Paul J. Foley, Jeffrey A. Drebin Case Study A 65-year-old male is referred to a surgeon for evaluation of a pancreatic mass. He reports a 2-month…
Splenectomy
CHAPTER 18 Splenectomy Paul J. Foley, Thomas A. Wixted, Donna J. Barbot Case Study A 20-year-old female with immune (idiopathic) thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is referred by her hematologist to a…
Central Venous Catheterization
CHAPTER 3 Central Venous Catheterization Ronald F. Parsons, Kristoffel R. Dumon Case Study A 68-year-old male undergoes an emergent left hemicolectomy for colonic ischemia. His postoperative course is complicated by…
Principles of Wound Closure
CHAPTER 2 Principles of Wound Closure Suhail K. Kanchwala, Louis P. Bucky Case Study A 21-year-old male presents to the emergency room with right lower quadrant pain. He is taken…
