Carotid Endarterectomy
Chapter 58 Carotid Endarterectomy Dahlia Plummer, MD, Richard F. Neville, MD INTRODUCTION In the United States, the incidence of new and recurrent stroke is estimated at approximately 700,000 per year,…
Mastectomy
Chapter 46 Mastectomy Shawna C. Willey, MD, Elizabeth D. Feldman, MD INTRODUCTION Although the trend in surgical management of breast cancer is toward less extensive surgery, a significant number of…
Esophageal Surgery
Chapter 70 Esophageal Surgery Angela M. Mislowsky, MD, Richard F. Heitmiller, MD INTRODUCTION Esophagectomy is a complex surgery associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Complications can lead to lengthy hospital…
Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication
Chapter 17 Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication Stephen R.T. Evans, MD, Elizabeth A. David, MD INTRODUCTION Since the early 1990s, laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication (LNF) has come to replace open fundoplication as the…
Hemorrhoidectomy
Chapter 28 Hemorrhoidectomy Eugene F. Foley, MD INTRODUCTION Although many nonresective procedures have been described for the treatment of hemorrhoidal disease over the years, surgical hemorrhoidectomy continues to maintain an…
Managing Injuries to the Spleen
Chapter 77 Managing Injuries to the Spleen Adil H. Haider, MD, Edward E. Cornwell, III, MD INTRODUCTION Management of splenic injuries, whether iatrogenic or traumatic, has one common principle: Never…
Wilms’ Tumor and Neuroblastoma
Chapter 85 Wilms’ Tumor and Neuroblastoma Todd A. Ponsky, MD Wilms’ Tumor INTRODUCTION Nephroblastoma, also known as Wilms’ tumor after Max Wilms who described seven cases in 1899, is the…
Laparoscopic Splenectomy
Chapter 56 Laparoscopic Splenectomy Diana M. Weber, MD, Aarti Mathur, MD INTRODUCTION The birth of the laparoscopic era has revolutionized the surgical approach to the abdomen. Since Delaitre’s performance of…
Left Hepatectomy
Chapter 32 Left Hepatectomy Jay A. Graham, MD, Lynt B. Johnson, MD INTRODUCTION In regard to the performance of a left hepatectomy, the operative concepts remain unchanged from that of…
Malrotation, Volvulus, and Bowel Obstruction
Chapter 80 Malrotation, Volvulus, and Bowel Obstruction Philip C. Guzzetta, Jr., MD Malrotation and Volvulus INTRODUCTION Intestinal malrotation is the result of abnormal rotation of the intestinal tract and resultant…
