Chapter 44 Breast Biopsy and Breast-Conserving Surgical Techniques Lorraine Tafra, MD, Zandra Cheng, MD INTRODUCTION Surgical procedures of the breast have changed significantly since the late 1990s. With improved imaging…
Chapter 45 Axillary Surgery Sara A. Bloom, MD, Donna-Marie Manasseh, MD INTRODUCTION Although breast cancer surgery can be traced back to AD 200, it was not until the early 18th…
Chapter 54 Laparoscopic Incisional Hernia Repair Parag Bhanot, MD INTRODUCTION Incisional hernia formation after laparotomy is a complication that occurs in approximately 20% of patients.1 Several open hernia repair methods…
Chapter 24 Left Colectomy: Open and Laparoscopic Edward C. Lee, MD, Kelly Garrett, MD INTRODUCTION A left colectomy is indicated for pathologic processes involving the distal third of the transverse…
Chapter 73 Evaluation and Acute Resuscitation of the Trauma Patient Elliott R. Haut, MD INTRODUCTION Although not all trauma patients need surgical intervention, they do require immediate evaluation and resuscitation….
Chapter 87 Pyloromyotomy Aziz Merchant, MD, Kurt D. Newman, MD INTRODUCTION Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS) is a common condition of infancy that is easily corrected by surgery. The overall…
Chapter 62 Venous Surgical Pitfalls Niten Singh, MD, James Laredo, MD INTRODUCTION Surgery on the superficial venous system is typically performed to address two specific conditions of the lower extremities:…
Chapter 63 Endovascular Interventions Niten Singh, MD, David Deaton, MD INTRODUCTION Endovascular therapy has changed the spectrum of vascular care that a surgeon can offer a patient. In the past,…
Chapter 37 Lateral Pancreaticojejunostomy (Puestow) Procedure Eleanor Faherty, MD, Patrick G. Jackson, MD INTRODUCTION Surgical approaches to chronic pancreatitis are indicated in the setting of intractable pain or anatomic complications…
Chapter 74 Management of Thoracic Trauma David T. Efron, MD, Edward E. Cornwell, III, MD INTRODUCTION As with all traumatic injury, the management of thoracic trauma is centered on both…
