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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Chapter 53 Open Primary and Mesh Repairs Mary Hawn, MD INTRODUCTION Incisional hernias complicate approximately 10% of all laparotomies. Repair of an incisional hernia is a challenging case and recurrence…
Chapter 16 Vagotomy and Pyloroplasty Tamica White, MD, Patrick G. Jackson, MD INTRODUCTION Pyloroplasty was first performed by Heineke in 1886 for a patient with an obstructing pyloric mass.1 Less…
Chapter 69 Thymectomy and Resection of Mediastinal Masses Felix G. Fernandez, MD, Daniel Kreisel, MD, PhD INTRODUCTION The mediastinum can be divided into separate anatomic compartments, the anterior, middle or…
