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Chapter 79 Management of Penetrating Neck Injury Ali Salim, MD, Demetrios Demetriades, MD INTRODUCTION Penetrating neck injuries (PNIs) are notoriously difficult to evaluate and manage because of the complex anatomy…

Chapter 60 Infrainguinal Revascularization Christopher J. Abularrage, MD, Richard F. Neville, MD INTRODUCTION Lower extremity revascularization is being offered to an increasing number of patients. This is due in part…

Chapter 55 Component Separation for Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction and Recurrent Ventral Hernia Repair Brian Reuben, MD, Daniel Vargo, MD, Marga F. Massey, MD INTRODUCTION Since the 1980s, significant changes…

Chapter 6 General Laparotomy Russell J. Nauta, MD INTRODUCTION Conviction that one should undertake only an invasive procedure whose complications one can manage is a fast-fading tenet as increasing numbers…

Chapter 31 Right Hepatectomy Jay A. Graham, MD, Lynt B. Johnson, MD INTRODUCTION In Le Foie: Études Anatomiques et Chirurgicales, Claude Couinaud first described the anatomic liver segments and nomenclature…

Chapter 42 Adrenal Surgery Arsalla Islam, MD, William H. Snyder, MD, Fiemu Nwariaku, MD INTRODUCTION Adrenalectomy is performed primarily for functioning and nonfunctioning tumors of the adrenal glands. Many technical…

Chapter 26 Abdominal Perineal Resection with Colostomy Charles M. Friel, MD INTRODUCTION An abdominal perineal resection (APR) is the complete removal of the rectum and anus. The most common indication…

Chapter 82 Pectus Excavatum Brian J. Duffy, MD, David M. Powell, MD, Martin R. Eichelberger, MD INTRODUCTION Pectus excavatum is the most common congenital anterior chest wall deformity, occurring in…

Chapter 59 Aortic Surgery John Byrne, MB, R. Clement Darling III, MD INTRODUCTION Aortic reconstruction is an index operation, one whose outcome is used to compare surgeons and centers. With…