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…
Preoperative and Intraoperative Care
CHAPTER 1 Preoperative and Intraoperative Care Robert E. Roses, Suhail K. Kanchwala, Patrick M. Reilly Case Study A 72-year-old male presents to a surgeon’s office after being diagnosed with a…
Ventral Herniorrhaphy
CHAPTER 5 Ventral Herniorrhaphy Joshua Fosnot, Matt L. Kirkland, III Case Study A 67-year-old male with a history of a laparotomy presents with a complaint of a “large bulge” in…
Norovirus Vaccine Development
Chapter 3.6 Norovirus Vaccine Development S. Ramani* M.K. Estes*,** R.L. Atmar*,*** Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States** Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine,…
Human Acquired Immunity to Rotavirus Disease and Correlates of Protection
Chapter 2.9 Human Acquired Immunity to Rotavirus Disease and Correlates of Protection D. Herrera M. Parra M.A. Franco J. Angel Instituto de Genética Humana, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia Abstract…
