Chapter 39 Resection and Reconstruction of the Biliary Tract David A. Bruno, MD, Thomas M. Fishbein, MD INTRODUCTION In 1891, in Dresden, Germany, Oskar Sprengel published the first report of…

Chapter 83 Tracheoesophageal Fistula and Esophageal Atresia Repair Shawn D. Safford, MD, Jeffrey Lukish, MD INTRODUCTION Esophageal atresia (EA) occurs in approximately 1 in every 3000 to 4500 live births…

Chapter 7 Laparoscopic Surgery Jay A. Graham, MD, Patrick G. Jackson, MD INTRODUCTION Laparoscopy was first introduced at the beginning of the 19th century. In 1901, George Kelling was the…

Chapter 23 Right Colectomy: Open and Laparoscopic David W. Larson, MD INTRODUCTION The operative choices available for right colectomy expanded in May of 2004. With the publication of Clinical Outcomes…

Chapter 49 Open Inguinal Hernia Repair with Plug and Patch Technique Derrick D. Cox, MD, Parag Bhanot, MD INTRODUCTION Groin hernias, which can be further classified as inguinal and femoral…

Chapter 35 Pancreaticoduodenectomy Lynt B. Johnson, MD, Rupen Amin, MD INTRODUCTION A pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) or Whipple procedure is one of the most complex general surgical operations. Owing to the complexity…

Chapter 8 Central Vein Catheterization Michael D. Pasquale, MD, Rovinder S. Sandhu, MD, Mark D. Cipolle, MD, PhD, Dale A. Dangleben, MD INTRODUCTION In the United States, more than 5…

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…