Schein's Common Sense Emergency Abdominal Surgery

I.Background

1. General Philosophy
Moshe Schein, Paul N. Rogers

2. A Brief History of Emergency Abdominal Surgery
Harold Ellis

II.Before the Operation

3. The Acute Abdomen
Moshe Schein

4. Rational Diagnostic Procedures
Moshe Schein

5. Abdominal Imaging
Moshe Schein, Sai Sajja, Hans Ulrich Elben

6. Optimizing the Patient
James C. Rucinski

7. Pre-operative Antibiotics
Moshe Schein

8. Family, Ethics, Informed Consent and Medicolegal Issues
James C. Rucinski

9. Before the Flight: Pre-op Checklist
Moshe Schein

III.The Operation

10. The Incision
Moshe Schein

11. Abdominal Exploration: Finding What is Wrong
Moshe Schein

12. Peritonitis: Contamination and Infection, Principles of Treatment
Moshe Schein, Roger Saadia

13. The Intestinal Anastomosis
Moshe Schein

14. Esophageal Emergencies
Thomas Anthony Horan

15. Diaphragmatic Emergencies
Ulrich Schoeffel, Moshe Schein

16. Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage (and Portal Hypertension)
Moshe Schein

17. Perforated Peptic Ulcer
Moshe Schein

18. Acute Pancreatitis
Moshe Schein

19. Acute Cholecystitis
Moshe Schein

20. Acute Cholangitis
Gary Gecelter

21. Small Bowel Obstruction
Moshe Schein

22. Acute Abdominal Wall Hernias
Paul N. Rogers

23. Acute Mesenteric Ischemia
Moshe Schein, Paul N. Rogers

24. Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Other Types of Colitis
Per-Olof Nyström

25. Colonic Obstruction
Per-Olof Nyström

26. Acute Diverticulitis
Per-Olof Nyström

27. Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Per-Olof Nyström

28. Acute Appendicitis
Moshe Schein

29. Anorectal Emergencies
Luis A. Carriquiry

30. Surgical Complications of Endoscopy
Ahmad Assalia, Anat Ilivitzki

31. Gynecological Emergencies
Bashar Fahoum, Moshe Schein

32. Abdominal Emergencies in Infancy and Childhood
Wojtek J. Górecki

33. The AIDS Patient
Sai Sajja

34. Penetrating Abdominal Trauma
Avery B. Nathens

35. Blunt Abdominal Trauma
Avery B. Nathens

36. The Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
Moshe Schein

37. Abdominal Aortic Emergencies
Paul N. Rogers

38. Abdominal Closure
Moshe Schein

39. Before Landing
Moshe Schein

IV.After the Operation

40. Postoperative Care
Moshe Schein

41. Nutrition
James C. Rucinski

42. Postoperative Antibiotics
Moshe Schein

43. Postoperative Ileus vs Intestinal Obstruction
Moshe Schein, Sai Sajja

44. Intra-abdominal Abscesses
Moshe Schein

45. Anastomotic Leaks and Fistulas
Moshe Schein

46. Re-laparotomies and Laparostomy for Infection
Moshe Schein, Roger Saadia, Danny Rosin

47. Abdominal Wall Dehiscence
Moshe Schein

48. LIRS, SIRS, Sepsis, MODS and Tertiary Peritonitis
Moshe Schein, John Marshall

49. Wound Management
Moshe Schein

50. Postoperative Bleeding
Barry Armstrong

51. The Role of Laparoscopy
Pioter Gorecki

52. In the Aftermath and the M & M Meeting
Moshe Schein

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Keywords: MEDICAL / Public Health MED078000