Emergency Surgery Course (ESC®) Manual

Part I. Generalities

1. Intraoperative Strategy: Open Surgical Approach
Brandon R. Bruns, Ari Leppäniemi, C. William Schwab

2. Leading Symptoms and Signs
Fernando Turégano-Fuentes

3. Management Options: Nonoperative Versus Operative Management
Fernando Turégano-Fuentes, Andrés García Marín

4. Pathophysiology
Ari Leppäniemi

5. Postoperative Complications
Ronald V. Maier, Abe Fingerhut

6. When to Operate After Failed Nonoperative Management
Gregory A. Watson, Andrew B. Peitzman

Part II. Techniques

7. Laparoscopy for Non-trauma Emergencies
Selman Uranues, Abe Fingerhut

8. Laparotomy
Eric J. Voiglio, Guillaume Passot, Jean-Louis Caillot

9. Lower Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Halil Alis, Korhan Taviloglu

10. Percutaneous Interventions
Isidro Martínez-Casas, Dieter Morales-García, Fernando Turégano-Fuentes

11. Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Hakan Yanar, Korhan Taviloglu

Part III. By Organ

12. Esophageal Emergencies
Demetrios Demetriades, Peep Talving, Lydia Lam

13. Stomach and Duodenum
Carlos Mesquita, Luís Reis, Fernando Turégano-Fuentes, Ronald V. Maier

14. Cholecystectomy for Complicated Biliary Disease of the Gallbladder
Abe Fingerhut, Parul Shukla, Marek Soltès, Igor Khatkov

15. Choledocholithiasis [Common Bile Duct (CBD) Stones]
René Fahrner, Abe Fingerhut

16. Small Bowel Emergency Surgery
Fausto Catena, Carlo Vallicelli, Federico Coccolini, Salomone Saverio, Antonio D. Pinna

17. Colon and Rectum Emergency Surgery Techniques: Exposure and Mobilization, Colectomies, Bypass, and Colostomies
Pantelis Vassiliu, Irene Pappa, Spyridon Stergiopoulos

18. Appendix
Luca Ansaloni, Marco Lotti, Michele Pisano, Elia Poiasina

19. Emergency Surgery for Hydatid Cysts of the Liver
Chadli Dziri, Abe Fingerhut, Igor Khatkov

20. Pancreas
Ari Leppäniemi

21. Diaphragmatic Problems for the Emergency Surgeon
Peter J. Fagenholz, George Kasotakis, George C. Velmahos

22. Gynecologic Considerations for the Acute Care Surgeon
George C. Velmahos

23. Acute Proctology
Korhan Taviloglu

24. Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
Eric J. Voiglio, Guillaume Passot, Jean-Louis Caillot

25. Surgical Emergencies Related to Abdominal Wall Hernias
Antonios Christos Sideris, George C. Velmahos

26. Thoracic Emergencies
François Pons, Federico Gonzalez

27. Vascular Emergencies
Luis Filipe Pinheiro

Nyckelord: Medicine & Public Health, Traumatic Surgery, Emergency Medicine, General Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine