Essentials of Visceral Surgery: For Residents and Fellows

ISBN-13: 9783662667347 / Angielski

Franck Billmann; Tobias Keck

Opis

The 2nd edition of the successful book also summarises the factual knowledge of visceral surgery in a condensed, keyword-like form. It is suitable for preparation for the specialist examination as well as for quick reference in everyday clinical practice.
All articles have been written by renowned experts. The focus is on detailed recommendations on the diagnostic procedure, the indication and the implementation of therapy; for the most important interventions, the steps of the surgical procedure are also presented. Brief overviews facilitate the targeted memorisation of the most important facts.

Spis treści

Oesophagus, stomach and duodenum.- Small intestine and appendix.- Large intestine.- Rectum.- Anorectum.- Endocrine organs.- Bariatric and metabolic surgery.- Liver, gallbladder and bile ducts.- Pancreas.- Kidney transplantation.- Spleen.- Peritoneum.- Hernias.- Gastrointestinal stromal tumours and sarcomas.- Perioperative medicine.- Emergency surgery.

O autorze

Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Franck Billmann, Senior Attending Surgeon at the Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery at Heidelberg University Hospital;

Univ. Prof. Dr. med. Tobias Keck, Director of the Clinic for General Surgery at the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck Campus

Blurb

The 2nd edition of the successful book also summarises the factual knowledge of visceral surgery in a condensed, bullet point form. It is suitable for preparation for the qualifying and certifying board examinations as well as for quick reference in everyday clinical practice.

All articles have been written by renowned experts. The focus is on detailed recommendations on the diagnostic procedure, the indication and the implementation of therapy; for the most important interventions, the steps of the surgical procedure are also presented. Brief overviews facilitate the targeted memorisation of the most important facts.

From the contents:

Esophagus - Stomach and duodenum - Small intestine and appendix - Large intestine - Rectum - Proctological diseases - Inflammatory bowel diseases - Endocrine surgery - Metabolic and obesity surgery - Liver - Gall bladder and bile ducts - Pancreas - Transplantation - Spleen - Peritoneum - Hernias - Soft tissue tumours - Perioperative medicine - Emergency surgery.

Editors:

Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Franck Billmann, FACS, Senior Attending Surgeon at the Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery at Heidelberg University Hospital;

Univ. Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Tobias Keck, FACS, Director of the Clinic for General Surgery at the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck Campus

This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.