"This is a collection of presentations integrating the wisdom of multiple disciplines for effective surgical decision making. ... Surgeons at all levels of seniority are an appropriate audience for this book, which features contributions from an international collection of writers. ... This is an intriguing collection of presentations reflecting management philosophy and social issues in surgery." (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, November, 2016)
PART I: THE COMPLEXITY OF SURGICAL DECISIONS: SETTING THE STAGE 1. Intraoperative Surgical Decision Making: Is It Art or Is It Science or Is It Both?
Rifat Latifi
2. The Anatomy of the Surgeon’s Decision Making
Rifat Latifi
3. The Role of Physiology and the Surgeon’s State of the Mind in the Surgical Decision-Making Process
Rifat Latifi
4. Surgeons and Pilots: What Do We Have in Common?
Rifat Latifi
5. A Surgeon’s Decisions as the Leader of an Interdisciplinary Action Team
Rifat Latifi, John A. Stroster, and Katherine E. Center
6: Planning and Preparing for the Operation: Guidelines and the
Evidence-Based Decision Tree
Patrizio Petrone, Wilson Dario Rodríguez Velandia, Hans Fred García Araque, Soraya SMolero Perez, and Corrado Paolo Marini
7: The Decision Making Process in Sepsis and Septic Shock
Michelle H. Scerbo and Laura J. Moore
8: Intraoperative Endpoints of Resuscitation
Hans Fred García Araque, Patrizio Petrone, Wilson Dario Rodríguez Velandia, and Corrado Paolo Marini
PART II: DIFFICULT CLINICAL-BASED SURGICAL DECISIONS
9: Surgical Decision-Making Process and Damage Control: Current Principles and Practice
Ruben Peralta, Gaby Jabbour, andRifat Latifi
10: Reoperative Surgery in Acute Setting: When To Go Back?
Elizabeth M. Windell and Rifat Latifi
11: Surgical Decision Making-Process and Definitive Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
Rifat Latifi, Ruben Peralta, and John A. Stroster
12. Dealing with the Most Difficult Situations in Abdominal Surgery
Rifat Latifi and John A. Stroster
13: Trauma Surgeon Decision Making: Surviving Outside the Realm of the Evidence Based
Samir M. Fakhry
14: Management of the Most Difficult Perioperative and Technical Challenges in Abdominal Transplantation
Chirag S. Desai, Yong Kyong Kwon, Vaughn Whittaker, and Rainer W.G. Gruessner
15: Dealing with the Most Difficult Situations: A Point of View from a Surgical Oncologist
Alberto R. Ferreres
16: Difficult Decisions in Cardiothoracic Surgery: Acute Cardiogenic Shock
Zachary P. Baker, Jack B. Keenan, and Zain Khalpey
17: Dealing with the Most Difficult Situations in Pediatric Surgery
Oliver S. Soldes
18: A Surgeon’s Thought Process in the Management of Burn Patients
Gary A. Vercruysse and Walter L. Ingram
19: Decision Making in Reconstructive Surgery
Ethan E. Larson, Tolga Tűrker, and Samuel Skovgaard
20: Decision Making in Reconstructions for Traumatic Defects in Extremity Surgery
Tolga Tűrker and Ethan E. Larson
PART III: SPECIAL ISSUES IN SURGICAL DECISION MAKING
21: The Surgeon's Burnout: How to Deal with It
Bellal Joseph and Tahereh Orouji Jokar
22: The Surgeon's Response to a Patient Death
Terence O’Keeffe
23: When Should Surgeons Quit Operating?
Stanley J. Dudrick
PART IV: THE FINAL WORD
24. Final Thoughts on Surgical Decision Making
Rifat Latifi and Fortesa Latifi
Rifat Latifi Westchester Medical Center Department of Surgery 100 Woods Road Valhalla, NY 10595 tel: 520-268-2545 rifat.latifi@gmail.com
This text provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of the major issues specific to the surgical decision-making process. These include patient’s anatomy and pathophysiology as well as the magnitude of the injury at hand, the surgeon's own physiologic and mental status, training and experience, and many other factors such as creativity, leadership skills, and overall "biochemistry" of the environment. The text reviews theoretical as well as objective information that surgeons use to make intraoperative decisions in situations, often with very limited data; decisions that will decide between a patient's living or dying, such as in trauma surgery and other complex surgeries. How surgeons choose one technical approach over another in these situations is covered. This book fills a critical need for resource materials on these topics and includes both theoretical as well as practical presentations of many typical patients seen in operating rooms around the world.
Surgical Decision Making: Beyond the Evidence Based Surgery is written by academic and clinical practicing surgeons that face intraoperative decision situations on a daily basis and therefore provides a unique and valuable resource in the field for surgeons currently in training and for those already in clinical or research practice.