Illustrative Handbook of General Surgery

This practical surgical atlas focuses on a variety of surgical procedures in a portable format, allowing students, residents and even attending surgeons to carry it around with them throughout the day to check up on operations at any given time. The comprehensive illustrations help the reader to understand the procedures described, thanks to inter-operative photographs which provide accurate representations of the various techniques of the operations. The wide scope of this book ensures coverage of the most common general surgery procedures and the most common operations that faculty, residents and students encounter.

CONTENTS

Part 1. Endocrine Surgery.- 1. Total Thyroidectomy and Thyroid Lobectomy.- 2. Central Neck Dissection.- 3. Modified Radical Neck Dissection.- 4. Parathyroidectomy.- 5. Open Adrenalectomy.- 6. Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy: Transperitoneal Approach.- 7. Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy: Retroperitoneal Approach.- Part 2. Breast Surgery.- 8. Breast Biopsy.- 9.Breast Conservation Surgery (Surgical Biopsy, Lumpectomy, Nipple Exploration, Partial Mastectomy.- 10. Mastectomy.- 11. Axillary Procedures for Breast Cancer.- Part 3. Esophageal and Gastric Surgery.- 12. Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery.- 13. Laparoscopic Surgery for Para-esophageal Hernias.- 14. Minimally Invasive Treatment of Esophageal Achalasia.- 15. Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery.- 16. Esophagectomy.- 17. Gastric and Duodenal Surgery.- Part 4 . Small Bowel and Appendix Surgery.- 18. Meckel's Diverticulum Resection.- 19. Small Bowel Resection.- 20. Laparoscopic Splenectomy.- 21. Appendectomy.- Part 5. Colorectal Surgery.- 22. Right Hemicolectomy.- 23. Sigmoid Colectomy.- 24. Low Anterior Resection and Abdominoperitoneal Resection.- 25. Stomas (Colostomy and Ileostomy).- Part 6. Anorectal Surgery.- 26. Cryptoglandular Disease.- 27. Pilondial Disease.- 28. Anal Fissure.- 29. Hemorrhoids.- Part 7. Hernia Surgery.- 30. Lichtenstein Tens ion-Free Open Inguinal Hernia Repair.- 31. Laparascopic Inguinal Hernia Repair: Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP) Approach.- 32. Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair Total Extraperitoneal (TEP) Approach.- 33. Open Umbilical Hernia Repair.- 34. Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair.- 35. Open Retromuscular Ventral Hernia Repair.- Part 8. Hepatobiliary Surgery.- 36. Open Hepatic and Biliary Procedures.- 37. Minimally Invasive Liver and Biliary Procedures.- Part 9. Pancreatic Surgery.- 38. Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple Procedure).- 39. Distal Pancreatectomy.- 40. Surgical Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis.- Part 10 . Office-based Procedures.- 41. Vascular Access for Hemodialysis.- 42. Drainage of Abcess.- 43. Biopsy of Skin Lesions.- 44. Excisional Biopsy of Dermal and Subcutaneous Lesions.