Foregut surgery provides the general surgeon the unique ability to treat a multitude of gastrointestinal diseases, including functional disorders of the esophagus, malignancies, morbid obesity, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and peptic ulcer disease. The surgical approaches to these diseases have evolved over the last several years with the rapid influx of minimally invasive techniques. It is important to point out that many disorders of the foregut require complex medical workups and substantial preoperative decision algorithms, which are not covered in this atlas.
The atlas of foregut surgery focuses on the technical aspects of gastrointestinal surgery. We have paid particular attention to the operative steps of the respective procedures. We hope to provide a strategy both for avoiding common pitfalls in the operating room and for dealing with technical challenges once they are encountered. In this textbook, both laparoscopic and open approaches are described in detail to allow the surgeon to be comfortable with both techniques and to provide patients with the best outcomes. While there are often many ways to complete a successful operation, this textbook gives examples of safe and effective strategies to dealing with these common problems by various experts in this field. We hope these chapters provide a useful guide to the practicing surgeon in the care of gastrointestinal diseases of the foregut.
-- Michael Rosen, MD
Key Features
- Provides step-by-step guidance on a wide range of procedures, both open and interventional, giving you multiple options for approaching any challenge.
- Examines the hottest topics in upper gastrointestinal and small bowel surgery.
- Discusses pearls and pitfalls to help you avoid complications.
- Presents more than 300 full-color illustrations and step-by-step intraoperative photographs for expert visual guidance.
- Offers pre- and postoperative imaging studies that show the outcomes of various conditions following surgery.
- Uses a consistent, easy-to-follow chapter format that includes clinical anatomy, pre-operative considerations, operative steps, post-operative care, and pearls and pitfalls to make reference easy.
Website Features
- Consult the book from any computer at home, in your office, or at any practice location.
- Instantly locate the answers to your clinical questions via a simple search query.
- Quickly find out more about any bibliographical citation by linking to its MEDLINE abstract.
Contents
Section I - Esophagus
- Chapter 1 - Tri-Incisional Esophagectomy
- Step 1: Surgical Anatomy
- Step 2: Preoperative Considerations
- Step 3: Operative Steps
- Step 4: Postoperative Care
- Step 5: Pearls And Pitfalls
- Chapter 2 - Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy
- Chapter 3 - Left Thoracoabdominal
- Chapter 4 - Transhiatal
- Chapter 5 - Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy
Section II - Hiatal Hernia Surgery
- Chapter 6 - Nissen Fundoplication
- Chapter 7 - Paraesophageal Hernia Repair
- Chapter 8 - Heller Myotomy
Section III - Stomach
- Chapter 9 - Truncal Vagotomy
- Chapter 10 - Selective Vagotomy
- Chapter 11 - Highly Selective Vagotomy
- Chapter 12 - Heineke-Mikulicz Pyloroplasty
- Chapter 13 - Finney Pyloroplasty
- Chapter 14 - Jaboulay Pyloroplasty
- Chapter 15 - Antrectomy
- Chapter 16 - Surgical Treatment Of Postgastrectomy Syndromes
- Chapter 17 - Laparoscopic Gastric Ulcer Surgery
Section IV - Gastric Cancer Surgery
- Chapter 18 - Subtotal Gastrectomy: Billroth I And II
- Chapter 19 - Total Gastrectomy
Section V - Morbid Obesity Surgery
- Chapter 20 - Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass
- Chapter 21 - Gastric Band
- Chapter 22 - Gastric Sleeve
Section VI - Small Intestine Surgery
- Chapter 23 - Small Bowel Resection And Anastomosis
- Chapter 24 - Jejunostomy Tube
- Chapter 25 - Strictureplasty For Crohn's Disease
- Chapter 26 - Laparoscopy For Crohn's Disease
- Chapter 27 - Meckel Diverticulectomy
- Chapter 28 - Intussception Eduction
- Chapter 29 - Small Bowel Obstruction
About the Authors
- Michael J. Rosen, MD, Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery; Director, Case Comprehensive Hernia Center; Assistant Professor, Case Medical Center, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio.
- Jeffrey R. Ponsky, MD, Chairman, Department of Surgery, Case Medical Center, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio.
Book Review
"This atlas is for practicing surgeons, surgical residents, and medical students for their review and preparation for surgical procedures. New procedures are developed and old ones are replaced as technologic and pharmacologic advances occur. The topics presented are contemporaneous surgical procedures with step-by-step illustrations, preoperative and postoperative considerations, and pearls and pitfalls, taken from the personal experience and surgical practice of the authors. Their results have been validated in their surgical practices involving many patients. Operative surgery remains a manual art in which the knowledge, judgment, and technical skill of the surgeon come together for the benefit of the patient. A technically perfect operation is the key to this success. Speed in operation comes from having a plan and devoting sufficient time to completion of each step, in order, one time. The surgeon must be dedicated to spending the time to do it right the first time; if not, there will never be enough time to do it right at any other time. Use this atlas; study it for your patients."
-- Courtney M. Townsend Jr., MD, and B. Mark Evers, MD
Product Details
- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Saunders; 1 Har/Psc edition (October 16, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 141605278X
- ISBN-13: 978-1416052784
- Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.2 x 0.7 inches
List Price: $274.00