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Illustrative Handbook of General Surgery

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  • This book is very accessible and easy to carry
  • The chapters describe a wide scope of operations, which will benefit faculty, residents, students, as well as surgeons in private practice
  • This book is divided in sections with specialties of breast endocrine, colorectal upper GI, hernia etc., to help the reader find the correct operation more rapidly

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Table of contents (44 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Endocrine Surgery

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Total Thyroidectomy and Thyroid Lobectomy

      • Insoo Suh, Wen T. Shen
      Pages 3-15
    3. Central Neck Dissection

      • Dina M. Elaraj, Cord Sturgeon
      Pages 17-25
    4. Modified Radical Neck Dissection

      • Cord Sturgeon, Dina M. Elaraj
      Pages 27-37
    5. Parathyroidectomy

      • Lilah F. Morris, Michael W. Yeh
      Pages 39-50
    6. Open Adrenalectomy

      • Nisar A. Zaidi, Stanley B. Sidhu
      Pages 51-60
    7. Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy: Transperitoneal Approach

      • Abbey L. Fingeret, James A. Lee
      Pages 61-72
    8. Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy: Retroperitoneal Approach

      • Cameron D. Adkisson, Linwah Yip
      Pages 73-83
  3. Breast Surgery

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
    2. Breast Biopsy

      • Lauren J. Taylor, Marquita Renee Decker, Jennifer G. Steiman
      Pages 87-96
    3. Mastectomy

      • Jacquelynn D. Arbuckle, Lee G. Wilke
      Pages 107-114
    4. Axillary Procedures for Breast Cancer

      • Sara E. Holden, Heather B. Neuman
      Pages 115-124
  4. Esophageal and Gastric Surgery

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
    2. Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery

      • Francesco Palazzo, Jad Khoraki, Guilherme M. Campos
      Pages 127-152
    3. Laparoscopic Surgery for Para-esophageal Hernias

      • Clinton T. Morgan, Laura E. Fischer, Jad Khoraki, Guilherme M. Campos
      Pages 153-182
    4. Minimally Invasive Treatment of Esophageal Achalasia

      • Charlotte Rabl, Guilherme M. Campos
      Pages 183-209
    5. Bariatric Surgery

      • Alain Elian, Charlotte Rabl, Jad Khoraki, Guilherme M. Campos
      Pages 211-264
    6. Esophagectomy

      • Ryan A. Macke, Guilherme M. Campos
      Pages 265-298

About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

    Herbert Chen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Illustrative Handbook of General Surgery

  • Editors: Herbert Chen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24557-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-24555-3Published: 22 February 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-24557-7Published: 08 February 2016

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 818

  • Number of Illustrations: 429 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: General Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Imaging / Radiology, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 99.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 129.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access