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Advances in Surgery, 2022
- 1st Edition, Volume 56-1 - September 14, 2022
- Editor: John L. Cameron
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 7 3 9 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 7 4 0 - 0
Advances in Surgery reviews the year’s most important findings and updates within the field in order to provide surgeons with the current clinical information they need for… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Surgery reviews the year’s most important findings and updates within the field in order to provide surgeons with the current clinical information they need for everyday practice. A distinguished editorial board, led by Dr. John L. Cameron, identifies key areas of major progress and controversy and invites preeminent specialists to contribute original articles devoted to these topics. These insightful overviews in surgery inform and enhance clinical practice by bringing concepts to a clinical level and exploring their everyday impact on patient care.
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Contains 20 articles on such topics as failure to rescue after the Whipple; management of necrotizing pancreatitis; what surgeons need to know about gene therapy for cancer; and how can we decrease firearm deaths in the United States.
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Provides in-depth, clinical reviews in surgery, providing actionable insights for clinical practice.
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Presents the latest information in the field under the leadership of an experienced editorial team. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Associate Editors
- Contributors
- Failure to Rescue After the Whipple: What Do We Know?
- Key points
- Introduction
- What do we know?
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Management of Necrotizing Pancreatitis
- Key points
- Introduction
- Incidence and cause
- Pathophysiology
- Definitions
- Intervention in necrotizing pancreatitis
- Outcomes, including long-term sequelae
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Should We Utilize Routine Cholangiography?
- Key points
- History of cholangiography
- Rationale for IOC
- Indications for cholangiography
- Technique
- Prevention of BDI
- Alternatives to IOC
- CBD stones
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Reducing Firearm Injury and Death in the United States
- Key points
- Burden of disease
- Cause of firearm injury
- Firearm injury prevention
- Summary
- Reducing Complications After Surgery for Benign Anorectal Conditions
- Key points
- Introduction
- Complications
- Anal fistula
- Private Equity and Its Increasing Role in US Healthcare
- Key points
- Introduction
- Health care and PE firms
- Potential drawbacks of PE investments in health care
- Potential advantages of PE investment in health care
- Summary
- Facts and Fallacy of Benchmark Performance Indicators
- Key points
- Background
- Quality measurement and performance improvement
- Methodologies for performance benchmarking in surgery
- Successful performance benchmarking initiatives in surgery
- Fallacies in performance benchmarking: pitfalls and misperceptions
- Evolving uses of Big Data
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Transcarotid Artery Revascularization: Is It Better than Carotid Endarterectomy?
- Key points
- Introduction
- The history and limitations of carotid endarterectomy
- The shortcomings of transfemoral carotid artery stenting
- Development of transcarotid artery revascularization and the resurgence of carotid artery stenting
- Anatomic considerations for transcarotid artery revascularization
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Endovascular Repair of Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
- Key points
- Introduction
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- What Surgeons Need to Know About Gene Therapy for Cancer
- Key points
- Introduction
- Summary and future directions
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Is There a Place for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy?
- Key points
- Introduction
- Overview
- Contraindications and complications
- Clinical indications
- Pathophysiology
- Why it works
- Evidence for problem wounds
- Treatment
- Osteomyelitis
- Treatment
- Summary
- Gas gangrene and necrotizing soft tissue infections
- Why it works
- Evidence for necrotizing soft tissue infection and gas gangrene
- Acute traumatic peripheral ischemias
- Treatment
- Treatment
- Evidence for compromised flaps
- Thermal burns
- Which patients benefit?
- Soft tissue radionecrosis and delayed effects of radiation
- Other areas of interest
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Endoscopic Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Key points
- Radiofrequency energy
- Transoral incisionless fundoplication (TIF)
- Summary
- Summary
- Antireflux mucosectomy
- Cap assisted (ARMS-C)
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Supplementary data
- Direct Peritoneal Resuscitation for Trauma
- Key points
- Introduction
- Direct peritoneal resuscitation pathophysiology
- Direct peritoneal resuscitation in abdominal trauma
- Future directions for direct peritoneal resuscitation
- Summary
- Critical care points
- What is the Best Inguinal Hernia Repair?
- Key points
- Introduction
- Recurrence
- Chronic groin pain
- Cost and value
- Discussion
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Do all Patients Get the Same Care Across Hospitals?
- Key points
- Clinical registries
- Administrative data
- Advanced statistical modeling
- Variation in utilization
- Variation in outcomes
- Disparities in surgical care
- Reducing variation and opportunities for improving surgical care
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- What Is the Role of Neoadjuvant Endocrine Therapy for Breast Cancer?
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- What Is the Best Treatment for Acute Limb Ischemia?
- Key points
- Background/overview
- Classification and cause
- Clinical presentation
- Diagnostic examination
- Management
- Special considerations
- Postoperative management
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Endovascular Repair of Complex Aortic Aneurysms
- Key points
- Introduction
- Indications
- Preoperative evaluation
- Endovascular repair
- Postoperative care
- Results
- Summary
- Is There a Role for Rib Plating in Thoracic Trauma?
- Key points
- Introduction
- Indications
- Preoperative evaluation and imaging
- Aspects of technique and other key points
- Summary of select outcomes of surgical stabilization of rib fractures
- Managing hardware infections and failures
- Summary and future directions
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 56-1
- Published: September 14, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323987394
- eBook ISBN: 9780323987400
JC
John L. Cameron
Affiliations and expertise
The Alfred Blalock Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA