Atlas of General Surgery

Atlas of General Surgery

Last edition Elsevier The Atlas of General Surgery is a highly practical, how-to reference for the most frequently performed operations. For precise and quick orientation, each surgical chapter presents a brief introduction to surgical preparation, anesthesia, positioning, relevant anatomy, risks, complications, and postoperative care, and then illustrates the operative technique through excellent drawings and detailed legends.

Last Edition

ISBN 13:h9783131440914

Imprint:hThieme Publishing Group

Language:hEnglish

Authors:hVolker Schumpelick

Pub Date:h01/2009

Pages:h620

Illus:h1200 in full color

Weight:h2,820.000 grams

Size:h229 X 311 mm

Product Type:hHardcover

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  • • Covers all common surgeries any general surgeon needs to know
  • • Step-by-step guide to each operative procedure
  • • More than 1,200 high-quality drawings demonstrate surgical anatomy and technique, with each illustration showing one operative step
  • • Didactic page layout allows for easy comprehension of the material
  • • Practical tips, tricks, and pitfalls highlight crucial information Ideal for all surgeons in training the Atlas of General Surgery is a handy, one-volume text that provides an overview of this broad field.
  • • It also serves as a valuable reference for the bookshelf of practicing surgeons who would like to consult a rapid review before surgery.
  • Volker Schumpelick. Between 1965 and 1970 he studied medicine in Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Göttingen and New York. He passed his state examination in Hamburg in 1970 and received his doctorate there in August 1971. In 1978 he completed his habilitation under Hans-Wilhelm Schreiber on the surgical treatment of gastroduodenal stress ulcers. On December 1, 1985, he took over the chair for surgery at the University Hospital Aachen. He was retired on February 28, 2010. [1] In 2008/09 he was President of the German Society for Surgery. He has written numerous textbooks and 65 publications listed in PubMed. [2] He is significantly involved in the series of talks on "Medicine-Ethics-Law" of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Cadenabbia. [3] Since 2010 he has published three volumes of patient anecdotes under the title Unterm Messer and one volume of congress stories. The five Suvretta meetings he founded and organized on the topic of the State of the Arts in hernia surgery from 1994 to 2008 were of international importance. Since 2013 he has been President of the European Hernia Society (EHS)
  • Title Page • Copyright • Preface • List of Abbreviations • Table of Contents • General Aspects
  • General Aspects
  • 1 Preliminary Remarks on the Surgical Procedure • 2 Use of Scalpel, Needle Holder, Forceps, and Scissors • 3 Ligation and Suture Ligation • 4 Knots • 5 Skin Suture • 6 Drains • 7 Urinary Catheter • 8 Venous Access • 9 Central Venous Port • 10 Venous Cutdown • 11 Joint Punctures • 12 Pleural Punctures (Thoracentesis) • 13 Urinary Bladder Puncture • 14 Ascites Puncture (Paracentesis) • 15 Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy • 16 Arterial Puncture and Arterial Catheterization • Operations
  • Skin and Soft Tissues
  • 17 Excision of Skin Lesions • 18 Removal of Soft Tissue Tumors • 19 Removal of Inguinal Lymph Node • 20 Wound Management • 21 Secondary Suture • 22 Carbuncle of the Neck • 23 Bursectomy (Elbow) • 24 V-Y Advancement Flap • 25 Z-plasty • 26 Split-Skin Coverage • 27 Ganglion (Wrist) • 28 Panaritium (Felon) • 29 Paronychia (Run-around) • 30 Ingrown Toenail (Unguis Incarnatus; One-third Wedge Resection)
  • Neck
  • 31 Removal of Cervical Lymph Node • 32 Tracheotomy (Open and Percutaneous Tracheostomy) • 33 Exposure of the Jugular Vein • 34 Subtotal Thyroidectomy • 35 Total Thyroidectomy • 36 Parathyroidectomy • 37 Zenker Diverticulum
  • Thoracic Wall and Cavity
  • 38 Axillary Lymph-Node Clearance • 39 Breast Biopsy • 40 Subcutaneous Mastectomy • 41 Mastectomy (Auchinclos-Patey) • 42 Chest Drain • 43 Median Sternotomy • 44 Posterolateral Thoracotomy • 45 Axillary Thoracotomy • 46 Atypical Lung Resection Open • 47 Atypical Thoracoscopic Lung Resection • 48 Right Superior Lobectomy • 49 Pneumonectomy • 50 Thoracoscopic Pleurectomy
  • Abdominal Cavity: Diaphragm.
  • 51 Rupture of the Diaphragm
  • Abdominal Cavity: Esophagus
  • 52 Hiatal Hernia Repair (Lortat-Jacob Hiatoplasty) • 53 Fundoplication (Nissen-Rosetti and Toupet) • 54 Laparoscopic Fundoplication • 55 Cardiomyotomy for Achalasia (Gottstein-Heller)
  • Abdominal Cavity: Stomach
  • 56 Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) • 57 Gastrostomy (Witzel) • 58 Closure of a Perforated Ulcer • 59 Oversewing of a Bleeding Peptic Ulcer • 60 Gastrojejunostomy • 61 Pyloroplasty (Heineke-Mikulicz, Finney, Jaboulay) • 62 Selective Proximal Vagotomy • 63 Truncal Vagotomy • 64 Gastroduodenostomy (Billroth I) • 65 Gastrojejunostomy (Billroth II) • 66 Roux-en-Y Gastrojejunostomy • 67 Gastrectomy and Longmire Gastric Reconstruction • 68 Gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y Gastric Reconstruction
  • Abdominal Cavity: Gallbladder and Bile Ducts
  • 69 Cholecystectomy • 70 Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy • 71 Exploration of the Common Bile Duct • 72 Hepaticojejunostomy
  • Abdominal Cavity: Liver
  • 73 Wedge Resection of the Liver • 74 Hepatic Cyst • 75 Left Hepatic Lobectomy • 76 Hepatic Rupture • 77 Port Catheter of the Hepatic Artery
  • Abdominal Cavity: Pancreas
  • 78 Necrosectomy of the Pancreas • 79 Pseudocystojejunostomy • 80 Resection of the Tail of the Pancreas
  • Abdominal Cavity: Spleen
  • 81 Splenectomy • 82 Partial Splenectomy • 83 Splenic Rupture • 84 Laparoscopic Splenectomy • Abdominal Cavity: Peritoneum • 85 Peritonitis and Laparostoma • 86 Peritoneovenous Shunt
  • Abdominal Cavity: Small Intestine
  • 87 Segmental Resection of the Small Intestine • 88 Intraluminal Stenting of the Small Intestine (Dennis Tube) • 89 Meckel Diverticulum • 90 End Ileostomy • 91 Loop Ileostomy
  • Abdominal Cavity: Large intestine
  • 92 Appendectomy • 93 Laparoscopic Appendectomy • 94 Loop Transverse Colostomy • 95 End Sigmoidostomy (Hartmann Procedure) • 96 Stoma Closure • 97 Colotomy and Polypectomy • 98 Palliative Anastomosis between the Distal Ileum and Transverse Colon • 99 Right Hemicolectomy • 100 Ileocecal Resection • 101 Tubular Resection of the Sigmoid Colon • 102 Radical Resection of the Sigmoid Colon • 103 Laparoscopic Resection of the Sigmoid Colon • 104 Left Hemicolectomy • 105 Anterior Rectum Resection • 106 Rectum Resection
  • Retroperitoneum
  • 107 Adrenalectomy • 108 Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy
  • Proctology
  • 109 Hemorrhoidectomy (Miles-Gabriel) • 110 Perianal Abscess • 111 Fistula-In-Ano (Including Sliding Flap) • 112 Perianal Thrombosis • 113 Lateral Sphincterotomy (Parks) • 114 Pilonidal Sinus (Schrudde-Olivari)
  • External Genital Organs
  • 115 Testicular Hydrocele • 116 Vasectomy
  • Hernias
  • 117 Local Anesthesia for Inguinal Hernia Repair • 118 Dissection for Inguinal Hernia Repair • 119 Inguinal Hernia Repair (Shouldice) • 120 Inguinal Hernia Repair (Bassini) • 121 Inguinal Hernia Repair (Lichtenstein) • 122 Transinguinal Preperitoneal Mesh Repair (TIPP) • 123 Preperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair • 124 Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair • 125 Femoral Hernia Repair (Crural Approach) • 126 Femoral Hernia Repair (Inguinal Approach; Lotheissen, McVay) • 127 Femoral Hernia Repair (Inguinocrural Approach) • 128 Epigastric Hernia • 129 Umbilical Hernia • 130 Incisional Hernia • 131 Spigelian Hernia
  • Pediatric Surgery
  • 132 Inguinal Hernia in Children • 133 Orchidopexy for Inguinal Testes (Shoemaker) • 134 Circumcision • 135 Pyloromyotomy (Weber-Ramstedt)
  • Vessels
  • 136 Femoral Embolectomy • 137 Femoral Thrombectomy • 138 Crossectomy, Long Saphenous Vein Stripping, and Perforator Ligation • 139. Dialysis Shunt (Cimino Arteriovenous Fistula)
  • Amputations
  • 140. Finger and Toe Amputation • 141. Below-Knee Amputation • 142. Above-Knee Amputation
  • Traumatology
  • 143 Traction Management of Fractures • 144 Harvesting Cancellous Iliac Bone for Grafting • 145 Septic Arthritis of the Knee • 146 Fasciotomy of the Lower Leg • 147 Per- and Supracondylar Fracture of the Humerus (Child) • 148 Olecranon Fracture—Tension Band Wiring • 149 Fracture of the Radius Shaft—ORIF Plate Fixation • 150 Distal Radius Fracture—ORIF Plate Fixation • 151 Distal Radius Fracture—Kirschner Wire Fixation • 152 Dupuytren Fasciectomy • 153 Flexor Tendon Repair • 154 Extensor Tendon Repair • 155 Carpal Tunnel Release • 156 Pelvic External Fixation • 157 Dynamic Hip Screw (DHS) • 158 Proximal Femoral Nailing • 159 Femoral Head Replacement (Hemiarthroplasty) • 160 Femoral Shaft—(ORIF) Plate Fixation • 161 Patella Fracture—Tension Band Wiring • 162 Intramedullary Nailing of the Tibia • 163 Lower Leg—External Fixation • 164 Medial Malleolus—ORIF • 165 Lateral Malleolus—ORIF • 166 Fibular Ligament Suture and Ligament Reconstruction with a Periosteal Flap • 167 Achilles Tendon Repair
  • Further Reading
  • Index
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