Advances in Surgery 2014

John L. Cameron

Description

Each year, Advances in Surgery brings you the best current thinking from the preeminent practitioners in your field. A distinguished editorial board identifies current areas of major progress and controversy and invites specialists to contribute original articles on these topics. These insightful overviews bring concepts to a clinical level and explore their everyday impact on patient care.

Sujets

• Medical
• Médecine
• Surgery

Informations

• Publié par: Elsevier
• Date de parution: 07 avril 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780323264648
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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Advances in Surgery

John L. Cameron, MD
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
ISSN  0065-3411 Volume 48 • Number 1 • September 2014
Elsevier
Table of Contents
Cover image
Title page
Contributors
Inguinal Hernia
Key points
Introduction
Incidence
Cause and natural history
Clinical presentation and diagnosis
Economic impact
Management
Long-term results of the randomized controlled trials
Comparison between the 2 trials and their long-term follow-up studies
Summary
Is It Safe to Follow Side Branch IPMNs?
Key points
Introduction
Epidemiology
Diagnosis of Bd-IPMN
Management of Bd-IPMN
Validation of the international guidelines for the management of Bd-IPMN
Summary
Endoscopic Myotomy for Achalasia
Key points
Background
Technique
Efficacy
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
Comparison with Heller myotomy
Summary
Can Interventionalists do Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair As Well As Vascular Surgeons?
Key points
Background
Who should perform EVAR?
Centers of excellence for AAA management and EVAR
EVAR skills of surgeons and interventionalists
Is there a role for multidisciplinary EVAR care?
Does Walking Speed Predict Postoperative Morbidity?
Key points
Introduction
Importance of preoperative risk assessment for the older adult
History of preoperative risk assessment
Preoperative assessment: frailty
Walking speed alone reflects multidimensional frailty
Slow walking speed predicts adverse health outcomes
Walking speed predicts adverse surgical outcomes
Practical ways to measure walking speed
Future directions
Does Close Temperature Regulation Affect Surgical Site Infection Rates?
Key points
Introduction
Pathophysiology principles
Principles applied to surgical practice
Evidence base of clinical practice
Summary
The Utility of the Robot in Pancreatic Resections
Key points
Introduction
Distal pancreatectomy
RDP
Versatility of the robotic platform
Dissemination
Potential oncologic advantages to robotic pancreatic resections
Summary
Current Treatment for Small (<5 cm) Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Key points
Introduction
Screening for Pancreatic Cancer
Key points
Background
The need for pancreatic cancer screening
Benefit of early detection in other common cancers
Potential difficulties with early detection screening
Who and how to screen?
Screening tools for pancreatic cancer
Opportunities for prevention
Practitioners and early detection
Summary
Tissue Engineering
Key points
Introduction
Methods in tissue engineering
Bioengineered constructs in surgery
Solid organs: the next frontier
Summary
Acute Cholecystitis
Key points
Introduction
Pathogenesis
Clinical manifestation
Imaging
Severity of acute cholecystitis and treatment
Timing of cholecystectomy
Open versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Summary
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Key points
Introduction
Oncogenic kinase mutations and imatinib
Metastatic GIST and imatinib
Imatinib as adjuvant therapy
Summary
Readmission After Surgery
Key points
Introduction
Readmission after medical and surgical hospitalization
Defining and measuring readmission
Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
Statistical issues for hospital profiling on readmission
Predicting readmission
Causes and prevention of readmission
Summary
What Is Wrong with the Training of General Surgery?
Key points
Changes in surgical diseases
Changes in operative technique
Changes in management of certain disease processes
Changes in work hours
Changes in supervision and documentation
Changes in resident expectations
Lack of mentorship
Improving general surgery training
Summary
Aspirin, Clopidogrel, and the Surgeon
Key points
Introduction
Aspirin and thienopyridines
Indications for antiplatelet therapy
Consequences of cessation of antiplatelet therapy
Current guideline recommendations regarding antiplatelet use and timing of surgery
Summary
Islet Autotransplantation and Total Pancreatectomy
Key points
Introduction
Total pancreatectomy and the introduction of IAT
Patient selection
Surgical approach
Results of total pancreatectomy with IAT
Special considerations
Future directions
Summary
Liver Transplantation for Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Key points
Epidemiology and background
Classification
Presentation
Diagnosis
Clinical management
Summary
Irreversible Electroporation
Key points
Background
Mechanism of action
Patient selection
Technique
Safety
Efficacy
Further investigation
Index
Contributors
VINOD P. BALACHANDRAN, MD , Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
DENNIS F. BANDYK, MD, FACS , Professor of Surgery and Chief, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, University of California - San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California
MARKUS W. BÜCHLER, MD , Professor of Surgery; Chairman, Department of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
WILLIAM C. CHAPMAN, MD, FACS , Department of General Surgery, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
HANIEE CHUNG, MD , Department of General Surgery, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
C. SUZANNE CUTTER, MD , Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
RONALD P. DEMATTEO, MD, FACS , Vice Chair, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
CHRISTY M. DUNST, MD , Division of Minimally Invasive and GI Surgery, The Oregon Clinic, Portland, Oregon
CARLOS FERNÀNDEZ-DEL CASTILLO, MD , Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
MATTHEW A. FIRPO, PhD , Department of Surgery, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
ROBERT J. FITZGIBBONS Jr, MD, FACS , Chief, Division of General Surgery; Professor, Department of Surgery, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska
LEE A. FLEISHER, MD , Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
YUMAN FONG, MD , Chairman, Department of Surgery, City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California
WERNER HARTWIG, MD , Department of General, Visceral, Transplantation, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
MELISSA E. HOGG, MD , Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
TAZO INUI, MD , Resident Physician, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, University of California - San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California
RAVI S. KATARI, BS , Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina
ASHWIN A. KURIAN, MD , SurgOne, PC, Englewood, Colorado
IRA L. LEEDS, MD, MBA , Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
DONALD J. LUCAS, MD, MPH , Resident in General Surgery, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland
BRITTNEY J. MALOLEY, DO , Department of Surgery, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska
GIOVANNI MARCHEGIANI, MD , Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
SAMER G. MATTAR, MD, FACS , Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
JEFFREY B. MATTHEWS, MD , Surgeon-in-Chief and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Dallas B. Phemister Professor of Surgery, Medicine, Biological Sciences Division, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
DANIEL T. McKENNA, MD, FACS , Assistant Professor of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University Hospital North, Carmel, Indiana
GENEVIEVE B. MELTON, MD , Department of Surgery and Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
SEAN J. MULVIHILL, MD , Department of Surgery, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
GIUSEPPE ORLANDO, MD, PhD , Marie Curie Fellow, Section of Transplantation, Department of Surgery; Wake Forest Baptist Hospital; Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina
PRAKASH A. PATEL, MD , Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
TIMOTHY M. PAWLIK, MD, MPH, PhD , Professor of Surgery and Oncology; Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology; John L. Cameron Professor of Alimentary Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
ANDREA PELOSO, MD , Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, Nort