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The Mont Reid Surgical Handbook E-Book

The Mont Reid Surgical Handbook E-Book

David R. Fischer | Wolfgang Stehr

(2008)

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Abstract

Written by residents for residents, the updated 6th edition of this best-selling handbook provides you with exactly the information you need to overcome the vast majority of challenges you encounter during your surgical residency. With its pocket-size and easy-reference format, this resource enables you to quickly access the right guidance...at the right time...about what to do and how to do it. No resident should be without this essential surgical guide!

  • Provides comprehensive guidelines for the treatment of the most common surgical conditions, including preoperative and postoperative care, as well as relevant pathophysiology.
  • Includes surgical management that encompasses state-of-the-art technology and emphasizes minimally invasive techniques, including important coverage of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, appendectomy, and herniorrhaphy.
  • Provides guidelines for proper medical record keeping as well as other mediocolegal aspects of surgical care.
  • Offers detailed figures depicting important anatomical structures and operative techniques.
  • Features new chapters, such as Surgical Education—including a practical discussion of the ACGME Core Competencies—Surgical Intensive Care, and Future of Surgery to provide details of the latest trends in surgical education so you can maximize your time in surgical rotations.
  • Provides the most up-to-date information from current residents at the University of Cincinnati, in an accessible format organized by specialty area.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Front Cover Cover
The Mont Reid Surgical Handbook iii
Copyright Page iv
Table of Contents xxi
Contributors v
Foreword ix
Special Comment xv
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xix
PART I: Surgical Education 1
Chapter 1. Surgical Education and Core Competencies 3
I. SURGICAL EDUCATION 3
II. CORE COMPETENCIES 4
PART II: Perioperative Care 7
Chapter 2. Medical Record 9
I. SURGICAL HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION 9
II. PHYSICIAN ORDERS 12
III. NOTES 14
IV. DICTATIONS 15
V. BILLING 17
VI. HEALTH INFORMATION PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (HIPAA) 17
VII. SUMMARY 18
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 19
RECOMMENDED READING 19
Chapter 3. Physical Examination of the Surgical Patient 21
I. VITAL SIGNS 21
II. GENERAL APPEARANCE 22
III. HEAD AND NECK 24
IV. CHEST 27
V. CARDIOVASCULAR 28
VI. ABDOMEN 30
VII. GENITOURINARY 33
VIII. MUSCULOSKELETAL 33
IX. LYMPHATICS 34
X. NEUROLOGIC 35
RECOMMENDED READINGS 37
Chapter 4. Preoperative and Postoperative Care 39
I. NEED FOR OPERATION 39
II. ASSESSMENT OF OPERATIVE RISK 39
III. INTERVENTION TO REDUCE OPERATIVE RISK 43
IV. GENERAL PREOPERATIVE PREPARATION 46
V. POSTOPERATIVE CARE 50
Chapter 5. Fluids and Electrolytes 55
I. BASIC PHYSIOLOGY 55
II. ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCES 58
III. PARENTERAL REPLACEMENT FLUID THERAPY 66
IV. ACID-BASE DISORDERS 68
REFERENCES 72
Chapter 6. Nutrition 73
I. NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT 73
II. NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS IN STRESS 74
III. PERIOPERATIVE NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT 76
IV. ENTERAL NUTRITION 76
V. PARENTERAL NUTRITION 79
VI. IMMUNONUTRITION 84
VII. NUTRIENTS/MACROMINERALS/MICRONUTRIENTS/VITAMINS 85
Chapter 7. Wound Healing and Management 87
I. PHASES OF WOUND HEALING 87
II. FACTORS THAT AFFECT WOUND HEALING 89
III. TYPES OF WOUND CLOSURE 90
IV. ADJUNCTS TO HEALING BY SECONDARY INTENTION 90
V. MANAGEMENT OF SOFT-TISSUE WOUNDS 91
VI. MANAGEMENT OF WOUND COMPLICATIONS 92
VII. HYPERTROPHIC SCARS AND KELOIDS 94
Chapter 8. Standard Precautions 95
I. APPLICATIONS 95
II. GUIDELINES: OCCUPATIONAL SETTINGS 96
III. RISKS OF NEEDLE-STICK/SHARP-INSTRUMENT INJURY 96
IV. CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LEAD TO NEEDLE-STICK INJURIES 97
V. DEFINITION OF EXPOSURE 97
VI. POSTEXPOSURE PROTOCOL (OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION REQUIREMENTS) 97
VII. COMPLIANCE 98
Chapter 9. Coagulopathies in Surgery 99
I. COAGULATION CASCADE (FIG. 9-1) 99
II. MEDICAL HISTORY TO DETERMINE RISK FOR BLEEDING 99
III. LABORATORY TESTS 99
IV. CONGENITAL BLEEDING DISORDERS 100
V. ACQUIRED BLEEDING DISORDERS 101
VI. MEDICATIONS 103
PART III: Surgical Intensive Care 105
Chapter 10. Shock 107
I. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 107
II. HEMODYNAMIC CONSIDERATIONS 107
III. SHOCK STATES 109
IV. ORGAN RESPONSE TO SHOCK 116
V. MULTIORGAN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME 118
Chapter 11. Cardiopulmonary Monitoring 119
I. MONITORING 119
II. NONINVASIVE GLOBAL ASSESSMENT 120
III. PULMONARY MONITORING 120
IV. HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING 121
V. CARDIAC MONITORING 124
RECOMMENDED REFERENCES 125
APPENDIX: IMPORTANT FORMULAS 125
Chapter 12. Mechanical Ventilation 127
I. DETERMINING NEED FOR MECHANICAL VENTILATION 127
II. VENTILATION VERSUS OXYGENATION 127
III. NONINVASIVE POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION 128
IV. CONVENTIONAL MECHANICAL VENTILATION 128
V. EFFECTS ON CARDIAC PERFORMANCE 131
VI. NEED FOR TRACHEOSTOMY 131
VII. VENTILATOR CAUTIONS 131
VIII. PEARLS 132
FURTHER READING 133
Chapter 13. Blood Component Therapy 135
I. GENERAL TOPICS 135
II. WHOLE BLOOD 135
III. RED BLOOD CELLS 136
IV. PLATELETS 138
V. FRESH FROZEN PLASMA 138
VI. CRYOPRECIPITATE 139
VII. TRANSFUSION REACTIONS 140
RECOMMENDED REFERENCES 142
Chapter 14. Surgical Infection 143
I. DEFINITIONS 143
II. DETERMINANTS OF INFECTION 143
III. PRINCIPLES OF THERAPY 146
IV. DIAGNOSIS 152
V. SEPSIS (FIG. 14-1) 152
VI. COMMON SOURCES OF INFECTION IN THE SURGICAL PATIENT 158
VII. DIAGNOSIS 162
VIII. SKIN AND SOFT-TISSUE INFECTIONS 163
PART IV: Anesthesia 165
Chapter 15. Local Anesthesia 167
I. INJECTABLE AGENTS 167
II. TECHNIQUES 168
III. TOPICAL AGENTS 172
Chapter 16. Conscious Sedation 173
I. INTRODUCTION 173
II. PREPROCEDURAL EVALUATION 173
III. MONITORING 177
IV. AVAILABILITY OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL 178
V. TRAINING IN AIRWAY MANAGEMENT 178
VI. MEDICATIONS 178
VII. REVERSAL MEDICATIONS 179
VIII. RECOVERY AND DISCHARGE 180
RECOMMENDED REFERENCES 180
Chapter 17. General Anesthesia 181
I. PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT AND PREPARATION 181
II. INTRAOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT 183
III. PHARMACEUTICALS 186
IV. POSTOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT 190
RECOMMENDED READING 191
PART V: General Surgery 193
Chapter 18. Acute Abdomen 195
I. PHYSIOLOGY OF ABDOMINAL PAIN 195
II. HISTORY 196
III. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION 198
IV. LABORATORY EXAMINATION 201
V. RADIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION 202
VI. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE ABDOMEN 203
VII. INITIAL TREATMENT AND PREOPERATIVE PREPARATION 205
Chapter 19. Appendicitis 207
I. EPIDEMIOLOGY 207
II. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 207
III. PRESENTATION 208
IV. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS 209
V. COMPLICATIONS 210
VI. TREATMENT 210
VII. SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES 212
VIII. APPENDICEAL TUMORS 213
RECOMMENDED READING 214
Chapter 20. Benign Gallbladder 215
I. ANATOMY 215
II. CHOLELITHIASIS AND CHRONIC CALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS 216
III. ACUTE CALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS 219
IV. ACUTE ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS 221
V. CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS 222
Chapter 21. Abdominal Wall Hernias 227
I. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 227
II. TERMINOLOGY 227
III. INCIDENCE 228
IV. NATURAL HISTORY 228
V. ANATOMIC CONSIDERATIONS 228
VI. CLASSIFICATION OF HERNIAS 230
VII. CAUSATIVE FACTORS 232
VIII. DIAGNOSIS 232
IX. REPAIR OF HERNIAS 235
X. POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS 237
XI. LAPAROSCOPIC HERNIA REPAIR 238
Chapter 22. Gastrointestinal Bleeding 243
I. HISTORY 243
II. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION 244
III. INITIAL MANAGEMENT 245
IV. LABORATORY EVALUATION 245
Chapter 23. Intestinal Obstruction 253
I. TERMINOLOGY 253
II. CAUSATIVE FACTORS 253
III. PRESENTATION 256
IV. IMAGING 258
V. MANAGEMENT 259
VI. OUTCOMES 263
RECOMMENDED READING 264
Chapter 24. Esophagus Benign Disease 265
I. ANATOMY 265
II. PHYSIOLOGY 266
III. MOTILITY DISORDERS 267
IV. DIVERTICULA 269
V. GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX 269
VI. BENIGN TUMORS OF THE ESOPHAGUS 273
VII. ESOPHAGEAL RUPTURE AND PERFORATION 274
VIII. CAUSTIC INJURY 276
Chapter 25. Peptic Ulcer Disease 279
I. OCCURRENCE 279
II. PRESENTATION AND EVALUATION 279
III. PATHOGENESIS 280
IV. HELICOBACTER PYLORI 281
V. TREATMENT OF UNCOMPLICATED DISEASE 282
VI. TREATMENT OF COMPLICATED DISEASE 283
VII. DETAILS OF SURGICAL OPTIONS 284
RECOMMENDED READING 287
Chapter 26.Inflammatory Bowel Disease 289
I. INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE (IBD) 289
II. EXTRAINTESTINAL MANIFESTATIONS 289
III. ULCERATIVE COLITIS 290
IV. CROHN’S DISEASE 297
V. INDETERMINATE COLITIS 304
Chapter 27. Benign Colorectal Disease 307
I. ANATOMY 307
II. HEMORRHOIDS 308
III. ANAL FISSURE 310
IV. ANORECTAL ABSCESS 311
V. FISTULA IN ANO 313
VI. PILONIDAL DISEASE 314
VII. ANAL AND PERIANAL INFECTIONS 315
VIII. PRURITUS ANI 316
IX. ANAL NEOPLASM 317
X. RECTAL PROLAPSE 318
XI. ANOSCOPY 321
XII. RIGID SIGMOIDOSCOPY 321
RECOMMENDED READING 322
Chapter 28. Benign Pancreatic Disease 323
I. ANATOMY 323
II. ACUTE PANCREATITIS 327
Chapter 29. Spleen 343
I. ANATOMY 343
II. FUNCTION 344
III. GENERAL INDICATIONS FOR SPLENECTOMY 344
IV. SURGICAL TECHNIQUES 347
V. POSTSPLENECTOMY CONSIDERATIONS 348
PART VI: Bariatric Surgery 351
Chapter 30. Bariatric Surgery 353
I. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MORBID OBESITY 353
II. COMORBIDITY ASSOCIATED WITH MORBID OBESITY 353
III. MEDICAL THERAPY FOR MORBID OBESITY 354
IV. TYPES OF PROCEDURES 355
V. PREOPERATIVE WORKUP 355
VI. SURGICAL PROCEDURES FOR THE BARIATRIC PATIENT 355
VII. RESULTS OF BARIATRIC SURGERY 358
RECOMMENDED READING 359
PART VII: Vascular Surgery 361
Chapter 31. Thromboembolic Prophylaxis and Management of Deep Vein Thrombosis 363
I. INTRODUCTION 363
II. METHODS OF PROPHYLAXIS AND TREATMENT OF DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSES AND PULMONARY EMBOLI 365
III. AN APPROACH TO PROPHYLAXIS 368
IV. APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH PULMONARY EMBOLUS 368
Chapter 32. The Diabetic Patient 371
I. DEFINITIONS 371
II. MEDICAL THERAPIES 371
III. GLYCEMIC CONTROL IN THE CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT 375
IV. COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES 376
V. DIABETIC FOOT ULCERS 377
RECOMMENDED READING 380
Chapter 33. Peripheral Vascular Disease 381
I. DEFINITIONS 381
II. EPIDEMIOLOGY 381
III. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 382
IV. DIAGNOSIS 383
V. MANAGEMENT OF ATHEROSCLEROTIC PAD 386
VI. RENAL ARTERY DISEASE 392
VII. LOWER EXTREMITY ANEURYSM DISEASE 394
Chapter 34. Venous Disease 397
I. ANATOMY PEARLS 397
II. CAUSATIVE FACTORS 397
III. PRESENTATION 398
IV. DIAGNOSIS 398
V. DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS PROPHYLAXIS 399
VI. TREATMENT 399
VII. HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIC THROMBOSIS 400
RECOMMENDED READING 401
Chapter 35. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm 403
I. EPIDEMIOLOGY 403
II. ANATOMY 403
III. PATHOLOGY 404
IV. NATURAL HISTORY 404
V. CLINICAL PRESENTATION 405
VI. DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES 405
VII. OPERATIVE INDICATIONS 406
VIII. ELECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM 406
IX. COMPLICATIONS 408
X. ENDOVASCULAR ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR (EVAR) 409
XI. PROGNOSIS 410
XII. RUPTURED ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM 411
Chapter 36. Carotid Disease 413
I. CASE REPORT 413
II. STROKE 413
III. DIAGNOSIS 414
IV. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF CAROTID OCCLUSIVE DISEASE 417
V. MANAGEMENT 418
VI. POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS 419
VII. POSTOPERATIVE CARE 420
Chapter 37. Mesenteric Ischemia 421
I. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 421
II. EPIDEMIOLOGY 422
III. ACUTE MESENTERIC ISCHEMIA 422
IV. CHRONIC MESENTERIC ISCHEMIA 426
V. MEDIAN ARCUATE LIGAMENT SYNDROME (CELIAC ARTERY COMPRESSION SYNDROME) 427
VI. MESENTERIC VENOUS THROMBOSIS 427
Chapter 38. Renovascular Hypertension 429
I. BACKGROUND 429
II. SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS 429
III. ADDITIONAL FEATURES 430
IV. ATHEROSCLEROSIS 430
V. FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA 430
VI. DEVELOPMENTAL RENAL ARTERY DISEASE 431
VII. OTHER CAUSES OF RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION 431
VIII. CLINICAL FINDINGS 432
IX. SCREENING STUDIES 432
X. FUNCTIONAL STUDIES 433
XI. ARTERIAL STUDIES 433
XII. MEDICAL THERAPY 434
XIII. ENDOVASCULAR THERAPY 434
XIV. SURGICAL THERAPY 435
Chapter 39. Endovascular Surgery 437
I. ANGIOGRAPHY 437
II. ENDOVASCULAR INTERVENTION 439
RECOMMENDED READING 443
PART VIII: Cardiothoracic Surgery 445
Chapter 40. Cardiac Surgery 447
I. PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION 447
II. OPERATIVE PROCEDURES 448
III. POSTOPERATIVE CARE 452
IV. POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS 453
RECOMMENDED READING 456
Chapter 41. Benign Tumors of the Lung 457
I. OVERVIEW 457
II. HISTORY 457
III. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION 457
IV. INITIAL EVALUATION 457
V. IMAGING 457
VI. TISSUE OBTAINED 458
VII. EPITHELIAL TUMORS 458
VIII. MESENCHYMAL TUMORS 459
IX. MISCELLANEOUS TUMORS 461
X. OTHER TUMORS 462
XI. INFLAMMATORY PSEUDOTUMORS 463
XII. OTHER BENIGN TUMORS 463
RECOMMENDED READING 464
Chapter 42. Carcinoma of the Lung 465
I. EPIDEMIOLOGY 465
II. CAUSATIVE FACTORS 465
III. SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE 465
IV. PATHOLOGY 466
V. CLINICAL FEATURES 467
VI. CARCINOID (1–2%) 468
VII. SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER (20%) 468
VIII. NON–SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER (85%) 469
IX. THE FUTURE 474
Chapter 43. Thymus 475
I. ANATOMY AND EMBRYOLOGY 475
II. PATHOLOGY 475
RECOMMENDED READING 479
Chapter 44. Malignant Esophagus 481
I. EPIDEMIOLOGY 481
II. CAUSATIVE FACTORS 481
III. PATHOLOGY 482
IV. PREVENTION, SURVEILLANCE, AND SCREENING 482
V. DIAGNOSIS AND STAGING 482
VI. TNM STAGING 483
VII. THERAPY 484
VIII. PALLIATIVE CARE 486
PART IX: Hepatobiliary Surgery 489
Chapter 45. Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension 491
I. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 491
II. CAUSATIVE FACTORS 491
III. DIAGNOSIS 493
IV. CIRRHOSIS AND LIVER FUNCTION 494
V. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 495
VI. CHILD’S CLASSIFICATION 497
VII. TREATMENT OF COMPLICATIONS OF CIRRHOSIS 498
Chapter 46. Jaundice 505
I. BACKGROUND 505
II. CAUSATIVE FACTORS 506
III. PRESENTATION 509
IV. LABORATORY TESTS 509
V. IMAGING 511
RECOMMENDED READING 513
Chapter 47. Gallbladder and Biliary Tree 515
I. ANATOMY 515
II. CHOLELITHIASIS 516
III. SYMPTOMATIC CHOLELITHIASIS 517
IV. CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS 520
V. CHOLANGITIS 521
VI. ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS 522
VII. OTHER DISORDERS OF THE GALLBLADDER 523
VIII. MEDICAL TREATMENTS 525
IX. LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY 525
X. GALLBLADDER CANCER 526
Chapter 48. Benign and Malignant Liver Lesions 531
I. SOLID LIVER LESIONS 531
II. CYSTIC LESIONS 535
RECOMMENDED READING 538
PART X: Transplant Surgery 539
Chapter 49. Renal Transplantation 541
I. EVALUATION OF CANDIDATES FOR TRANSPLANTATION 541
II. IMMUNOLOGY OF RENAL TRANSPLANTATION 542
III. IMMUNOSUPPRESSION 543
IV. KIDNEY DONATION 543
V. SPECIFIC OPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS 544
VI. POSTOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS 545
VII. COMPLICATIONS 546
VIII. STATISTICS OF RENAL TRANSPLANTATION 547
RECOMMENDED READING 549
Chapter 50. Liver Transplantation 551
I. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 551
II. SPECIFIC OPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS 552
III. POSTOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS 552
RECOMMENDED READING 554
Chapter 51. Pancreas Transplantation 555
I. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 555
II. SPECIFIC OPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS 556
III. POSTOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS 556
IV. ISLET CELL TRANSPLANTATION 558
RECOMMENDED READING 559
PART XI: Surgical Oncology 561
Chapter 52. Malignant Skin Lesions 563
I. BASAL CELL CARCINOMA 563
II. SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA 564
III. MALIGNANT MELANOMA 564
Chapter 53. Diseases of the Breast 569
I. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 569
II. HISTORY 570
III. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION 572
IV. RADIOGRAPHIC STUDIES 573
V. EVALUATION OF BREAST MASS 573
VI. BENIGN BREAST DISEASE 575
VII. BREAST CANCER 579
Chapter 54. Breast Reconstruction 591
I. HISTORY 591
II. RELEVANT ANATOMY FOR RECONSTRUCTION 591
III. PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION 592
IV. TECHNIQUES 593
V. ONCOPLASTIC SURGERY 597
VI. POSTRECONSTRUCTION FOLLOW-UP 598
RECOMMENDED READING 599
Chapter 55. Gastric Tumors 601
I. ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE STOMACH 601
II. GASTRIC LYMPHOMA 607
III. GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS 607
IV. GASTRIC CARCINOID 608
Chapter 56. Malignant Pancreas Disease 611
I. PANCREATIC ADENOCARCINOMA 611
RECOMMENDED READING 615
Chapter 57. Colorectal Cancer 617
I. POLYPS 617
II. PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION 618
III. PATHOGENESIS 619
IV. SCREENING GUIDELINES FOR COLORECTAL CANCER 620
V. DIAGNOSIS 621
VI. TREATMENT OF COLON CANCER 622
VII. RECTAL CANCER 624
VIII. POSTOPERATIVE FOLLOW-UP 625
Chapter 58. Tumor Biology 627
I. SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN GROWTH SIGNALS 627
II. INSENSITIVITY TO GROWTH-INHIBITORY SIGNALS 627
III. EVASION OF PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH 628
IV. LIMITLESS REPLICATIVE POTENTIAL 628
V. SUSTAINED ANGIOGENESIS 628
VI. TISSUE INVASION AND METASTASIS 629
VII. GENETIC INSTABILITY 629
VIII. PHARMACOTHERAPY 630
IX. CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS: MECHANISMS, USES, AND IMPORTANT TOXICITIES 632
PART XII: Endocrine Surgery 635
Chapter 59. Thyroid 637
I. EMBRYOLOGY 637
II. ANATOMY 637
III. PHYSIOLOGY 638
IV. HYPERTHYROIDISM 638
V. HYPOTHYROIDISM 641
VI. NONTOXIC GOITER (NONTOXIC MULTINODULAR GOITER, DIFFUSE NONTOXIC GOITER) 642
VII. THYROID NODULES 643
VIII. THYROID NEOPLASM 645
RECOMMENDED READING 651
Chapter 60. Parathyroid 653
I. PARATHYROID EMBRYOLOGY AND ANATOMY 653
II. PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM 653
III. SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM 656
IV. TERTIARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM 656
Chapter 61. Adrenal Gland 657
I. EMBRYOLOGY 657
II. ANATOMY 657
III. PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY—ADRENAL CORTEX 657
IV. PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY—ADRENAL MEDULLA 661
V. INCIDENTALOMA 662
VI. ADRENAL SURGERY 663
VII. ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY 664
Chapter 62. Neuroendocrine Tumors 665
I. CARCINOID TUMORS 665
II. GASTRINOMA 667
III. INSULINOMA 669
IV. GLUCAGONOMA 670
V. VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDOMA 671
VI. SOMATOSTATINOMA 672
VII. PANCREATIC POLYPEPTIDEOMAS 672
VIII. MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA (MEN) SYNDROMES 673
PART XIII: Trauma 675
Chapter 63. Trauma Overview 677
I. EPIDEMIOLOGY 677
II. MANAGEMENT OF THE TRAUMA PATIENT 677
III. PEDIATRIC TRAUMA 680
IV. TRAUMA AND PREGNANCY 681
V. PENETRATING NECK TRAUMA 682
RECOMMENDED READING 684
I. EPIDEMIOLOGY 685
II. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 685
III. DIAGNOSIS 686
IV. TREATMENT 687
V. ORGAN-SPECIFIC INJURY MANAGEMENT 689
Chapter 64. Abdominal Trauma 685
Chapter 65. Thoracic Trauma 703
I. BRIEF HISTORY 703
II. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF THORACIC TRAUMA 703
III. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF THE CHEST 704
IV. THE WIDENED MEDIASTINUM 704
V. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THORACIC TRAUMA 704
VI. OTHER THORACIC PROCEDURES IN THE FACE OF TRAUMA 709
VII. POSTOPERATIVE CARE OF THE PATIENT WITH A CHEST INJURY 710
VIII. COMPLICATIONS OF THORACIC TRAUMA 710
RECOMMENDED READING 711
Chapter 66. Orthopedic Emergencies 713
I. EVALUATION OF THE FRACTURED LIMB 713
II. OPEN FRACTURES 713
III. COMPARTMENT SYNDROME 716
IV. PELVIC FRACTURES 719
Chapter 67. Burn Care 723
I. CAUSATIVE FACTORS 723
II. INDICATIONS FOR HOSPITAL ADMISSION 723
III. INITIAL MANAGEMENT 724
IV. PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH BURN INJURIES 730
V. BURN WOUND CARE 731
VI. SUPPORTIVE CARE 733
VII. MANAGEMENT OF INFECTION IN THE BURN PATIENT 734
VIII. ELECTRICAL INJURIES 735
IX. CHEMICAL INJURIES 736
X. OUTPATIENT AND CLINIC TREATMENT 737
XI. COMPLICATIONS OF BURN INJURIES 737
Chapter 68. Neurosurgical Emergencies 739
I. APPROACH TO THE UNCONSCIOUS PATIENT 739
II. CRANIAL EMERGENCIES 742
III. SPINAL EMERGENCIES 746
IV. OTHER NEUROSURGICAL EMERGENCIES 753
V. USEFUL WEB SITES, TRIALS, AND GUIDELINES 757
Chapter 69. Urologic Trauma 759
I. OVERVIEW 759
II. PROCEDURES 759
III. RENAL TRAUMA 759
IV. URETERAL TRAUMA 761
V. BLADDER TRAUMA 764
VI. URETHRAL INJURY 766
VII. PENILE INJURY 767
VIII. TESTICULAR TRAUMA 768
RECOMMENDED READING 768
PART XIV: Pediatric Surgery 771
Chapter 70. Pediatric Surgery: Abdomen and General 773
I. GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT 773
II. ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECTS 778
III. NEOPLASMS 781
RECOMMENDED READING 783
Chapter 71. Pediatric Surgery: Thoracic and Neck 785
I. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 785
II. FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE REQUIREMENTS 785
III. TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION 787
IV. LESIONS OF THE HEAD AND NECK 788
V. THORACIC DISORDERS 792
VI. FOREIGN BODIES 799
VII. ESOPHAGUS 800
PART XV: Future of Surgery 805
Chapter 72. New Surgical Technologies 807
I. MODERN BIOLOGY 807
II. GENOMIC INFORMATION 807
III. BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 807
IV. SURGICAL EDUCATION 807
V. BIOTECHNOLOGY AND SURGERY 807
SUGGESTED READING 812
PART XVI: Procedures 813
Chapter 73. External Ventricular Drain (Ventriculostomy) 815
I. INDICATIONS 815
II. CONTRAINDICATIONS 815
III. MATERIALS 815
IV. PROCEDURE 816
Chapter 74. Airway 819
I. INDICATIONS FOR AN ARTIFICIAL AIRWAY 819
II. NONSURGICAL AIRWAY OPTIONS AND METHODS 819
III. SURGICAL AIRWAY OPTIONS AND METHODS 822
IV. ALTERNATE AIRWAY METHODS 825
V. FLOW CHART/DECISION TREE 827
Chapter 75. Wound Closure 829
I. EVALUATION AND CLOSURE OF THE TRAUMATIC WOUND 829
Chapter 76. Thoracentesis 835
I. GENERAL INFORMATION 835
II. INTERPRETATION AND COMPLICATIONS 837
Chapter 77. Bladder Catheterization 839
I. URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION 839
II. TECHNIQUE 842
III. CATHETER CARE 847
IV. ALTERNATIVES 848
Chapter 78. Gastrointestinal Intubation 849
I. NASOGASTRIC (NG) TUBES 849
II. OROGASTRIC TUBES 850
III. FEEDING TUBES 851
IV. ESOPHAGEAL/GASTRIC TAMPONADE TUBES 854
V. NASOINTESTINAL TUBES FOR DECOMPRESSION OF THE SMALL BOWEL 855
Chapter 79. Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage and the Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma 857
I. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 857
II. INDICATIONS FOR DIAGNOSTIC PERITONEAL LAVAGE 858
III. CONTRAINDICATIONS 859
IV. TECHNIQUES 859
V. SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS 861
VI. FAST 862
Chapter 80. Principles of Abscess Drainage 865
I. SUPERFICIAL ABSCESSES 865
II. DEEP ABSCESSES 866
Chapter 81. Central Venous Lines 867
I. BACKGROUND 867
II. TECHNIQUES 870
III. COMPLICATIONS 873
IV. ULTRASOUND 875
Chapter 82. Arterial Lines 877
I. INDICATIONS 877
II. TECHNIQUES 877
Chapter 83. Pulmonary Artery (Swan–Ganz) Catheter 881
I. INDICATIONS FOR INVASIVE CARDIAC MONITORING 881
II. CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE MONITORING 881
III. BALLOON-TIPPED PULMONARY ARTERY (SWAN–GANZ) CATHETERS 882
Index 889