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Abstract
Each year, Advances in Surgery reviews the most current practices in general surgery. A distinguished editorial board, headed by Dr. John 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 general surgery bring concepts to a clinical level and explore their everyday impact on patient care.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| ADVANCES IN\rSurgery | i | ||
| Volumes 1 through 44 (out of print) | iii | ||
| Volume 48 | iii | ||
| Volume 47 | iv | ||
| Volume 46 | v | ||
| Volume 45 | vi | ||
| Copyright | ix | ||
| Editor-in-Chief | xi | ||
| Associate Editors | xi | ||
| CONTRIBUTORS | xiii | ||
| CONTENTS | xvii | ||
| Associate Editors | xvii | ||
| Contributors | xvii | ||
| What Are the Indications for Resection After an Episode of Sigmoid Diverticulitis? | xvii | ||
| Hospital Readmissions: Are They Preventable? | xvii | ||
| Recent Advances in Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplantation | xviii | ||
| Which Is Best for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Treatment with Chronic Renal Insufficiency: Endovascular Aneurysm Repair or Op ... | xviii | ||
| What Is the Optimal Treatment of Papillary Thyroid Cancer? | xviii | ||
| Does Diet Make a Difference Following Colon Surgery? | xix | ||
| Principles in Management of Soft Tissue Sarcoma | xix | ||
| Hospital Accreditation and Bariatric Surgery: Is It Important? | xix | ||
| Trainee Participation in Emergency Surgery: What Are the Consequences? | xix | ||
| Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Is It an Effective Procedure for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma? | xx | ||
| Bariatric Surgery versus Intensive Medical Weight Management for Type 2 Diabetes | xx | ||
| Should Steroids Be Used During Endovascular Aortic Repair? | xx | ||
| Are Higher Hospital Venous Thromboembolism Rates an Indicator of Better Quality?: Evaluation of the Validity of a Hospital ... | xxi | ||
| Fluid Restriction During Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Is It Effective in Reducing Postoperative Complications? | xxi | ||
| Is There a Relationship Between Patient Satisfaction and Favorable Surgical Outcomes? | xxi | ||
| Does Volume Affect Outcome with Severe Trauma? | xxi | ||
| Hyperparathyroidism: What Preoperative Imaging Is Necessary? | xxii | ||
| Abscess After Appendectomy: Predisposing Factors | xxii | ||
| What Are the Indications for Resection After an Episode of Sigmoid Diverticulitis? | 1 | ||
| Key points | 1 | ||
| THE EVOLUTION OF SURGERY FOR DIVERTICULITIS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY | 1 | ||
| PARADIGM SHIFT IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY | 2 | ||
| INDICATIONS FOR SIGMOID RESECTION | 3 | ||
| RECURRENT UNCOMPLICATED DIVERTICULITIS | 3 | ||
| Assumption 1: recurrence is common after successful medical treatment of uncomplicated diverticulitis | 3 | ||
| Assumption 2: recurrent attacks are more severe and lead to more complicated disease and need for emergency surgery | 4 | ||
| Assumption 3: surgical resection is curative | 5 | ||
| COMPLICATED ACUTE DIVERTICULITIS | 7 | ||
| Hinchey III and IV diverticulitis: Hartmann procedure versus primary anastomosis | 7 | ||
| Hinchey III diverticulitis: laparoscopic peritoneal lavage | 8 | ||
| Hinchey I and IIA diverticulitis | 9 | ||
| SUMMARY | 10 | ||
| References | 10 | ||
| Hospital Readmissions | 15 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 15 | ||
| SURGICAL READMISSIONS | 16 | ||
| TRACKING READMISSIONS | 18 | ||
| VARIABLES ASSOCIATED WITH READMISSION | 18 | ||
| HEPATOBILIARY READMISSIONS | 20 | ||
| COLORECTAL READMISSIONS | 20 | ||
| VASCULAR READMISSIONS | 22 | ||
| PREDICTING PATIENTS AT RISK FOR READMISSION | 23 | ||
| DEFINING PREVENTABLE | 23 | ||
| PREVENTING READMISSIONS | 24 | ||
| SUMMARY: READMISSIONS—PENALTIES, PROGRESS, PREVENTION | 26 | ||
| References | 27 | ||
| Recent Advances in Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplantation | 31 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 31 | ||
| CURRENT CLINICAL PRACTICE | 32 | ||
| Nomenclature | 32 | ||
| Indications | 35 | ||
| Gut rehabilitation | 35 | ||
| New trends | 36 | ||
| Early transplantation | 37 | ||
| Retransplantation | 40 | ||
| Contraindications | 40 | ||
| Waiting list management | 41 | ||
| Global activities | 42 | ||
| ADVANCES IN SURGICAL TECHNIQUES | 43 | ||
| Donor techniques | 43 | ||
| Recipient operation | 43 | ||
| Abdominal wall reconstruction | 45 | ||
| EVOLUTION OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSION | 46 | ||
| POSTOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT | 47 | ||
| GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE | 49 | ||
| LONG-TERM OUTCOME | 49 | ||
| Survival | 49 | ||
| Graft function | 51 | ||
| Quality of life | 51 | ||
| Controversies | 55 | ||
| Challenges with new insights | 56 | ||
| SUMMARY | 58 | ||
| References | 58 | ||
| Which Is Best for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Treatment with Chronic Renal Insufficiency | 65 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 65 | ||
| THE MECHANISMS OF POSTOPERATIVE DECLINE IN RENAL FUNCTION AFTER ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR | 66 | ||
| THE COMPARISON BETWEEN OPEN REPAIR AND ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RENAL INSUFFICIENCY | 67 | ||
| STRATEGIES TO AVOID SHORT-TERM NEPHROTOXICITY AND LONG-TERM DECLINE IN RENAL FUNCTION AFTER ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR | 69 | ||
| SUMMARY | 74 | ||
| References | 75 | ||
| What Is the Optimal Treatment of Papillary Thyroid Cancer? | 79 | ||
| BACKGROUND | 79 | ||
| PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION | 80 | ||
| EXTENT OF SURGERY | 82 | ||
| MANAGEMENT OF REGIONAL LYMPH NODES | 84 | ||
| RADIOACTIVE IODINE ABLATION | 86 | ||
| SURVEILLANCE | 87 | ||
| MANAGEMENT OF RECURRENT DISEASE | 88 | ||
| SYSTEMIC THERAPY | 89 | ||
| SUMMARY | 90 | ||
| References | 90 | ||
| Does Diet Make a Difference Following Colon Surgery? | 95 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 95 | ||
| Malnutrition in colorectal surgical patients | 96 | ||
| Traditions and dogmas | 96 | ||
| What about providing nutrition in the form of total parenteral nutrition? | 97 | ||
| Safety concerns with early enteral feeds | 98 | ||
| The current clinical evidence on early enteral feeding | 99 | ||
| Providing early solids from day 1 | 100 | ||
| Does immunonutrition enteral supplementation make a difference? | 101 | ||
| SUMMARY | 102 | ||
| References | 102 | ||
| Principles in Management of Soft Tissue Sarcoma | 107 | ||
| SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA | 107 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF EXTREMITY SARCOMAS | 109 | ||
| SURGICAL RESECTION OF SOFT TISSUE TUMORS IN THE EXTREMITY | 111 | ||
| ADJUVANT THERAPY FOR SARCOMA OF THE EXTREMITY | 113 | ||
| PROGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF RECURRENT DISEASE | 115 | ||
| MANAGEMENT OF ABDOMINAL AND RETROPERITONEAL TUMORS | 117 | ||
| SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS | 119 | ||
| References | 120 | ||
| Hospital Accreditation and Bariatric Surgery | 123 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 123 | ||
| Relationship between volume and outcomes in bariatric surgery | 124 | ||
| HISTORY OF ACCREDITATION | 125 | ||
| Components of accreditation | 126 | ||
| Data regarding accreditation | 126 | ||
| Data supporting accreditation | 126 | ||
| Data against accreditation | 127 | ||
| SUMMARY | 128 | ||
| References | 128 | ||
| Trainee Participation in Emergency Surgery | 131 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 131 | ||
| SUMMARY OF THE “RESIDENT EFFECT” ON SPECIFIC OUTCOMES AND DISCUSSION | 132 | ||
| Effect of resident participation on operative time and postoperative morbidity | 132 | ||
| Effect of trainee involvement on mortality | 137 | ||
| Effect of resident participation on hospital length of stay and associated costs | 138 | ||
| Issues with current research and summary | 138 | ||
| References | 139 | ||
| Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy | 143 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 143 | ||
| Evolution of laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy | 143 | ||
| Technique of laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy | 144 | ||
| DISCUSSION | 147 | ||
| Safety of laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy | 147 | ||
| Oncologic benefits of laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy | 150 | ||
| Implications and future directions | 154 | ||
| References | 154 | ||
| Bariatric Surgery versus Intensive Medical Weight Management for Type 2 Diabetes | 157 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 157 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS | 158 | ||
| Nutritional interventions alone | 160 | ||
| Weight loss medications | 160 | ||
| BARIATRIC SURGERY | 161 | ||
| Secondary and long-term outcomes after bariatric surgery | 161 | ||
| SUMMARY OF COMPARATIVE TRIALS OF MEDICAL WEIGHT MANAGEMENT VERSUS BARIATRIC SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS | 166 | ||
| DISCUSSION | 167 | ||
| Pathophysiology of bariatric surgery in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus | 167 | ||
| Hindgut hypothesis | 167 | ||
| Foregut hypothesis | 167 | ||
| Additional hypotheses | 167 | ||
| EARLY INTERVENTION AND LOW BODY MASS INDEX | 168 | ||
| SUMMARY | 169 | ||
| References | 169 | ||
| Should Steroids Be Used During Endovascular Aortic Repair? | 173 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 173 | ||
| Treatment options for abdominal aortic aneurysms | 173 | ||
| The systemic inflammatory response related to endovascular aortic repair | 174 | ||
| Late implications of the postimplantation syndrome | 175 | ||
| Preoperative glucocorticoids | 175 | ||
| Timing of steroid administration in relation to surgery | 177 | ||
| Steroids during endovascular aortic repair | 177 | ||
| DISCUSSION | 178 | ||
| SUMMARY | 180 | ||
| References | 181 | ||
| Are Higher Hospital Venous Thromboembolism Rates an Indicator of Better Quality? | 185 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 185 | ||
| SURVEILLANCE BIAS IN VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM MEASUREMENT | 187 | ||
| MEASURING VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM PREVENTION | 195 | ||
| POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS | 197 | ||
| SUMMARY | 201 | ||
| References | 201 | ||
| Fluid Restriction During Pancreaticoduodenectomy | 205 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 205 | ||
| PHYSIOLOGY AND APPROACH TO FLUID RESTRICTION | 206 | ||
| HYPERTONIC THEORY AND EVIDENCE | 209 | ||
| PANCREAS-SPECIFIC EVIDENCE | 210 | ||
| SUMMARY | 216 | ||
| References | 217 | ||
| Is There a Relationship Between Patient Satisfaction and Favorable Surgical Outcomes? | 221 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 221 | ||
| NATIONAL IMPACT OF SATISFACTION SURVEYS | 223 | ||
| CORRELATING HOSPITAL CHARACTERISTICS AND SURGICAL OUTCOME MEASURES WITH PATIENT SATISFACTION | 224 | ||
| Measures that correlate with patient satisfaction | 225 | ||
| Hospital and surgical volume | 221 | ||
| Risk-adjusted mortality | 225 | ||
| Nonpredictors of patient satisfaction | 226 | ||
| Clinical process measure compliance | 226 | ||
| Postoperative complications | 226 | ||
| Patient safety indicators | 226 | ||
| Length of stay | 227 | ||
| Postoperative readmissions | 227 | ||
| Correlation between patient outcomes and provider, hospital systems, and environmental hospital consumer assessment of heal ... | 227 | ||
| ADDITIONAL PATIENT AND HOSPITAL FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE PATIENT SATISFACTION | 227 | ||
| Proxy and nonresponse bias | 227 | ||
| Health care use | 229 | ||
| Hospital characteristics | 229 | ||
| The value of feedback in improving patient satisfaction scores | 229 | ||
| Pain management | 230 | ||
| Communication training | 230 | ||
| Provider incentives | 230 | ||
| Patient and team communication | 230 | ||
| Devotion of additional hospital resources | 231 | ||
| SURGEONS AS LEADERS IN PATIENT SATISFACTION | 231 | ||
| SUMMARY | 232 | ||
| References | 232 | ||
| Does Volume Affect Outcome with Severe Trauma? | 235 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 235 | ||
| IS CASE VOLUME RELATED TO OUTCOME IN HEALTH CARE? | 236 | ||
| IS CASE VOLUME RELATED TO OUTCOME IN TRAUMA CARE? | 239 | ||
| OUTCOME FOLLOWING SEVERE TRAUMA: DOES CASE VOLUME MATTER? | 242 | ||
| References | 244 | ||
| Hyperparathyroidism | 247 | ||
| Key points | 247 | ||
| ULTRASONOGRAPHY | 247 | ||
| SESTAMIBI SCAN | 251 | ||
| SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY | 255 | ||
| MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING | 256 | ||
| COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY | 256 | ||
| FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN | 256 | ||
| VENOUS SAMPLING | 258 | ||
| SUMMARY | 260 | ||
| References | 260 | ||
| Abscess After Appendectomy | 263 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 263 | ||
| NONPERFORATED VERSUS PERFORATED APPENDICITIS | 264 | ||
| Clinical factors: adults | 265 | ||
| Clinical factors: children | 265 | ||
| Predisposing factors for complications after appendectomy | 266 | ||
| Racial disparities | 266 | ||
| Obesity | 263 | ||
| Young age | 266 | ||
| Old age | 267 | ||
| Laboratory data predictive of intra-abdominal abscess formation | 267 | ||
| Time to the operating room | 267 | ||
| Operative technique | 268 | ||
| Three-incision laparoscopy versus open surgery | 268 | ||
| Single-incision laparoscopic appendectomy | 269 | ||
| Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery | 269 | ||
| Technique for appendiceal stump closure | 269 | ||
| Routine drain placement versus no drain | 272 | ||
| Peritoneal irrigation versus no irrigation | 272 | ||
| Antibiotic duration-nonperforated appendicitis | 272 | ||
| Antibiotic duration-perforated appendicitis | 273 | ||
| Diagnosis and treatment | 273 | ||
| SUMMARY/DISCUSSION | 274 | ||
| References | 276 |