Current Surgical Therapy - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0323640591 ISBN 13: 9780323640596

Verlag: Elsevier, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

An ideal resource for written, oral, and recertifying board study, as well as an excellent reference for everyday clinical practice, Current Surgical Therapy, 13th Edition, provides trusted, authoritative advice on today's best treatment and management options for general surgery. Residents and practitioners alike appreciate the consistent, highly formatted approach to each topic, as well as the practical, hands-on advice on selecting and implementing current surgical approaches from today’s preeminent general surgeons.

• Provides thoroughly updated information throughout all 263 chapters, including focused revisions to the most in-demand topics such as management of rectal cancer, inguinal hernia, and colon cancer.
• Presents each topic using the same easy-to-follow format: disease presentation, pathophysiology, diagnostics, and surgical therapy.
• Includes seven all-new chapters: REBOA in Resuscitation of the Trauma Patient, Treatment of Varicose Veins, Management of Infected Grafts, Radiation for Pancreatic Malignancies, Pneumatosis Intestinalis, Proper Use of Cholecystostomy Tubes, and Pelvic Fractures.
• Integrates all minimally invasive surgical techniques into relevant chapters where they are now standard management.
• Discusses which approach to take, how to avoid or minimize complications, and what outcomes to expect.
• Features full-color images throughout, helping you visualize key steps in each procedure.
• Helps you achieve better outcomes and ensure faster recovery times for your patients.
• Provides a quick, efficient review prior to surgery and when preparing for surgical boards and ABSITEs.
• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase, which allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

Über diesen Titel

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Andrew M. Cameron, MD, PhD, MBA currently serves as the William Stewart Halsted surgeon-in-chief of Johns Hopkins Medicine and the director of the Department of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Within these roles, he directs all surgical subspecialties in the Department of Surgery and leads the abdominal transplant team. As a Professor of Surgery, he has an active surgical practice in treating alcohol associated liver disease and hepatocellular cancer at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and maintains an NIH-funded research laboratory studying severe alcoholic hepatitis, as well as efforts to increase organ donation using social media and xenotransplantation.

Dr. Cameron was born at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and raised in Baltimore. He received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and went on to earn his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. During this time, he also received his PhD from the Department of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University. He then completed his general surgical training at the Massachusetts General Hospital and his transplant surgery fellowship at UCLA. Upon completion of his training, he returned to Johns Hopkins in 2006 and is now leading the Department of Surgery as the director and surgeon-in-chief.

Dr. Cameron is a leading authority in the field of liver transplantation and alcoholic hepatitis. His scientific interests focus on improving access to and outcomes after organ transplantation for those with end-stage liver and kidney disease. He has initiated novel efforts utilizing social media, leading to a significant increase of awareness of organ donation online and most recently has led the effort at Johns Hopkins to explore the use of genetically modified animal organs as a solution to the organ crisis. He is a member of multiple professional societies, including the American Surgical Association, the Society of Clinical Surgeons, the Southern Surgical Association, and the Halsted Society, to name a few. Dr. Cameron serves as a member on the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NCAA) and has authored over 150 scientific articles and book chapters.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Elsevier
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0323640591
• ISBN 13: 9780323640596
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1552
• Herausgeber: Cameron MD PhD MBA Andrew M.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Barbara Criscuolo; b.criscuolo@lswr.it; ; Via Spadolini, 7; Milano; 20141; Italien