Bookedited by S. Di Saverio, G. Tugnoli, F. Catena, L. Ansaloni, N. Naidoo.
Summary: Trauma surgery has increasingly become a specialized field inspired by different principles and philosophy. A good trauma surgeon is a surgeon who knows how to perform abdominal, vascular, thoracic, urologic, gynecologic, and orthopaedic procedures and is able to repair multiple traumatic injuries in the best sequence possible. In this second volume the focus is exclusively on thoracic and abdominal trauma, with coverage of injuries to all regions. The surgical techniques employed in managing such trauma are carefully described with the aid of high-quality illustrations. Exploratory surgery (via either laparotomy or laparoscopy), damage control surgery, and definitive surgery are all fully covered, and attention is drawn to important technical tips and tricks. The volume will be a handy pocket guide for trainee surgeons who are beginning to deal with severe multiple trauma patients, as well as for all general or specialty surgeons and professionals (including scrub nurses and theatre staff) who are involved in trauma care and wish to keep abreast of developments in this complex field.
Contents:
1. Trauma Laparotomy / Gustavo Pereira Fraga and Sandro Rizoli
2. Laparoscopy for Trauma: When, What, How? / Selman Uranues and Abe Fingerhut
3. Thoracic Damage Control / Dennis Y. Kim and Raul Coimbra
4. Vascular Damage Control / Kenji Inaba and Demetrios Demetriades
5. Pelvic Damage Control / Stefania Cimbanassi and Osvaldo Chiara
6. Surgical Treatment of Thoracic Trauma: Lung / Peter Fagenholz and George Velmahos 7. Surgical Treatment of Thoracic Trauma: Mediastinum / Sergio Nicola Forti Parri and Maurizio Boaron
8. Surgical Treatment of Liver and Biliary Tree Trauma / Walter L. Biffl and Carlton C. Barnett Jr.
9. Surgical Treatment of Spleen Trauma / Salomone Di Saverio, Eleonora Giorgini, Andrea Biscardi, Andrea Sibilio, Silvia Villani, Noel Naidoo, Fausto Catena, and Gregorio Tugnoli
10. Surgical Treatment of Duodenal Trauma / Cino Bendinelli and Osamu Yoshino
11. Surgical Treatment of Pancreatic Trauma / Ari K. Leppäniemi
12. Surgical Treatment of Gastric Injury / Francesco Buccoliero and Paolo Ruscelli
13. Traumatic Small Bowel and Mesentery Injuries (SBMI) / Giorgio Rossi, Salomone Di Saverio, Antonio Tarasconi, and Fausto Catena
14. Surgical Management of Traumatic Colon and Rectal Injuries / Rahul J. Anand and Rao R. Ivatury
15. Surgical Treatment of Kidney and Urinary Tract Trauma / Vassilis J. Siomos, David Sehrt, and Fernando J. Kim
16. Gynecological and Obstetric Injuries / Korhan Taviloglu
17. Major Retroperitoneal Vascular Trauma / Pieter H. Lubbert, Li C. Hsee, and Ian D. Civil
18. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome and Open Abdomen for Trauma / Stefano M. Calderale, Sergio Ribaldi, Gregorio Tugnoli, Eleonora Giorgini, and Salomone Di Saverio
19. Abdominal Wall Reconstruction and Biological Prosthesis / Roberto Manfredi, Federico Coccolini, Stefano Magnone, Paolo Bertoli, Dario Piazzalunga, and Luca Ansaloni
20. Penetrating Trauma of the Chest / Franklin L. Wright and Thomas J. Esposito
21. Operative Management of Penetrating Trauma of the Abdomen / Noel Naidoo, David J.J. Muckart, T.E. Madiba, and Salomone Di Saverio
22. Selective Nonoperative Management of Penetrating Trauma of the Abdomen / Pradeep H. Navsaria and Andrew J. Nicol.