The SAGES Manual of Strategic Decision Making

by Scott-Conner, Carol E. H.; Torres, Jose E., M.D.; Thepjatri, Nate, M.D.

• ISBN13: 9780387766706
• ISBN10: 0387766707
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-30
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

"This book presents common clinical scenarios and presents the reader with "when to" and "how else to" considerations." "The chapters are formatted consistently, with an introductory problem or question to be considered. Each case history is accompanied by the perspective of two experts, each offering his or her preference of approach and management, giving reasons and offering evidence, if it exists, and acknowledging lack of data if it is insufficient. The summary discussion brings the reader up-to-date on the state of the art and makes recommendations based on available data. Integration of ultrasound, MRI, PET scanning, and computed tomography is detailed when these modalities are employed for diagnosis or therapy." "While this work is labeled "manual," it is a veritable textbook, albeit not covering every imaginable aspect of minimal access surgery. It will provide guidance for those who are interested in putting into logical context the role of minimal access procedures in the management of diseases managed by surgeons. While it does provide clear and detailed descriptions of some procedures, open, endoscopic, and combined, its greatest strength is in the new knowledge it summarizes and the results it shares." "Among the topics covered are: Access to the Abdomen; Gallstone Pancreatitis; Choice of Approach for Laparoscopic Common Duct Exploration; Partial or Complete Fundoplication for GERD; Preoperative Staging for Esophageal Carcinoma; Bariatric Surgery - Choice of Surgical Procedure; Insulinoma of Tail Pancreas; Living Related Donor Nephrectomy, Right Side; Screening Colonoscopy: Endoscopic or Virtual; Rectal Villous Adenoma."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Access to the abdomen

Appendicitis during pregnancy

Stab wound to the abdomen

Elective cholecystectomy

Gallstone pancreatitis

Cholelithiasis with choledocholithiasis

Choice of approach for laparoscopic common duct exploration

Bleeding after laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Cystic duct stump leak after laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Medical versus surgical management for uncomplicated gastroesophageal reflux disease

Partial or complete fundoplication for GERD

Barrett's esophagus with high grade dysplasis

Management of gastroesophageal reflux disease in the morbidly obese

Achalasia of the esophagus

Laparoscopic management of achalasia

Preoperative staging for esophageal carcinoma

Esophageal carcinoma

Gastric carcinoma

Feeding tube placement, gastrostomy versus jejunostomy

Percutaneous versus laparoscopic feeding tube placement

Bariatric surgery: choice of surgical procedure

Bariatric surgery with incidental cholelithiasis

Uncomplicated adhesive small bowel obstruction

Possible appendicitis

Acute (retrocecal) appendicitis

Perforated appendicitis

Large bowel obstruction due to carcinoma of the rectum

Carcinoma of the cecum

Carcinoma of the left colon

Low anterior resection for carcinoma below the peritoneal reflection

Splenectomy massive splenomegaly

Insulinoma of tail pancreas

Preoperative staging of pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Living related donor nephrectomy, right side

Adrenal incidentaloma

Incidental adrenal mass with suspicious features

Bilateral pheochromocytoma

Indirect inguinal hernia

Bilateral inguinal hernias

Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis

Variceal bleeding

Gastroesophageal reflux disease

Screening colonoscopy: endoscopic or virtual

Benign sessile right colon polyp

Rectal villous adenoma

Thoracic sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis: a lagnappe

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