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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Contributors
Editors’ note
Preface
PART I — GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
Chapter 1 General philosophy
Chapter 2 A brief history of emergency abdominal surgery
PART II — BEFORE THE OPERATION
Chapter 3 The acute abdomen
Chapter 4 Rational diagnostic procedures
Chapter 5 Abdominal imaging
Chapter 6 Optimizing the patient
Chapter 7 Pre-operative antibiotics
Chapter 8 Family, ethics, informed consent and medicolegal issues
Chapter 9 Before the flight: pre-op checklist
PART III — THE OPERATION
Chapter 10 The incision
Chapter 11 Abdominal exploration: finding what is wrong
Chapter 12 The laparoscopic approach to emergency abdominal surgery
Chapter 13 Peritonitis: classification and principles of treatment
Chapter 14 The intestinal anastomosis (and stomata)
Chapter 15 Esophageal emergencies
Chapter 16 Diaphragmatic emergencies
Chapter 17 Upper gastrointestinal bleeding
Chapter 18 Perforated peptic ulcer
Chapter 19 Acute pancreatitis
Chapter 20 Gallbladder and biliary emergency surgery
Chapter 21 Small bowel obstruction
Chapter 22 Acute abdominal wall hernias
Chapter 23 Acute appendicitis
Chapter 24 Acute mesenteric ischemia
Chapter 25 Hepatic emergencies
Chapter 26 Inflammatory bowel disease and other types of colitis
Chapter 27 Colonic obstruction
Chapter 28 Acute diverticulitis
Chapter 29 Massive lower GI bleeding
Chapter 30 Anorectal emergencies
Chapter 31 Surgical complications of endoscopy
Chapter 32 Abdominal trauma
Chapter 33 The abdominal compartment syndrome
Chapter 34 Abdominal aortic emergencies
Chapter 35 Gynecological emergencies
Chapter 36 Abdominal emergencies in infancy and childhood
Chapter 37 Urological emergencies
Chapter 38 Abdominal emergencies in the Third World
Chapter 39 Abdominal drainage
Chapter 40 Abdominal closure
Chapter 41 Before landing
PART IV — AFTER THE OPERATION
Chapter 42 Postoperative care
Chapter 43 Nutrition
Chapter 44 Postoperative antibiotics
Chapter 45 Postoperative ileus vs. intestinal obstruction
Chapter 46 Intra-abdominal abscesses
Chapter 47 Anastomotic leaks and fistulas
Chapter 48 Relaparotomy and laparostomy for infection
Chapter 49 Wound management
Chapter 50 In the aftermath and the M & M meeting
Index
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