Chapter 66 The Lymphatics Iraklis I. Pipinos, B. Timothy Baxter EMBRYOLOGY AND ANATOMY FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND STAGING DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS CLASSIFICATION DIAGNOSTIC TESTS TREATMENT LYMPHATIC DISORDERS Embryology and Anatomy…
Chapter 57 The Spleen Julie Shelton, Michael D. Holzman SPLENIC ANATOMY SPLENIC FUNCTION SPLENECTOMY LATE MORBIDITY AFTER SPLENECTOMY PROPHYLACTIC TREATMENT OF SPLENECTOMIZED PATIENTS Splenic Anatomy The spleen is an 80-…
Chapter 22 Bites and Stings Robert L. Norris, Paul S. Auerbach, Elaine E. Nelson, Ronald M. Stewart SNAKEBITES MAMMALIAN BITES ARTHROPOD BITES AND STINGS MARINE BITES AND STINGS Snakebites Epidemiology…
Chapter 27 Liver Transplantation Nancy L. Ascher HISTORY INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS LIVE DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION TECHNICAL ASPECTS EARLY COMPLICATIONS EXTENDED CRITERIA DONORS EVALUATION OF ABNORMAL LIVER FUNCTION TEST RESULTS IMMUNOSUPPRESSION…
Chapter 4 The Inflammatory Response Mitchell P. Fink THE DANGER HYPOTHESIS: DANGER-ASSOCIATED MOLECULAR PATTERNS, PATHOGEN-ASSOCIATED MOLECULAR PATTERNS, AND ALARMINS CYTOKINES AND CHEMOKINES NEUROENDOCRINE CONTROL OF THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE Celsus is…
Chapter 29 Small Bowel Transplantation Abigail E. Martin, Debra L. Sudan HISTORY NONTRANSPLANTATION THERAPIES FOR SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME INDICATIONS FOR INTESTINAL TRANSPLANTATION EVALUATION ANATOMIC CONSIDERATIONS IMMUNOSUPPRESSION MONITORING AND REJECTION COMPLICATIONS…
Chapter 72 Surgery in the Pregnant Patient Dean J. Mikami, Paul R. Beery, E. Christopher Ellison PHYSIOLOGIC CHANGES OF PREGNANCY SAFETY CONCERNS IN PREGNANCY PREVENTION OF PRETERM LABOR ABDOMINAL PAIN…
Chapter 19 The Difficult Abdominal Wall Jose J. Diaz, William D. Dutton, Richard S. Miller ACUTE PRESENTATION TEMPORARY ABDOMINAL CLOSURE ABDOMINAL CLOSURE OR PLANNED VENTRAL HERNIA? ELECTIVE PLANNED VENTRAL HERNIA…
Chapter 25 The Surgeon’s Role in Mass Casualty Incidents Asher Hirshberg, Michael Stein KEY CONCEPTS MASS CASUALTY AND MODERN TRAUMA SYSTEMS CLINICAL ASPECTS OF HOSPITAL DISASTER PLANS SURGEON’S ROLE IN…
Chapter 24 Bedside Surgical Procedures Oliver L. Gunter, Jose J. Diaz, Addison K. May RATIONALE FOR BEDSIDE SURGICAL PROCEDURES TAKING THE OPERATING ROOM TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT SAFETY PRACTICES…
