Chapter 48 Acute Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Ali Tavakkolizadeh, Stanley W. Ashley APPROACH TO THE PATIENT ACUTE UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE ACUTE LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE OBSCURE CAUSES OF ACUTE GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE Acute gastrointestinal…
Chapter 37 Breast Reconstruction Kendall R. Roehl, Bradon J. Wilhelmi, Linda G. Phillips ROLE OF THE GENERAL SURGEON IN BREAST RECONSTRUCTION HISTORY PATIENT SELECTION TIMING PROCEDURE SELECTION AND SURGICAL PLANNING…
Chapter 31 Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy James S. Economou, James C. Yang, James S. Tomlinson OVERVIEW OF TUMOR IMMUNOLOGY STRATEGIES FOR CLINICAL TUMOR IMMUNOTHERAPY CONCLUSION Glossary of Terms 1MT—1-methyltryptophan ADCC—antibody-dependent…
Chapter 45 Abdominal Wall, Umbilicus, Peritoneum, Mesenteries, Omentum, and Retroperitoneum Richard H. Turnage, Brian Badgwell ABDOMINAL WALL AND UMBILICUS PERITONEUM AND PERITONEAL CAVITY MESENTERY AND OMENTUM RETROPERITONEUM Abdominal Wall And…
Chapter 71 Gynecologic Surgery Howard W. Jones, III PELVIC EMBRYOLOGY AND ANATOMY REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY CLINICAL EVALUATION ALTERNATIVES TO SURGICAL INTERVENTION TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF SURGICAL OPTIONS SURGERY DURING PREGNANCY Gynecologic surgery…
Chapter 64 Vascular Trauma Michael J. Sise, Steven R. Shackford GENERAL APPROACH TO VASCULAR TRAUMA SPECIFIC INJURIES OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR EXTREMITY FASCIOTOMY POSTOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OUTCOMES AND FOLLOW–UP Vascular trauma remains…
Chapter 40 Endocrine Pancreas Taylor S. Riall, Courtney M. Townsend, Jr. HISTOMORPHOLOGY OF ISLETS EMBRYOLOGY OF THE ENDOCRINE PANCREAS ENDOCRINE PHYSIOLOGY SURGICAL TREATMENT OF DIABETES ISLET CELL TUMORS SUMMARY The…
Chapter 30 Tumor Biology and Tumor Markers Marcus C.B. Tan, S. Peter Goedegebuure, Timothy J. Eberlein EPIDEMIOLOGY TUMOR BIOLOGY CARCINOGENESIS TUMOR MARKERS Neoplasia (literally meaning “new growth”) is the uncontrolled…
