Emergency Surgery Course (Esc(r)) Manual: The Official Estes/Aast Guide (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Generalities: Intra-operative Strategy: Open Surgical Approach.- Leading Symptoms.- Management options: non-operative versus operative management.- Pathophysiology.- Post-operative complications.- When To Operate After Failed Non-operative Management. Techniques: Laparoscopy.- Laparotomy (Open surgery).- Lower gastrointestinal endoscopy.- Percutaneous interventions.- Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. By organ: Appendix.- Biliary tree.- Colon & rectum.- Diaphragmatic Problems for the Emergency Surgeon.- Esophagus.- Female genital tract.- Liver.- Pancreas.- Proctology.- Small bowel.- Soft tissue (necrotizing).- Stomach and duodenum.- Surgical emergencies related to abdominal wall hernia.- Thorax.