Maingot's abdominal operations. Michael J. Zinner. Stanley W. Ashley

Includes bibliographical references and index.

INTRODUCTION 1. A Focused History of Surgery 2. Preoperative and Postoperative Management 3. Endoscopy and Endoscopic Intervention 4. Fundamentals of LaparoscopicSurgery 5. Laparoscopic Staging andApproaches to Cancer ABDOMINAL WALL 6. Incisions, Closures, and Managementof the Abdominal Wound 7. Hernias 8. Perspective on Hernias 9. Intestinal Stomas 10. Abdominal Abscess and EntericFistulae 11. Gastrointestinal Bleeding 12. Management of Abdominal Trauma 13. Abdominal Vascular Emergencies ESOPHAGUS 14. Benign Esophageal Disorders 15. Gastroesophageal Reflux Diseaseand Hiatal Hernia (IncludingParaesophageal) 16. Perspective on Benign EsophagealDisease 17. Cancer of the Esophagus 18. Surgical Procedures to Resect andReplace the Esophagus 19. Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery ofthe Esophagus 20. Perspective on MalignantEsophageal Disease STOMACH AND DUODENUM 21. Benign Gastric Disorders 22. Gastric Adenocarcinoma andOther Gastric Neoplasms (ExceptGastrointestinal Stromal Tumors) 23. Perspective on Gastric Cancer 24. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors 25. Perspective on GastrointestinalStromal Tumors 26. Stomach and Duodenum: OperativeProcedures 27. Morbid Obesity and Its SurgicalTreatment 28. Perspective on Morbid Obesity andIts Surgical Treatment INTESTINE AND COLON 29. Small Bowel Obstruction 30. Tumors of the Small Intestine 31. Appendix, Meckel's, and OtherSmall Bowel Diverticula 32. Diverticular Disease and ColonicVolvulus 33. Crohn's Disease 34. Ulcerative Colitis 35. Perspective on Inflammatory BowelDisease 36. Tumors of the Colon 37. Laparoscopic Colorectal Procedures 38. Perspective on Colonic Neoplasms RECTUM AND ANUS 39. Benign Disorders of the Anorectum(Pelvic Floor, Fissures, Hemorrhoids,and Fistulas) 40. Cancer of the Rectum 41. Perspective on Rectal Cancer 42. Cancer of the Anus LIVER 43. Hepatic Abscess and Cystic Diseaseof the Liver 44. Benign and Malignant Primary LiverNeoplasms 45. Hepatic Colorectal Metastases:Resection, Pumps, and Ablation 46. Perspective on Liver Surgery 47. Portal Hypertension GALLBLADDER AND BILE DUCTS 48. Cholecystitis and Cholelithiasis 49. Choledocholithiasis and Cholangitis 50. Choledochal Cyst and Benign BiliaryStrictures 51. Cancer of the Gallbladder and BileDucts 52. Laparoscopic Biliary Procedures 53. Perspective on Biliary Diseases PANCREAS 54. Management of Acute Pancreatitis 55. Complications of Acute Pancreatitis(Including Pseudocysts) 56. Chronic Pancreatitis 57. Perspective on Managementof Patients with Severe AcutePancreatitis 58. Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas 59. Cancers of the PeriampullaryRegion and the Pancreas 60. Endocrine Tumors of the Pancreas 61. Perspective on PancreaticNeoplasms SPLEEN AND ADRENAL 62. The Spleen 63. Adrenalectomy