Research Catalog

Title

Ambulatory surgery / [edited by] Bruce David Schirmer, David William Rattner.

Publication

Philadelphia : Saunders, [1998], ©1998.

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Additional Authors

• Rattner, David William.
• Schirmer, Bruce D.

Description

xvii, 545 pages : illustrations; 27 cm

Subject

• Ambulatory Surgical Procedures
• Ambulatory surgery

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. History of Ambulatory Surgery / Bruce David Schirmer -- 2. Economic Incentives and Cost Effectiveness / James P. Highland -- 3. Determining the Feasibility of an Ambulatory Surgery Center / Robert Marasco and Bruce David Schirmer -- 4. Reimbursement Issues / Bruce David Schirmer and Don E. Detmer -- 5. Integration of Ambulatory Surgery Into the Health Care System / Maria D. Allo -- 6. Quality Issues in Ambulatory Care / John P. Remensnyder -- 7. Credentialing Issues / Frederick W. Ackroyd -- 8. Outcome Studies / Joseph Gerstein -- 9. Preoperative Assessment and Discharge Assessment Criteria / Judith C. F. Hwang, Timothy J. Bill and Richard F. Edlich -- 10. Universal Precautions / Richard F. Edlich, David J. Bentrem and David B. Drake -- 11. The Role of the Medical Director in the Ambulatory Surgical Center / William T. Ross, Jr. -- 12. Modern Technology in the Ambulatory Surgery Unit / Bruce David Schirmer --
• 13. Administration of the Ambulatory Surgery Unit / Andrew A. Jeon and Beverly K. Philip -- 14. Agents for General Anesthesia / Mark Dershwitzn -- 15. Conscious Sedation / Bobbie Jean Sweitzer -- 16. Local and Regional Anesthesia / William F. Eckhardt III -- 17. Managing the Pediatric Outpatient / Terrance A. Yemen -- 18. Special Considerations for Laparoscopic Surgery / Stephen D. Small -- 19. Evaluation and Monitoring of the Patient. Pt. I. Preoperative Evaluation of Outpatients / William T. Ross, Jr. and James Thomas Cox. Pt. II. Postoperative Monitoring and Evaluation / Kenneth Haspel -- 20. Head and Neck / Ranes C. Chakravorty -- 21. Lymph Node Biopsy / Herbert C. Hoover, Jr. -- 22. Management of Breast Abnormalities / Marcia Moore and Charles Harris -- 23. Hernias: Traditional Approach / Arthur I. Gilbert and Michael F. Graham -- 24. Hernias: Prosthetic Material Repair / Joel S. Goodwin II and L. William Traverso --
• 25. Cholecystectomy: Minilaparotomy / John W. Braasch -- 26. Special Considerations for Performing Laparoscopic Surgery: Personnel, Equipment, and Costs / C. Randle Voyles -- 27. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy / Nathaniel J. Soper -- 28. Laparoscopy for Acute Abdominal Pain and the Acute Abdomen / Gene D. Branum and Aaron S. Fink -- 29. Laparoscopy for Chronic Abdominal Pain / Henry L. Laws -- 30. Laparoscopic Treatment of Gynecologic Emergencies / Bruce G. Bateman -- 31. Pitfalls in Ambulatory Vascular Access Surgery / Worthington G. Schenk III -- 32. Venous Diseases / Jonathan P. Gertler -- 33. Surgical Management of Difficult Wounds / Richard F. Edlich, Nguyen D. Nguyen and Raymond F. Morgan -- 34. Excisional Biopsy of Skin Tumors / Richard F. Edlich, Scott E. Langenburg and David B. Drake -- 35. Subcutaneous Nodules / Leslie Ottinger -- 36. Pigmented Skin Lesions / Craig L. Slingluff, Jr. -- 37. Perianal Disease / Paul C. Shellito --
• 38. Hemorrhoids / Eugene Foley -- 39. Pilonidal Cysts and Sinuses / Joseph Minasi and John S. Minasi -- 40. Transanal Excision: Traditional Approach / James O. Keck and Patricia Roberts -- 41. Transanal Excision: Endoscopic Microsurgical Technique / Bruce A. Orkin -- 42. Special Considerations for Therapeutic Lower Endoscopy / Richard L. Whelan, John Morgan Cosgrove and Shawn Garber -- 43. Special considerations for Therapeutic Upper Endoscopy / Peter B. Kelsey -- 44. Special Considerations for Bronchoscopy / Cameron D. Wright -- 45. Special Considerations for Pediatric Endoscopy / Bradley M. Rodgers and Osbert Blow -- 46. The Use of Lasers in Endoscopic Surgery / Thadeus L. Trus and John G. Hunter -- 47. Pediatric Hernias and Hydroceles / John H. T. Waldhausen -- 48. Special Considerations for Outpatient Pediatric Surgery / Eugene D. McGahren III.

ISBN

072165889X

LCCN

97041327

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries