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Title

Management of laparoscopic surgical complications / edited by Karl A. LeBlanc.

Publication

New York : Marcel Dekker, [2004], ©2004.

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Additional Authors

LeBlanc, Karl A.

Description

xiv, 518 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Responding to the explosion of advancement in the field, this reference details methods to prevent, identify, evaluate, and treat every potential complication that may arise in operations utilizing laparoscopic techniques - providing an abundance of photographs and guidelines to visualize and achieve successful outcomes in the use of laparoscopic methods for common, advanced, and unusual operative procedures." "Supplying recommendations and best practices from nearly 50 distinguished leaders in the field, this guide helps surgeons anticipate pitfalls that may arise at preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative stages of surgery...evaluate patients before surgery to minimize adverse outcomes...recognize clinical signs for suspected complications...understand issues and concepts that are applicable to all laparoscopic techniques...and improve their skill and expertise in the adoption of laparoscopic methods."--BOOK JACKET.

Alternative Title

Laparoscopic surgical complications

Subject

• Intraoperative Complications > prevention & control
• Laparoscopy > adverse effects
• Laparoscopy > methods
• Postoperative Complications > prevention & control
• Surgical Procedures, Operative

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Laparoscopic surgery : overview / Karl A. LeBlanc -- 2. General complications in general surgical procedures / Douglas M. Bowley and Andrew N. Kingsnorth -- 3. General laparoscopic surgical complications / Karl A. LeBlanc -- 4. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy, its complications, and management / Vivian M. Sanchez and Robert W. Bailey -- 5. Anesthesia / Samuel A. Irefin -- 6. Appendectomy / Michael S. Kavic and Stephen M. Kavic -- 7. Complications of laparoscopic bariatric surgery / Michael Williams and J. K. Champion -- 8. Cholecystectomy / Fumihiko Fujita, Koji Otsuka, Luca Giordano and Edward H. Phillips -- 9. Exploration of the common bile duct / Koji Otsuka, Fumihiko Fujita, Luca Giordano and Edward H. Phillips -- 10. Complications of laparoscopic colorectal surgery / Gustavo Plasencia and Moises Jacobs -- 11. Gastroesophageal reflux surgery / Todd A. Kellogg, Carlos A. Pellegrini and Brant K. Oelschlager -- 12. Genitourinary surgery / Sean P. Hedican and Stephen Y. Nakada -- 13. Geriatrics / Salvador Morales-Conde and Auxiliadora Cano -- 14. Incisional and ventral hernia repair / Karl A. LeBlanc -- 15. Inguinal hernia repair / Guy Voeller -- 16. Hepatic surgery / Levente J. Szalai, Archit Naik, Abtin Foroohar and William C. Meyers -- 17. Medical malpractice issues in laparoscopic surgery / Harry Rein -- 18. Oncology / Rodrigo Gonzaelez and Bruce J. Ramslaw -- 19. Pancreatic surgery / Federico Cuenca-Abente and Michel Gagner -- 20. Pediatric minimal-access surgery / Marion C. W. Henry and Craig T. Albanese -- 21. Prosthetic biomaterials / Alfredo M. Carbonell, Kent W. Kercher, Brent D. Matthews and Todd B. Heniford -- 22. Robotic and telerobotic surgery / Garth Ballantyne and Richard M. Satawa -- 23. Small intestine / Miguel Angel Carbajo Caballero, Juan Carlos Martin del Olmo and Miguel Toledano Trincado -- 24. Laparoscopic gastric surgery / Ricardo Vitor Cohen, Jose Carlos Pinheiro Filho, Carlos Aurelio Schiavon and Jose Luis Lopes Correa -- 25. Splenectomy / John M. Whitaker -- 26. Vascular surgery / Yves-Marie Dion and Fabien Thaveau.

ISBN

0824754409

OCLC

• ocm56513403
• SCSB-5076767

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries