Emergency General Surgery

The field of emergency general surgery encompasses a wide array ofsurgical diseases, ranging from the simple to the complex. These diseasesmay include inflammatory, infectious, and hemorrhagic processesspanning the entire gastrointestinal tract. Complications ofabdominal wall hernias, compartment syndromes, skin and soft tissueinfections, and surgical diseases are significantly complex in specialpopulations, including elderly, obese, pregnant, immunocompromised,and cirrhotic patients. This book covers emergency general surgery topics in a succinct, practicaland understandable fashion. After reviewing the general principlesin caring for the emergency general surgery patient, this textdiscusses current evidence and the best practices stratified by organsystem, including esophageal, gastroduodenal, hepatobiliary andpancreatic, small and large bowel, anorectal, thoracic, and hernias.Chapters are written by experts in the field and present a logical,straightforward, and easy to understand approach to the emergencygeneral surgery patient, as well as provide patient care algorithmswhere appropriate. Emergency General Surgery: A Practical Approach provides surgeonsand surgery residents with a practical and evidence-based approachto diagnosing and managing a wide array of surgical diseases encounteredon emergency general surgery call.