Minimally Invasive Acute Care Surgery

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Khwaja, Kosar A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Diaz, Jose J. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Surgery.; Rectum-Surgery .; Minimally invasive surgery.; General Surgery.; Colorectal Surgery.; Minimally Invasive Surgery.

This text is designed to present a comprehensive, up to date and safe approach to managing emergency general surgery patients with a minimally invasive approach.  This book bridges the gap between the minimally invasive surgery (MIS) expert who may not routinely be involved in the care of the acute...

Table of Contents:

• Physiologic Effects of Pneumoperitoneum: Implications of Laparoscopy in Critically Ill Patients Undergoing Emergency Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Laparoscopic Exploration for Free Air
• Incarcerated Abdominal Wall Hernias: Tips and Tricks to the Minimally Invasive Approach
• Laparoscopic Approach to the Acutely Incarcerated Paraesophageal Hernia
• Acute Care Surgery for Bariatric Surgery Emergencies
• Managing the Difficult Gallbladder in Acute Cholecystitis
• Minimally Invasive Approach to Choledocholithiasis
• Laparoscopic Approach to Perforated Ulcers
• Minimally Invasive Strategies for the Treatment of Necrotizing Infected Pancreatitis: Video-Assisted Retroperitoneal Debridement (VARD)
• Laparoscopic Management of Small Bowel Obstruction
• Management of Appendicitis
• Minimally Invasive Approach to Acute Diverticulitis
• Laparoscopic Re-exploration for Colorectal Surgery Complications
• Minimally Invasive Approaches to Clostridium Difficile Colitis
• Bedside Laparoscopy in the Intensive Care Unit
• Laparoscopic Exploration for Trauma.