Schein’s Common Sense Emergency Abdominal Surgery

1. The Operation

   1. “Acute” Abdominal Wall Hernias

      • Moshe Schein

      Pages 151-157

   2. Acute Mesenteric Ischemia

      • Moshe Schein

      Pages 159-167

   3. Inflammatory Bowel Disease

      • Moshe Schein

      Pages 169-178

   4. Colonic Obstruction

      • Moshe Schein

      Pages 179-192

   5. Acute Appendicitis

      • Moshe Schein

      Pages 193-202

   6. Acute Diverticulitis

      • Moshe Schein

      Pages 203-214

   7. Massive Rectal Bleeding

      • Moshe Schein

      Pages 215-221

   8. Gynecological Emergencies

      • Moshe Schein

      Pages 223-232

   9. Penetrating Abdominal Trauma

      • Moshe Schein

      Pages 233-238

   10. Blunt Abdominal Trauma

       • Moshe Schein

       Pages 239-251

   11. The Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

       • Moshe Schein

       Pages 253-260

   12. Abdominal Closure

       • Moshe Schein

       Pages 261-265

   13. Ruptured Abdominal Aneurysm

       • Moshe Schein

       Pages 267-274

2. After the Operation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 275-275

      PDF

   2. Nutrition

      • Moshe Schein

      Pages 277-286

   3. Postoperative Antibiotics

      • Moshe Schein

      Pages 287-290

   4. Postoperative Care

      • Moshe Schein

      Pages 291-296

   5. Postoperative Ileus Versus Intestinal Obstruction

      • Moshe Schein

      Pages 297-302

   6. Intra-abdominal Abscesses

      • Moshe Schein

      Pages 303-314

   7. Abdominal Wall Dehiscence

      • Moshe Schein

      Pages 315-319

ix Preface Smart surgeons learn from their own mistakes, smarter surgeons learn from mistakes of others, some never learn . . . You are a resident, overworked and constantly tired; sitting down with your mentor for a brief tutorial. What do you want to get out of these few minutes? To organize your thoughts and approaches to the particular problem; to learn how he -the weathered surgeon -"tackles it"; to grasp a few practical "recipes" or "goodies" and take home a message or two; to laugh a bit and unwind. This is also our goal in this book. We hope that you are not repelled or offended by the non-formal character of this book. This is how emergency abdominal surgery is taught best, by trial and error and repetitions, with emphasis on basics. This is not a "complete" textbook, nor is it a cookbook type manual or discussion of case studies; neither is it a collection of detailed lecture notes or exhaustive lists. Instead, it consists of a series of informal, uncensored, chats between experienced surgeons and their trainees. No percentages, series, elaborated figures or complicated algorithms are included; only a surgeon's narrative, explaining how "he does it" -based on his experience and state of the art knowledge of the literature. No references are included as it was our aim to put down nothing which has not been experienced, confirmed and practiced in our own hands.

• Surgery
• abdomen
• cholecystitis
• diagnostic procedures
• hernia
• infection
• pancreatitis

• Cornell University Medical College, USA

  Moshe Schein

• New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, USA

  Moshe Schein

Policies and ethics