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Surgical Decision Making

Beyond the Evidence Based Surgery

Authors:

  1. Rifat Latifi

    1. Dept of Surgery Suite 5409, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

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  • The first comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of the major issues specific to the intraoperative decision making process?

  • Includes both theoretical as well as practical presentations of many typical patients seen in OR rooms throughout the world

  • Written by academic and clinical practicing surgeons that face difficult intraoperative decision situations on a daily basis

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. The Complexity of Surgical Decisions: Setting the Stage

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
      PDF

    6. A Surgeon’s Decisions as the Leader of an Interdisciplinary Action Team

      • Rifat Latifi, John A. Stroster, Katherine E. Center
      Pages 31-39

    7. Planning and Preparing for the Operation: Guidelines and the Evidence-Based Decision Tree

      • Wilson Dario Rodríguez Velandia, Patrizio Petrone, Hans Fred García Araque, Soraya SMolero Perez, Corrado Paolo Marini
      Pages 41-57

    8. The Decision-Making Process in Sepsis and Septic Shock

      • Michelle H. Scerbo, Laura J. Moore
      Pages 59-79

    9. Intraoperative Endpoints of Resuscitation

      • Hans Fred García Araque, Patrizio Petrone, Wilson Dario Rodríguez Velandia, Corrado Paolo Marini
      Pages 81-92

  3. Difficult Clinical-Based Surgical Decisions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. Surgical Decision-Making Process and Damage Control: Current Principles and Practice

      • Ruben Peralta, Gaby Jabbour, Rifat Latifi
      Pages 95-101

    3. Reoperative Surgery in Acute Setting: When To Go Back?

      • Elizabeth M. Windell, Rifat Latifi
      Pages 103-109

    4. Surgical Decision-Making Process and Definitive Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

      • Rifat Latifi, Ruben Peralta, John A. Stroster
      Pages 111-118

    5. Dealing with the Most Difficult Situations in Abdominal Surgery

      • Rifat Latifi, John A. Stroster
      Pages 119-131

    7. Management of the Most Difficult Perioperative and Technical Challenges in Abdominal Transplantation

      • Chirag S. Desai, Yong Kyong Kwon, Mark R. Laftavi, Vaughn Whittaker, Rainer W. G. Gruessner
      Pages 141-155

    9. Difficult Decisions in Cardiothoracic Surgery: Acute Cardiogenic Shock

      • Zachary P. Baker, Jack B. Keenan, Zain Khalpey
      Pages 165-175
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About this book

This text provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of the major issues specific to the surgical decision-making process.  These include patient’s anatomy and pathophysiology as well as the magnitude of the injury at hand, the surgeon's own physiologic and mental status, training and experience, and many other factors such as creativity, leadership skills, and overall "biochemistry" of the environment. The text reviews theoretical as well as objective information that surgeons use to make intraoperative decisions in situations, often with very limited data; decisions that will decide between a patient's living or dying, such as in trauma surgery and other complex surgeries. How surgeons choose one technical approach over another in these situations is covered. This book fills a critical need for resource materials on these topics and includes both theoretical as well as practical presentations of many typical patients seen in operating rooms around the world.      

Surgical Decision Making: Beyond the Evidence Based Surgery is written by academic and clinical practicing surgeons that face intraoperative decision situations on a daily basis and therefore provides a unique and valuable resource in the field for surgeons currently in training and for those already in clinical or research practice.  
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Reviews

“This is a collection of presentations integrating the wisdom of multiple disciplines for effective surgical decision making. … Surgeons at all levels of seniority are an appropriate audience for this book, which features contributions from an international collection of writers. … This is an intriguing collection of presentations reflecting management philosophy and social issues in surgery.” (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, November, 2016)

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept of Surgery Suite 5409, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

    Rifat Latifi

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About the author

Rifat Latifi
Westchester Medical Center
Department of Surgery
100 Woods Road
Valhalla, NY  10595
tel:  520-268-2545
rifat.latifi@gmail.com
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Surgical Decision Making

  • Book Subtitle: Beyond the Evidence Based Surgery

  • Authors: Rifat Latifi

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29824-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-29822-1Published: 11 July 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80661-7Published: 30 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-29824-5Published: 30 April 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 265

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 75 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: General Surgery

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Finance, Business & Banking, Health & Hospitals, Pharma

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