Complications in Surgery and Trauma provides practical information on the incidence, management, and avoidance of complications encountered during and after surgical procedures.

Features:

• Cuts across all surgical disciplines and demonstrates the need for a systematic approach to complication prevention and avoidance
• Utilizes tables to pinpoint system failures, and considers critical patient-surgeon interactions, errors in judgment, errors in technique, and delays in
• Diagnosis and/or treatment due to patient disease
• Analyzes a wide array of complications related to surgical interventions to identify the optimal complication prevention protocols; as well as diagnostic and therapeutic techniques to minimize complication impact on patient welfare
• Supplies chapters by authors chosen for their specific expertise in a given anatomic or physiologic field

Contents

1. Complications in Anesthesia
2. Complications of Acute Fluid Loss and Replacement
3. Complications of Antibiotic Therapy
4. Complications of Blood and Blood-Product Transfusion
5. Hypovolemic and Septic Shock
6. Complications Associated with the Use of Invasive Devices in the Intensive Care Unit
7. Complications of Abdominal Wall Surgery and Hernia Repair
8. Complications of Biliary Tract Surgery and Trauma
9. Complications of Intestinal Surgery
10. Complications of Gastric Surgery
11. Complications in Hepatic Surgery and Trauma
12. Complications of Pancreatic Surgery and Trauma
13. Complications of Splenic Surgery
14. Complications of Laparoscopy in General Surgery
15. Complications in Liver Transplantation
16. Complications of Breast Surgery
17. Complications of Thyroidectomy and Parathyroidectomy
18. Complications of Adrenal Gland Surgery
19. Complications Associated with Surgery for Enteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
20. Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumors
21. Complications of Pulmonary and Chest Wall Resection
22. Complications of Esophageal Surgery and Trauma
23. Respiratory Failure After Surgery or Trauma
24. Complications of Lung Transplantation
25. Complications after Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Cardiac Arrest
26. Complications of Vascular Surgery
27. Acute Complications of Cardiovascular Surgery and Trauma
28. Complications of Cardiac Transplantation
29. Complications of Mechanical Circulatory Support
30. Venous Thromboembolism
31. Epidemiological, Organizational, and Educational Aspects of Trauma Care
32. Competing Priorities in the Trauma Patient
33. Complications of Dislocations
34. Complications of Amputations
35. Complications of Hand Surgery
36. Post-Operative Pain Management
37. Complications after Craniotomy
38. Spinal Cord Trauma
39. Complications of Nerve Injury and Repair
40. Psychological and Behavioral Complications of Trauma
41. Complications of Wound Repair
42. Complications of Thermal Injuries
43. Complications of Skin Grafting
44. Complications of Reconstructive Surgery
45. Complications in Gynecologic Surgery
46. Complications of Bladder and Prostate Surgery
47. Urethra, Scrotal, and Penile Surgery
48. Complications of Genitourinary Trauma
49. Surgical Complications of Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation
50. Complications of General Surgery During Pregnancy

Index

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