The chapters in the book are written by
surgeons, radiologists, anesthesiologists and oncologists from different
hospitals in Tunisia, Turkey, Denmark, Spain and Italy. Together with basic
surgical principles, the unique local experiences and perspectives are
presented.
This book contains literature reviews describing some of the diseases
and pathological conditions that occur in emergency surgical practice. The
problems described are relevant for emergency abdominal surgery. Topics covered
includes:The Dilemma of Acute Appendicitis, Management of Intestinal
Obstruction, Risk Factors and Predictive Models for Conversion of Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy to Open Surgery, and Surgical Quality Outcome Measures,
Gastrointestinal Foreign Bodies, Non-Surgical Causes of Acute Abdominal Pain,
Physiotherapy Following Emergency Abdominal Surgery, Liver Trauma, Damage
Control Surgery and Emergency Abdominal Surgery in Infants and Children
This
note covers the following topics related to surgery: Health History of the
patient, Physical examination, Laboratory work up, Perioperative risk
assessment, Assessing cardiovascular risk, Assessing pulmonary risk,
Perioperative management of Anticagulation, Surgery in the anticoagulated
patient and Regional anesthesia in the anticoagulated patient.