An Internist's Illustrated Guide to Gastrointestinal Surgery

Editorial Reviews

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This book describes abdominal surgical operations and their immediate and late
complications so that internists, family physicians, and gastroenterologists
can provide appropriate post-surgical management. Surgical and laparoscopic
procedures used for the gastrointestinal tract are explained and accompanied by
b&w photos, drawings, and medical images. Related anatomical and physical
changes are described, along with advice on medical management of the post-
surgical patient. Wu is affiliated with the University of Connecticut Health
Center.Copyright ?2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Info
Text describes all of the surgical and laparoscopic procedures now used for the
gastrointestinal tract. Includes clear, halftone illustrations and discussions
of anatomical and physiological changes. Also offers advice on the medical
management of the postsurgical patient. For physicians. DNLM: Digestive System
Surgical Procedures--methods.
Abstract:
This comprehensive and easy-to-read review of all the surgical and laparoscopic
procedures now used for the GI tract is designed for the nonsurgically trained
physician who must care for postsurgical patients. It provides clear
illustrations, discussions of accompanying anatomical and physiological
changes, advice on patient management, and medical pearls. Topics range from
esophageal and gastric surgery to abdominal hernia, from small and large bowel
procedures to hepatic, biliary, pancreatic, aortic, and peritoneal operations.
This is a unique book that covers the concepts and practices that underlie
gastrointestinal surgery and are crucial to today's best management of patients.

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Reviews:
Foreword by Dr. Tadataka Yamada

밫his book is written for internists, gastroenterologists, and other
physicians who care for patients with complex GI disease and who interact
particularly with surgeons...Each chapter gives a broad overview of a
particular disease and then leads into methods of treatment. Where surgery is
the primary treatment, the preoperative evaluation and management of patients
is discussed. A section on the typical surgical procedures required to treat a
disease is then presented. This includes options that are surgical and
nonsurgical in nature. The latter part of each chapter includes discussion
about survival, postoperative complications, cost, functional outcomes and
related topics, and processes. At the end of each chapter is a list of
references that are typically classical surgical references. ?Doody's Health
Sciences Book Review Journal

밫his is a unique textbook directed primarily at practicing internists, but
which is equally appropriate for gastroenterologists and trainees in medicine
who wish to understand better what would happen to their patients when a
surgical choice is made.??Digestive and Liver Disease

뱟an excellent guide for medical residents and gastroenterology fellows꿢
practical and succinct review of GI surgery.??Practical Gastroenterology

밫he editors of this book have made a great effort to produce a complete guide
not only to gastrointestinal surgery but also to abdominal general surgery,
including surgery of the aorta and its branches, and abdominal wall hernia
surgery. This book can be thoroughly recommended both for young surgeons and
non-visceral surgical residents in surgical departments, and for busy, but
interested, general surgical practitioners and physicians.??British Journal
of Surgery

밫his text, whose contributing authors include professors and chiefs of
surgery, surgical subspecialists, medical gastrointestinal subspecialists,
chief surgical residents, and medical fellows, is an excellent primer for the
primary care physician, medical student, or resident. In a clear, concise, well-
organized fashion