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Table of Contents
Atlas of Trauma/Emergency Surgical Techniques
A Volume in the Surgical Techniques Atlas Series - Expert Consult: Online and Print
By William Cioffi, MD, FACS, Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, The Warren
Alpert Medical School of Brown
University; Surgeon-in-Chief, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island and Juan A.
Asensio, MD, FACS, FCCM, FRCS
(England), Professor of Surgery, Vice-Chairman, Department of Surgery, New York Medical
College; Chief, Division of
Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Surgery, Director, Joel A. Halpern Trauma Center, Director,
International Medicine
Institute, Co-Director, Research Institute, Westchester Medical Center University
Hospital, Valhalla, New York
Chapter 1
Intracranial Pressure Monitoring and Ventriculostomy
Section I: Neck
Chapter 2
Neck Exploration
Chapter 3
Surgical Airways: Tracheostomy and Cricothyroidotomy
Section II: Chest
Chapter 4
Resuscitative Thoracotomy, Anterolateral and Posterolateral Thoracotomy, and Thoracotomy
Decortication and Pleurodesis
Chapter 5
Anterior Approach for Stabilization of Fractures of the Lower Thoracic and Upper Lumbar
Spine (T11 - L2)
Chapter 6
Cardiac Injuries
Chapter 7
Thoracic Vascular Exposure and Reconstruction
Chapter 8
Tracheal Injury and Repair
Chapter 9
Pulmonary Injuries
Chapter 10
Subxiphoid Pericardial Window
Chapter 11
Surgical and Operative Management of Esophageal Injuries
Section III: Abdomen
Chapter 12
Abdominal Closure Techniques
Chapter 13
Duodenal Injury Repairs
Chapter 14
Liver Injuries: Repair Techniques
Chapter 15
Splenectomy and Splenorrhaphy
Chapter 16
Pancreatic Injury: Repair and Resection Techniques
Chapter 17
Cholecystectomy and Common Bile Duct Exploration
Chapter 18
Kidney Trauma (Parenchymal and Vascular Injuries): Repair and Nephrectomy
Chapter 19
Bladder and Ureteral Repair
Chapter 20
Gastroduodenal Operations for Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Perforation
Chapter 21
Incarcerated Hernia Repair-- Posterior Preperitoneal Approach
Chapter 22
Rectal Trauma
Section IV: Abdominal Vascular
Chapter 23
Abdominal Vascular Injuries
Chapter 24
Acute Mesenteric Ischemia
Section V: Extremities and Pelvis
Chapter 25
Vascular Injuries of the Upper and Lower Extremities
Chapter 26
Upper and Lower Extremity Fasciotomy
Chapter 27
Upper and Lower Extremity Amputation
Section VI: Bedside Procedures
Chapter 28
Bedside Placement of Inferior Vena Cava Filter
Chapter 29
Gastrostomy and Jejunostomy-Percutaneous Approach