Complications in surgery

• Other Authors: Mulholland, Michael W. (Editor), Doherty, Gerard M. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2011
• Edition: SECOND EDITION
• Subjects: Intraoperative Complications; Postoperative Complications; Surgical Procedures, Operative > adverse effects
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• Physical Description: xiv, 800 pages illustrations 29 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781605475301; 1605475300

Complications in Surgery, Second Edition offers authoritative recommendations for preventing and managing complications in all current general surgery procedures. The opening sections discuss institutional risk management issues and risks common to all operations, such as wound healing problems, infection, shock, and complications in immunosuppressed patients. Subsequent sections focus on complications of specific procedures in thoracic, vascular, gastric, endocrine, breast, and oncologic surgery, as well as organ transplantation and pediatric surgery. This edition includes new information on surgical quality assessment and patient safety and updated information in the organ-specific chapters