Scott-Conner & Dawson essential operative techniques and anatomy

• Main Author: Scott-Conner, Carol E. H. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, Pennyslvania Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health 2014
• Edition: Fourth Edition
• Subjects: Surgical Procedures, Operative > method; Anatomy, Regional
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• Item Description: Preceded by: Operative anatomy / Carol E. H. Scott-Conner, David L. Dawson. 3rd ed. 2009
• Physical Description: xx, 751 pages illustrations, portraits 28 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781451151725; 81451151725

Expanded to 134 chapters and enhanced by new color photos and new contributing authors, this edition is an up-to-date, easy-to-use reference to both the surgical technique and the relevant anatomy of nearly all the procedures you will face. Features --Prepare for practice with expert coverage of the "Essential Common" and "Essential Uncommon" categories of the SCORE (TM) curriculum (print) and "Complex" procedures (web version). --Quickly review key facts and procedures before performing an operation or taking the boards, with three book-opening tables: "Steps in Procedure," "Hallmark Anatomic Complications," and "List of Structures." --NEW chapters on cutaneous infections, I&D, excision, STSG, ligation, stripping, saphenous vein, loop ileostomy/closure, operations for small bowel obstruction (including laparoscopic), and pediatric umbilical hernia repair. --Increase your understanding of key procedures with significantly expanded chapters on thoracoscopic surgery of the esophagus and laparoscopic colon resection