ACS Surgery: Principles and Practice - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0974832790 ISBN 13: 9780974832791

Publisher: WebMD Professional Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

The new edition of "ACS Surgery" has 27 new chapters...these chapters, together with the chapters that have been updated, represent a 37 per cent change in content form the 2005 edition. All subjects are covered in detail, and the chapters include many valuable algorithms. As always, "ACS Surgery" delivers practical, current guidance for the urgent and crucial treatment decisions surgeons make every day.

Here are some of the NEW things "ACS Surgery: Principles and Practice 2006" edition has to offer: Performance Measures in Surgical Practice - What surgeons need to know about the new measures to guide quality improvement; expanded GI Section - new chapters include Tumors of the Stomach, Duodenum, and Small Bowel - Tumors of the Pancreas, Biliary Tract, and Liver - Fulminant Ulcerative Colitis - Hereditary Colorectal Cancer and Polyposis Syndromes - Adenocarcinoma of the Colon and Rectum - Motility Disorders; new Thorax Section - new chapters on common problems and procedures, including Dysphagia, Chest Wall Mass, Chest Wall Procedures, Paralyzed Diaphragm; and an expanded Vascular Section - new chapters include Acute Mesenteric Ischemia, Mesenteric Revascularization Procedures, Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting, Endovascualr Procedures for Renovascular Disease, and Repair of Femoral and Popliteal Artery Aneurysms.

About this edition

• Publisher: WebMD Professional Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0974832790
• ISBN 13: 9780974832791
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 785
• Editor: Souba Wiley W.