Chassin's Operative Strategy in General Surgery

Carol E.H. Scott-Conner, MD, PhD University of Iowa, Roy J and Lucille A Carver College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Iowa City, IA, USA

Concepts and Strategies of Surgery.- Mechanical Basics of Operative Technique.- Incision, Exposure, Closure.- Dissecting and Suturing.- Surgical Stapling: Principles and Precautions.- Control of Bleeding.- Management of the Contaminated Operation.- Damage Control Laparotomy.- Mechanical Basics of Laparoscopic Surgery.- Rational Use of Drains.- Illustrated Glossary of Surgical Instruments.- The Operative Note.- Concepts in Esophageal Surgery.- Esophagectomy: Right Thoracotomy and Laparotomy.- Esophagogastrectomy: Left Thoracoabdominal Approach.- Transhiatal Esophagectomy.- Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy.- Operations to Replace or Bypass the Esophagus: Colon or Jejunum Interposition.- Transabdominal Nissen Fundoplication.- Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication.- Posterior Gastropexy (Hill Repair): Surgical Legacy Technique.- Transthoracic Gastroplasty (Collis) and Nissen Fundoplication: Surgical Legacy Technique.- Bile Diverting Operations for Management of Esophageal Disease.- Cricopharyngeal Myotomy and Operation for Pharyngoesophageal (Zenker's) Diverticulum.- Esophagomyotomy for Achalasia and Diffuse Esophageal Spasm: Surgical Legacy Technique.- Laparoscopic Esophagomyotomy.- Operations for Esophageal Perforation and Anastomotic Leaks.- Concepts in Surgery of the Stomach and Duodenum.- Truncal Vagotomy: Surgical Legacy Technique.- Proximal Gastric Vagotomy: Surgical Legacy Technique.- Pyloroplasty (Heineke-Mikulicz and Finney), Operation for Bleeding Duodenal Ulcer: SurgicalLegacy Techniques.- Gastrojejunostomy.- Partial Gastrectomy Without Lymphadenectomy.- Perforated Peptic Ulcer.- Laparoscopic Pl.- Total Gastrectomy.- Exposure of the Third and Fourth Portions of the Duodenum.- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding.- Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.- Concepts in Surgery of the Small Intestine and Appendix.- Small Bowel Resection and Anastomosis.- Enterolysis for Intestinal Obstruction.- Baker Tube Stitchless Plication: Surgical Legacy Technique.- Appendectomy.- Laparoscopic Appendectomy.- Concepts in Surgery of the Large Intestine.- Right Colectomy for Cancer.- Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy.- Left Colectomy for Cancer.- Laparoscopic Left Hemicolectomy and Low Anterior Resection.- Low Anterior Resection for Rectal Cancer.- Abdominoperineal Resection for Rectal Cancer.- Laparoscopic Abdominoperineal Resection and Total Proctocolectomy with End Ileostomy.- Subtotal Colectomy with Ileoproctostomy or Ileostomy.- Restorative Proctocolectomy with Mucosal Proctectomy and Ileal Reservoir.- Abdominoperineal Proctectomy for Benign Disease.- End-Ileostomy.- Loop Ileostomy.- Cecostomy: Surgical Legacy Technique.- Transverse Colostomy.- Closure of Temporary Loop Colostomy or Ileostomy.- Laparoscopic Stoma Construction and Closure.- Surgery for Colonic Diverticulitis and Other Benign Conditions of the Left Colon (Hartmann’s Procedure).- Ripstein Operation for Rectal Prolapse: Surgical Legacy Procedure.- Concepts in Surgery of .- Hemorrhoidectomy.- Procedure for Prolapse and Hemorrhoids.- Anorectal Fistula and Pelvirectal Abscess, Seton Placement.- Lateral Internal Sphincterotomy for Chronic Anal Fissure.- Anoplasty for Anal Stenosis.- Perineal Operations for Rectal Prolapse.- Operations for Pilonidal Disease.- Concepts in Hepatobiliary Surgery.- Cholecystectomy.- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.- Cholecystostomy: Surgical Legacy Technique.- Common Bile Duct Exploration: Surgical Legacy Technique.- Secondary Choledocholithotomy: Surgical Legacy Technique.- Sphincteroplasty: Surgical Legacy Technique.- Choledochoduodenostomy: Surgical Legacy Technique.- Roux-en-Y Biliary-Enteric Bypass.- Transduodenal Diverticulectomy.- Operations for Lesions of Hepatic Duct Bifurcation.- Hepatic Resection.- Concepts in Surgery of the Pancreas.- Partial Pancreatoduodenectomy.- Total Pancreatoduodenectomy.- Distal Pancreatectomy.- Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy.- Operations for Pancreatic Pseudocyst.- Pancreaticojejunostomy (Puestow) for Chronic Pancreatitis.- Concepts in Splenic Surgery.- Splenectomy for Disease.- Operations for Splenic Trauma.- Laparoscopic Splenectomy.- Concepts in Hernia Repair, Surgery for Necrotizing Fasciitis, and Drainage of Subphrenic Abscess.- Shouldice Repair of Inguinal Hernia.- Cooper’s Ligament (McVay) Repair of Inguinal Hernia.- Mesh Repair of Inguinal Hernia.- Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair: Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP) and Totally Extraperi.- Operations for Large Ventral Hernia.- Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair.- Operations for Infected Abdominal Wound Dehiscence, Necrotizing Fasciitis, and Intra-abdominal Abscesses.- Concepts in Breast and Melanoma Surgery.- Excision of Benign Palpable Breast Mass.- Excision of Ducts, Operations for Breast Abscess.- Lumpectomy for Breast Cancer.- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and Axillary Staging for Breast Cancer.- Modified Radical Mastectomy, Simple (Total) Mastectomy.- Radical Mastectomy: Surgical Legacy Technique.- Wide Local Excision and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Melanoma.- Axillary Lymphadenectomy for Melanoma.- Inguinal and Pelvic Lymphadenectomy.- Concepts in Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Adrenal Surgery.- Thyroidectomy.- Parathyroidectomy.- Adrenalectomy.- Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy.- Parotidectomy.- Cricothyroidotomy.- Tracheostomy.