Prophylactic Surgery

Osman Nuri Dilek graduated at the Ankara University Medical School and currently is Professor of Surgery at the School of Medicine, Department of General Surgery of the Izmir Katip Celebi Universitesi, Turkey. His main areas of interest are Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery. He is a very active researcher, and a member of several professional societies. Selman Uranues is Professor of Surgery at the Medical University of Graz. He has acquired an international reputation based on his expertise in minimally invasive surgery, as well as visceral traumatology and acute care surgery. His main areas of interest are gastrointestinal, pancreatic, splenic and reflux surgery. He has published widely on rather all areas of abdominal surgery. He is an honorary member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Surgical Association, the European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery, the Turkish Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery and the Serbian Society of Surgery. Rifat Latifi, MD, FACS, FICS, FKCS, is a Professor and Chairman of surgery at New York Medical College (NYMC), School of Medicine, and Director of the Department of Surgery at Westchester Medical Center Health Network. Dr. Latifi's special clinical interests are in complex re-operative surgery, geriatric surgery, telemedicine, trauma and nutrition support for critically ill patients. He is the author or co-author of more than 250 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, has written or edited 19 books, and serves on the editorial boards of a number of peer-reviewed journals. He is the founding president and Fellow of Kosova College of Surgeons and the Editor-in-Chief of Kosova Journal of Surgery. In addition, he is an associate editor of the Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery and section editor of Hernia Journal.

PrefaceForeward1. Prophylactic surgery;  Why, when and how?2. Minimal invasive procedures and prophylactic surgery 3. PROPHYLACTIC APPROACHES IN ABDOMINAL WALL SURGERY: PREVENTING AND REPAIRING THE BURST ABDOMEN4. Cost-effectiveness of prophylactic surgeries in preventing hereditary predisposition syndromes5. Prophylactic thyroidectomy6. Prophylactic parathyroidectomy7. Genetic Predispositions and Prophylactic Mastectomy in Breast Cancer Patients8. Prophylactic mastectomy for benign pathologies9. Prophylactic surgery for liver pathologies10. Prophylactic surgical procedures for pancreas pathologies11. Prophlactic surgery for gallbladder and biliary tract pathologies12. Prophylactic splenectomy13. Prophylactic surgical procedures for esophageal pathologies14. Stomach and duodenum resections for genetic predispositions15. Prophylactic surgery for benign diseases of stomach and duodenum16. PROPHYLACTIC SURGERY FOR SMALL INTESTINES17. Prophylactic appendectomy18. Vascular problems related to colectomy: habitual and variant anatomy, prevention and tactical aspects19. Prophylactic resection for genetic predispositions of colon and rectum20. Prophylactic colon and rectum resections for benign pathologies21. Prophylactic adrenalectomy22. Omentectomy; Whether to Perform Should be Questioned23. Open access in laparoscopic surgery to prevent entry complications24. Prophylactic Surgery in Trauma25. Surgical prophlaxis of obesity26. Histopathological findings in prophylactic surgical specimens27. Prophylactic surgery for genetic predisposition of female organs28. Prophylactic surgery for benign gynecologic pathologies 29. Prophylactic surgical procedures in Plastic Surgery
30. Prophylactic cardiac and vascular surgery procedures31. Prophylactic chest surgery procedures32. Prophylactic surgery for Urologic pathologies33. Prophylactic procedures in Pediatric Surgery34. Prophylactic surgery for Neurosurgical pathologies35.  Prophylactic procedures for orthopedic pathologies36. ETHICAL AND LEGAL DIMENSIONS OF PROPHYLACTIC SURGERY37. Psychiatric aspects of prophylactic surgery in adults38. Child and adolescent aspects in prophylactic surgery39. Endoscopic approaches for prophlactic purposes40. The place of prophylactic surgery in guidelines41. Interventional procedures reducing the needs  for conventional surgery42. Radiological Screening for Hereditary Cancer Predisposition Syndromes