Surgical Decision-Making

Rifat Latifi, MD, FACS, FICS, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona School of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA

Part I. Changing the World and the Legacy of Surgical Decision-Making.-  Surgical Decision-Making and the Changing World.- Professor Rao Ivatury: A Legacy of Surgical Decision-Making in Trauma Surgery, Excellence, Compassion, and Humility.- Surgical Decisions-Making: More Questions than Answers?- Part II. The Complexity of Surgical Decision: Setting the Stage.- The Anatomy of the Surgeon's Decision-Making.- The Role of Surgeon's Physiology and the State of Mind on Surgical Decision-Making Process: An Update.- Surgeons and Pilots: What Do We Have in Common?- Planning and Preparing for the Operation: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Modern Surgery.- Decision-Making in Critical Care Rescue for Re-operative Surgery.- Part III. Surgical Decision-Making in Difficult Scenarios of Acute Care Surgery.- Surgical Decision-Making in Postinjury Multiple Organ Failure.- The Unplanned Return to the Operating Room in Acute Setting.- Surgical Decision-Making in Complex Clinical Scenarios in Abdominal Surgery: A Case-Based Discussion and Approach to the Eight Most Common Problems with Nine Patients.- Surgical Decision-Making in Damage Control Surgery: A System-Based Approach.- Surgical Decision-Making and Definitive Abdominal Wall Reconstruction: An Update.- Surgical Decision-Making in Difficult Situations in Pediatric Surgery.- Surgical Decision-Making in Melanoma.- Surgical Decision-Making in Post-Bariatric Complications.- Surgical Decision-Making in Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery.- Surgical Decision-Making in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery: Acute Care Surgeon's Perspective.- Ethical Issues in Surgical Decision-Making.- Emergency Management of Colon and Rectal Malignancies.- Surgical Decision-Making in Vascular Surgery: Practical Approaches to New Innovative Techniques and Revisiting Old Ones.- Surgical Decision-Making in the Management of Polytrauma Patients.- Surgical Decision-Making in Complex Dento-Alveolar Trauma in the Maxillofacial Region.- Part IV. Special Issues in Surgical Decision-Making.- The Surgeon's Response to a Patient Death.- The Surgeon's Burnout:  How to Deal with It.- When Should We Quit Operating?- Stanley J. Dudrick: A Life of a Giant in Surgery and Surgical Decision-Making: To Transition to a New Role or No Role at All.- Part V. The Final Word.- Epilogue.