Clinical Scenarios in Surgery: Decision Making and Operative Technique

• Each chapter begins with a patient presentation and proceeds through differential diagnosis, workup, diagnosis and treatment, surgical procedures, postoperative management, and a case conclusion
• Features templated chapter structure, color figures, tables, and algorithms that present information in an easy to understand and remember format
• Contains convenient tables summarizing Key Technical Steps and Potential Pitfalls for each procedure—particularly useful for a pre-procedure quick review
• New and expanded content on Abdominal Pain after Bypass, Leaking Umbilical Hernia (Risk Stratification for Cirrhotics), High Risk Lesions, Hereditary Breast Cancer, Hereditary Breast Cancer, Male Breast Mass, Zenkers Diverticulum, Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Small Cell Lung Cancer, Solitary Lung Lesion, Empyema, Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma,-Varicose Veins, Thyroglossal Duct Cyst, Wilms Tumor, Hirschsprungs and Imperforated Anus, Anorectal Malformation, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Transesophageal Fistulae, Splenic Trauma, Penetrating Lower Left Quadrant Injury, and more
• Includes special intraoperative considerations, bulleted take-home points, and suggested readings

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