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This volume is a complete manual of operative techniques for battling a severe liver injury.  It provides an easy pre-operative and intra-operative reference  with clear  illustrations, line drawings as well as actual intra-operative color pictures, supplemented by  online video segments. The early sections of the book deal with the fundamentals of surgical anatomy and critical maneuvers in the resuscitation of the patient in extremis. The various technical maneuvers for  manual control of hemorrhage, debridement-resection as well as formal lobectomy of the liver, the identification of biliary tract injuries and other miscellaneous techniques, such as balloon tamponade of missile tracts, are discussed in complete detail. The book also sketches the role of  liver transplantation surgeons in the acute trauma setting. The final chapters focus on the urgent problem of teaching operative techniques to young trauma surgeons in an era of dwindling surgical experience.   Written by authors who are world- renowned  experts in trauma management, often termed “master-surgeons”, Operative Techniques for Severe Liver Injury is required preparation for all surgeons who are likely to face a massive crush injury of the liver.

Medicine & Public Health. --- Traumatic Surgery. --- Gastroenterology. --- Transplant Surgery. --- Emergency Medicine. --- Medicine. --- Emergency medicine. --- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. --- Trauma. --- Médecine --- Médecine d'urgence --- Gastroentérologie --- Greffe (Chirurgie) --- Transplantation of organs, tissu. --- Liver --- Surgery & Anesthesiology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Surgery - General and By Type --- Wounds & Injuries --- Surgery --- Wounds and injuries --- Surgery. --- Surgical transplantation. --- Traumatology. --- Medicine, Emergency --- Medicine --- Critical care medicine --- Disaster medicine --- Medical emergencies --- Internal medicine --- Digestive organs --- Diseases --- Gastroenterology . --- Medical transplantation --- Organ transplantation --- Organ transplants --- Organs (Anatomy) --- Surgical transplantation --- Tissue transplantation --- Tissues --- Transplant surgery --- Transplantation surgery --- Transplants, Organ --- Preservation of organs, tissues, etc. --- Procurement of organs, tissues, etc. --- Accident medicine --- Trauma medicine --- Emergency medicine --- Transplantation

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The purpose of this book is to give providers of all levels a simple and essential source of practical information in treating the elderly trauma and emergency surgery patient. The Introduction instructs practitioners how to evaluate and assess risk including frailty and use this information in Goals of Care discussions to facilitate shared decision making so crucial to this population. The individual chapters consist of best practices and care guidelines from some of the most well-known thought leaders and best trauma centers in the country across the spectrum from geriatricians to trauma and acute care surgeons and nurses.  Each chapter contains easy-to-read algorithms and references that the readers can use and adapt for their own setting. Chapters on Pre-hospital care will help guide EMS organizations and even systems in the right care and triage of the elderly. Each chapter also contains a Nursing Focus section for helpful nursing tips in caring for the eld erly with those injuries and problems. These sections make this book a must-have for any center looking to improve its care of the elderly patient or just trying to be sure its care is already the best it can be. A special section on Post Acute Care will introduce the provider to the common issues surrounding particular disposition destinations for the elderly patient. This will facilitate discussions with families, case managers and facilities to help improve time to disposition.

Older people --- Wounds and injuries. --- Wounds and injuries --- Surgery. --- Medicine. --- Traumatology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Traumatic Surgery. --- General Surgery. --- Accident medicine --- Trauma medicine --- Emergency medicine --- Surgery --- Surgery, Primitive --- Medicine --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Aged --- Aging people --- Elderly people --- Old people --- Older adults --- Older persons --- Senior citizens --- Seniors (Older people) --- Age groups --- Persons --- Gerontocracy --- Gerontology --- Old age --- Trauma.

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Wounds and injuries --- Traumatology --- Human beings --- Injuries --- Trauma, Physical --- Wounds --- Surgical emergencies --- Imaging. --- Diagnosis. --- Diagnosis