Acs Surgery 7

ACS Surgery provides best surgical practices recommended by over 200 leading surgeons, under the sponsorship of the American College of Surgeons. Richly illustrated, with over 1200 full-colour diagrams, photos, and illustrations that clarify complex processes and procedures. Over 100 algorithms offer step-by-step diagnostic and management strategies in a practical manner. New to the seventh edition are: Expanded care in special situations section: New chapters, including urologic considerations for the general surgeon; gynaecologic considerations for the general surgeon; transplantation for the general surgeon; plastic surgery considerations for the general surgeon. New scientific foundations section: New chapters, including evidence-based medicine; technical aspects of laparoscopic surgery; principles of cancer treatment; coagulation disorders; management of chronic wounds. Updated coverage of topics relating to breast, abdominal pain, intestinal obstruction, gastrointestinal bleeding, bariatric procedures, and many others. Contents include: Competency-Based Surgical Care. Basic Surgical and Perioperative Considerations. Head and Neck. Breast, Skin, and Soft Tissue. The Thorax. Gastrointestinal Tract and Abdomen. Vascular System. FREE: Three months' access to ACS Surgery Online with each book purchase. See the inside front cover for instructions regarding free access. ACS Surgery Online is updated monthly with new and revised chapters, and offers quick electronic searches, and a convenient CME program of up to 60 Category 1 credits. The ACS Surgery Online CME programme allows you to easily meet the Maintenance of Certification requirements of the American Board of Surgery.

'ACS Surgery' has been developed to help practicing surgeons make critical decisions on patient care. It is an evidence-based reference of surgical best practices from leaders in the field.

CD includes the book's algorithms, illustrastrations, photographs and video clips relating to chapters in the book.

Authored by over 200 master surgeons, ACS Surgery is the only American College of Surgeons-sponsored textbook on general surgery. ACS Surgery gives you the information you need to help you perform core surgical procedures more efficiently and to provide current, cost-effective patient care. The latest recommendations from master surgeons are presented in exquisitely illustrated chapters, covering: resuscitation, common presenting problems, trauma and thermal injury, preoperative preparation, operative management, special preoperative problems, care in the ICU, postoperative management...and more. The key features include: clear, to the point recommendations on best surgical practices; body system format thinks like a surgeon, guiding you to the answers you need; exquisite full-colour illustrations explain complex procedures; over 100 algorithms diagram the diagnostic and therapeutic pathways, making it easier to understand possible courses of actions and pitfalls to avoid; and nearly 40 per cent new and updated content.

The new edition of this two volume set has been fully revised to provide dermatosurgeons with the latest developments and techniques in the field. The book has been expanded to eighteen sections and 152 chapters, all falling under subspecialties of dermatosurgery, aesthetics, lasers, and practice management. Each technique includes discussion on historical background, indications, contraindications, instrumentation, procedures, adverse effects, complications, and references. The second edition features 81 new chapters on topics such as body shaping, microneedle RF, new laser and energy technologies, platelets rich plasma, regional surgeries, and training in dermatosurgery. The text is enhanced by nearly 2000 clinical photographs and diagrams and also includes text boxes, tables and keynotes in each chapter. Key points Fully revised, second edition of two volume set providing latest techniques in cutaneous and aesthetic surgery Expanded text with 81 new chapters Features nearly 2000 clinical photographs and diagrams Previous edition (9789350258903) published in 2012

Provides practical guidance for the urgent and crucial treatment decisions surgeons make every day. This work offers performance measures in surgical practice - what surgeons need to know about the new measures to guide quality improvement.