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With an increase in the use of laparoscopic techniques for the treatment of abdominal wall hernias, this comprehensive book provides a detailed description of the most up-to-date techniques used in the laparoscopic repair of inguinal and ventral incisional hernias. Advances in Laparoscopy of the Abdominal Wall Hernia takes the reader step-by-step through two laparoscopic techniques used in inguinal hernia correction: Extraperitoneal (TEP) and Transabdominal (TAPP), and guides the reader through the fundamentals of ventral hernia repair. The authors aim to show methods of dealing with rarer hernias and those of atypical location. This book will also inform the reader of the various kinds of meshes used and provides knowledge on how to fix them, as well as the advantages, disadvantages and indications of this type of prosthesis. Written by experts in the field, Advances in Laparoscopy of the Abdominal Wall Hernia is a valuable reference tool to surgeons and medical practitioners working in this field.

This open access book looks at the dramatic history of ovariotomy, an operation to remove ovarian tumours first practiced in the early nineteenth century. Bold and daring, surgeons who performed it claimed to be initiating a new era of surgery by opening the abdomen. Ovariotomy soon occupied a complex position within medicine and society, as an operation which symbolised surgical progress, while also remaining at the boundaries of ethical acceptability. This book traces the operation's innovation, from its roots in eighteenth-century pathology, through the denouncement of those who performed it as 'belly-rippers', to its rapid uptake in the 1880s, when ovariotomists were accused of over-operating. Throughout the century, the operation was never a hair's breadth from controversy.

From the pioneering Danville surgeon Ephraim McDowell, the first doctor to successfully perform abdominal surgery, and Luke Blackburn, dubbed the "Hero of Hickman" and elected governor in 1879 after his efforts to combat yellow fever, to contemporary Kentucky doctors performing groundbreaking reconstructive surgery and artificial heart implants, Healing Kentucky tells the story of the two-hundred-year struggle to provide good health care to all Kentuckians. Nancy Disher Baird describes Lexington schoolteacher Linda Neville's mission to treat the eye disease trachoma in rural Kentucky, Louise C

Surgery is the gold standard treatment of colorectal liver metastases. Patients management had a dramatic evolution during the past years: more accurate diagnostic tools and more effective chemotherapy regimens have been introduced and surgical indications have been widely broadened. A multidisciplinary treatment is now mandatory, involving oncologists, radiologists an gastroenterologists. However, many topics are still debated. In the present book all aspects of surgical treatment of colorectal liver metastases are analyzed based on a systematic, updated analysis of the literature. Aim of thi.

This book will help the reader to recognize, diagnose, and efficiently treat most of the acute abdominal disorders that may be encountered in the pregnant patient, whether associated with or incidental to the pregnancy. A wide range of conditions are addressed, including some which are very rare as well as those more frequently seen, such as acute appendicitis and acute cholecystitis. The principles underlying diagnosis and therapy are clearly explained. Particular features in the clinical presentation of pregnant patients are highlighted, and specific diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms and protocols, described. Attention is drawn to the diagnostic difficulties that may arise from atypical presentations in these patients and to restrictions on the use of certain diagnostic imaging studies. The text is complemented by more than 200 figures relevant to clinical practice. Acute Abdomen During Pregnancy is designed to meet the needs of both the gynecologist and the general or abdominal surgeon, who together form the multidisciplinary team mandatory for effective treatment that will safeguard mother and baby.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Contents -- Topical Table of Contents -- Abdominal Distention -- Abscess, Bartholin Gland -- Abscess, Dentoalveolar -- Abscess, Gluteal -- Abscess, Intracranial -- Abscess, Ludwig Angina -- Abscess, Perianal/Perirectal -- Abscess, Peritonsillar -- Abscess, Retropharyngeal -- Acne -- Acute Hemolytic Anemia -- Acute Kidney Injury -- Acute Rheumatic Fever -- Adrenal Insufficiency -- Agitation -- Altered Level of Consciousness/Coma -- Altitude Illness -- Anal Fissure -- Anaphylaxis -- Anemia -- Angioedema -- Aplastic Anemia -- Apnea -- Appendicitis -- Arthritis, Idiopathic -- Arthritis, Septic -- Ascites -- Asthma -- Asystole -- Ataxia -- Atopic Dermatitis -- Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head -- Bacteremia -- Balanitis/Balanoposthitis -- Barotrauma, Sinus/Ear -- Biliary Tract Disease -- Bipolar Disorder/Mania -- Bites, Human and Animal -- Blepharitis -- Blindness -- Botulism -- Bradycardia -- Breast Lesions -- Brief Resolved Unexplained Event (BRUE) -- Bronchiolitis -- Brugada Syndrome -- Burn, Chemical -- Burn, Thermal -- Candidiasis -- Cardiac Surgery Complications -- Cardiomyopathy -- Cat Scratch Disease -- Cauda Equina Syndrome -- Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis -- Cellulitis -- Central Venous Catheter Infections -- Cervical Lymphadenitis -- Chalazion & -- Hordeolum -- Chickenpox/Shingles -- Child Abuse -- Chlamydia (All Ages) -- Chronic Lung Disease Exacerbations -- Clonidine Toxicity -- Colitis -- Collagen Vascular Disease -- Compartment Syndrome -- Concussion -- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia -- Congenital Heart Disease -- Congestive Heart Failure -- Conjunctival Injury -- Conjunctivitis -- Conjunctivitis, Neonatal -- Constipation -- Constricting Band/Tourniquet Syndrome -- Contact Dermatitis -- Conversion Disorder -- Corneal Abrasion.