It is the practical experience gained in the operating room and on the wards dealing with complications and deviations from the typical or average scenario that matures and fully develops a surgeon. The typical textbook demonstrates the "right" or standard way to do things and the implicit assumption is that if these guidelines are followed then the patient and the surgeon's life will be complication free. Good results come from experience and experience is gained by making mistakes. The goal of this book is to minimize the frequency of surgical complications and maximize the outcome when they do occur by allowing the reader to learn from the operative and clinical experience of those who have gone before so that each generation can collectively stand on the shoulders of the preceding generation without the need to learn from one's own complications.
This book is therefore designed less to address indications for operations than how to carry them out and provide postoperative care without complications. While the authors of the various chapters address the correct or right way to perform operations and care for patients after surgery, they have also been tasked to address and emphasize specific dos and don'ts for both intraoperative techniques and postoperative care that will reduce the incidence of complications. As some complications, alas, are inevitable, also addressed are the issues of timely recognition and appropriate treatment of complications when they do occur despite best efforts.
Contents:
Part I: General Complications
1. Complications Of Thoracic Incisions
Norman J. Snow, MD, Malek G. Massad, MD, and Alexander S. Geha, MD, MS
2. Respiratory Complications of Cardiothoracic Operations
Hani Shennib, MD
3. Arrhythmias Following Cardiothoracic Operations
Adam E Saltman, MD, PhD and Joseph LoCicero III, MD
Part II: Complications of General Thoracic Surgery
4. Complications of Pulmonary Resection
Stephen J. Burke, MD and L. Penfield Faber, MD
5. Complications Of Tracheobronchial Resection
Douglas J. Mathisen, MD
6. Complications of Lung Volume Reduction Procedures
Robert J. Burnett, MD and Douglas E. Wood, MD 7. Complications of Lung Transplantation Paul F. Waters, MD, FRCS(C), FACS
8. Pleural Space Problems
Sudish Murthy, MD, PhD and Thomas W. Rice, MD
9. Complications of Chest Wall Reconstruction
M. Bulent Tirnaksiz, MD and Claude Deschamps, MD
10. Complications of Esophageal Resection
Richard J. Battafarano, MD, PhD and Nasser K. Altorki, MD
11. Complications of Esophageal Reconstruction
Alex G. Little, MD
12. Complications Of Anti-Reflux Surgery
Riivo Ilves, MD, FRCS(C), FACS and Mark R. Dylewski, MD
13. Complications of Esophageal Instrumentation
Donald E. Low, MD
14. Complications of Mediastinal Surgery
Thomas A. D'Amico, MD
Part III: Cardiac Surgery
15. Complications of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Nader Moazami, MD and Hendrick Barner, MD
16. Complications of Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Cardioplegia
Lawrence L. Creswell, MD
17. Complications of Aortic Surgery
Thoralf M. Sundt, MD and Whitney M. Burrows, MD
18. Complications of Valvular Surgery
Jeffrey T. Sugimoto, MD, Anthony D. Bruno, MD, and Karen A. Gersch, MD
19. Postpericardiotomy Syndrome
William A. Gay, Jr., MD
20. Pulmonary and Pleural Complications After Cardiac Surgery
Jeffrey E. Everett, MD
21. Neurological Complications in Cardiac Surgery
George J. Koullias, MD, PhD and John A. Elefteriades, MD
This book is therefore designed less to address indications for operations than how to carry them out and provide postoperative care without complications. While the authors of the various chapters address the correct or right way to perform operations and care for patients after surgery, they have also been tasked to address and emphasize specific dos and don'ts for both intraoperative techniques and postoperative care that will reduce the incidence of complications. As some complications, alas, are inevitable, also addressed are the issues of timely recognition and appropriate treatment of complications when they do occur despite best efforts.
Contents:
Part I: General Complications
1. Complications Of Thoracic Incisions
Norman J. Snow, MD, Malek G. Massad, MD, and Alexander S. Geha, MD, MS
2. Respiratory Complications of Cardiothoracic Operations
Hani Shennib, MD
3. Arrhythmias Following Cardiothoracic Operations
Adam E Saltman, MD, PhD and Joseph LoCicero III, MD
Part II: Complications of General Thoracic Surgery
4. Complications of Pulmonary Resection
Stephen J. Burke, MD and L. Penfield Faber, MD
5. Complications Of Tracheobronchial Resection
Douglas J. Mathisen, MD
6. Complications of Lung Volume Reduction Procedures
Robert J. Burnett, MD and Douglas E. Wood, MD 7. Complications of Lung Transplantation Paul F. Waters, MD, FRCS(C), FACS
8. Pleural Space Problems
Sudish Murthy, MD, PhD and Thomas W. Rice, MD
9. Complications of Chest Wall Reconstruction
M. Bulent Tirnaksiz, MD and Claude Deschamps, MD
10. Complications of Esophageal Resection
Richard J. Battafarano, MD, PhD and Nasser K. Altorki, MD
11. Complications of Esophageal Reconstruction
Alex G. Little, MD
12. Complications Of Anti-Reflux Surgery
Riivo Ilves, MD, FRCS(C), FACS and Mark R. Dylewski, MD
13. Complications of Esophageal Instrumentation
Donald E. Low, MD
14. Complications of Mediastinal Surgery
Thomas A. D'Amico, MD
Part III: Cardiac Surgery
15. Complications of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Nader Moazami, MD and Hendrick Barner, MD
16. Complications of Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Cardioplegia
Lawrence L. Creswell, MD
17. Complications of Aortic Surgery
Thoralf M. Sundt, MD and Whitney M. Burrows, MD
18. Complications of Valvular Surgery
Jeffrey T. Sugimoto, MD, Anthony D. Bruno, MD, and Karen A. Gersch, MD
19. Postpericardiotomy Syndrome
William A. Gay, Jr., MD
20. Pulmonary and Pleural Complications After Cardiac Surgery
Jeffrey E. Everett, MD
21. Neurological Complications in Cardiac Surgery
George J. Koullias, MD, PhD and John A. Elefteriades, MD