Surgery of the Stomach, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988 Indications, Methods, Complications

This is a carefully illustrated volume of surgical procedures. Well-known standard as well as alternative procedures in surgery of the stomach and the proximal duodenum are depicted with anatomical exactness. Possible complications, errors, and dangers and how to avoid them are discussed in detail. Each operative step is illustrated superbly and accompanied by a short, precise text. Both illustrations and text stem from the practical experience in the operating theater of the many renowned surgeons who have contributed to this volume. The book serves as an indispensable reference for surgeons; likewise, gastroenterologists, radiologists, pathologists, and anatomists will find this volume of immeasurable value in their daily work.

Contents: Topographic Anatomy of the Stomach and Duodenum.- Surgical Approaches and Drainage Methods.- Surgical Treatment of Positional Abnormalities.- Surgical Treatment of Gastric Injuries.- Gastrotomy, Gastroenterostomy, Gastrostomy, Local Excisions of the Gastric Wall, Diverticula.- Billroth I Resection.- Partial Gastrectomy with Billroth II Resection and Alternative Methods.- The Roux-en-Y and Other Anastomoses.- Gastrectomy.- Resection of the Cardia.- Gastric Reconstruction.- Palliative Procedures for Unresectable Gastric Carcinoma.- Highly Selective Vagotomy with Excision of the Ulcer for Gastric Ulceration.- Selective Proximal Vagotomy with Esophageal and Gastric Myotomy.- The Technique of Nonresective Ulcer Surgery.- Selective Gastric Vagotomy.- Thoracic Vagotomy.- Truncal Vagotomy.- Pyloric Drainage.- Anatomic Reconstruction of the Esophagogastric Junction.- Antireflux Operations.- Operations on the Stomach and Cardia for Esophageal Varices.- Gastric Procedures in Morbid Obesity.- Operations on the Duodenum (Excluding the Papilla of Vater).- Operative Treatment of Gastric and Duodenal Hemorrhage.- Operative Treatment of Perforations of the Stomach and Duodenum.- Operations on the Stomach and Duodenum in Children.- Remedial Operations on the Stomach.- Postoperative Complications and Postoperative Care.- Subject Index.