Surgical Decision Making

This thoroughly revised New Edition provides an algorithmic approach to the evaluation and management of more than 150 common surgical problems. It integrates new chapters on special issues in geriatric surgery · issues in surgical patients with HIV · obesity surgery · hernia · deep vein thrombosis · organ donation · inguinal and scrotal conditions in children · anal fissure -- and much more. Clearly drawn algorithms and concise corresponding text make this reference easy to use.

• Encompasses both general surgery and surgical subspecialties―helping readers to directly manage a broad range of problems, rather than referring them to specialists.
  
• Emphasizes information that frequently appears on board exams.

• Offers brand-new coverage of special issues in geriatric surgery • issues in surgical patients with HIV • obesity surgery • groin hernia • deep vein thrombosis • organ donation • blunt abdominal pediatric trauma • inguinal and scrotal conditions in children • anal fissure • and much more.
  
• Presents greatly expanded information on acute myocardial infarction and angina.
  
• Features completely new sections on Head & Neck and Trauma, collecting all of the topics relevant to these subspecialties together for greater ease of reference.
  
• Includes contributions from a new Editor―Robert C. McIntyre, MD―as well as many new authors, to ensure that the book covers the material that surgeons need to know today.

Robert C. McIntyre, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of GI, Tumor and Endocrine Surgery; University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; Gregory Van Stiegmann, MD, Professor of Surgery and Head, Division of GI, Tumor and Endocrine Surgery; University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; and Ben Eiseman, MD, Professor of Surgery, GI/Tumor and Endocrine Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado