Description
True Atlas, brilliantly illustrated. Succint review of surgical techniques, including minimally invasive approaches for GERD. Step by Step descriptions of 13 operative procedures in esophageal surgery. Significantly lower priced than it’s competitors. Educed from Chassin’s Operative Strategies in General Surgery, bound to be a classic. Concepts in esophageal surgery.- Esophagectomy: right thoracotomy and laparotomy.- Esophagogastrectomy: left thoracoabdominal approach.- Transhiatal esophagectomy.- Operations to replace or bypass the esophagus: colon or jejunum interposition.- Transabdominal Nissen fundoplication.- Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication.- Posterior gastropexy (Hill repair): surgical legacy technique.- Transthoracic gastroplasty (Collis) and Nissen fundoplication; bile diverting operations for management of esophageal disease.- Cricopharyngoesophageal (Zenker’s) diverticulum.- Esophagomyotomy for achalasia and diffuse esophageal spasm.- Laparoscopic esophagomyotomy.- Operations for esophageal perforation and anastomotic leaks.
