Maingot's Abdominal Operations

SECTION I. INTRODUCTION Chapter 1. A Focused History of Surgery Chapter 2. Preoperative and Postoperative Management Chapter 3. Endoscopy and Endoscopic Intervention SECTION II. ABDOMINAL WALL Chapter 4. Incisions, Closures, and Management of the Abdominal Wound Chapter 5. Hernias Chapter 6. Intestinal Stomas Chapter 7. Abdominal Abscess and Enteric Fistula SECTION III. ESOPHAGUS Chapter 8. Benign Esophageal Disorders Chapter 9. Cancer of the Esophagus Chapter 10. Surgical Procedures to Resect and Replace the Esophagus SECTION IV. STOMACH AND DUODENUM Chapter 11. Benign Gastric Disorders Chapter 12. Ulcer Complications (Including Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome) Chapter 13. Stomach and Duodenum: Operative Procedures Chapter 14. Gastric Adenocarcinoma Chapter 15. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Chapter 16. Morbid Obesity and Operations for Obesity SECTION V. SMALL INTESTINE AND COLON Chapter 17. Bowel Obstruction Chapter 18. Diverticular Disease of the Colon Chapter 19. Crohn's Disease Chapter 20. Ulcerative Colitis Chapter 21. Appendix Chapter 22. Tumors of the Small Intestine Chapter 23. Tumors of the Colon SECTION VI. RECTUM AND ANUS Chapter 24. Benign Disorders of the Anorectum (Pelvic Floor, Fissures, Hemorrhoids, Fistulas) Chapter 25. Cancer of the Rectum Chapter 26. Cancer of the Anus Chapter 27. Complications Following Anorectal Surgery SECTION VII. LIVER Chapter 28. Hepatic Abscess and Cystic Disease of the Liver Chapter 29. Benign and Malignant Primary Liver Neoplasms Chapter 30. Colorectal Metastasis (Resection, Pumps, RF Ablation, and Cryoablation) Chapter 31. Portal Hypertension SECTION VIII. GALLBLADDER AND BILE DUCTS Chapter 32. Cholecystectomy (Open and Laparoscopic) Chapter 33. Choledocholithiasis and Cholangitis Chapter 34. Choledochal Cyst and Biliary Strictures Chapter 35. Cancer of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts SECTION IX. PANCREAS Chapter 36. Management of Acute Pancreatitis Chapter 37. Complications of Acute Pancreatitis (Including Pseudocysts)

Michael Zinner, MD, Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Chairman, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. Stanley Ashely, MD, Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.