Essential Surgical Procedures

Arterial Catheter Placement

Goals/Objectives Indications Techniques Complications Monitoring of the Heart and Vascular System David L. Reich Alexander J.C. Mittnacht Gerard R. Manecke Joel A. Kaplan From Kaplan JA, Reich DL, Savino JS: Kaplan's Cardiac Anesthesia: The Echo Era, 6th edition (Saunders 2011) Key Points 1. Patients…

Airway Management/Ventilator Management

Goals/Objectives Types of Intubation Surgical Airway Ventilator Settings/Management Airway Management in the Trauma Patient Kent A. Stevens Elliott R. Haut From Cameron JL, Cameron AM: Current Surgical Therapy, 10th edition (Mosby 2011) Airway Intervention: Decision-Making and Physiologic Considerations The decision to intervene…

Soft Tissue Infections – Incision, Drainage, Debridement

Goals/Objectives Basic Principles Anatomy Physiologic Considerations Technical Considerations Management of Complications Necrotizing Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Eileen M. Bulger From Cameron JL, Cameron AM: Current Surgical Therapy, 10th edition (Mosby 2011) Overview Necrotizing skin infections and necrotizing soft tissue infections…

Skin/Soft Tissue Lesions – Excisional and Incisional Biopsy

Goals/Objectives Anatomy and Physiology Review Indications Technical considerations Biopsy Techniques Joseph F. Sobanko Justin J. Leitenberger Neil A. Swanson Ken K. Lee From Rigel DS, et al: Cancer of the Skin, 2nd edition (Saunders 2011) You’re Reading a Preview Become a Clinical Tree membership for…

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Melanoma

Goals/Objectives Indications Anatomic considerations Technical considerations Regional Lymph Node Surgery in Melanoma Patients Merrick I. Ross From Rigel DS, et al: Cancer of the Skin, 2nd edition (Saunders 2011) Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (SLN) History and Rationale Surgical strategies for stage I…

Pilonidal Cystectomy

Goals/Objectives Diagnosis Principles of management Currettage Flaps Pilonidal Disease Heidi Nelson From Townsend CM: Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 19th edition (Saunders 2012) Pilonidal Disease Pilonidal infections and chronic pilonidal sinuses typically occur in the midline of the sacrococcygeal skin of young…

Melanoma – Wide Local Excision

Goals/Objectives Pathogenesis Indications Techniques Melanoma and Cutaneous Malignancies Kelly M. McMasters Marshall M. Urist From Townsend CM: Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 19th edition (Saunders 2012) The ABCDEs of melanoma are used to guide the decision about performing a biopsy – a symmetrical…

Thyroidectomy – Partial or Total

Goals/Objectives Anatomy Workup of Thyroid Nodule Technique Thyroid Philip W. Smith Leslie J. Salomone John B. Hanks From Townsend CM: Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 19th edition (Saunders 2012) Historical Perspective The name thyroid is derived from the Greek description of a shield-shaped gland…

Parathyroidectomy

Goals/Objectives Basic Principles Anatomy Physiologic Considerations Technical Considerations The Parathyroid Glands Julie Ann Sosa Robert Udelsman From Townsend CM: Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 19th edition (Saunders 2012) Hypoparathyroidism Hypoparathyroidism is an endocrine disorder in which hypocalcemia and hyperphosphatemia are the result of…

Mastectomy – Simple

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