The editors have included techniques to keep the content fresh, relevant, and practice-based. Among the new topics are hand surgery, a section on central venous access, and creating an AV fistula for dialysis. All the existing chapters have been updated and expanded to reflect current surgical approaches and instrumentation.
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Chapter 1 describes the neck and its important anatomical triangles with its surgical implications, and the following chapters the thoracic wall, breast, mediastinum with its related organs, the respiratory system, the heart and the great thoracic vessels and the diaphragm in the same format. In Chapter 9, the anatomy of the abdominal wall is described enabling the reader to fully understand the inguinal anatomy and, thus, how inguinal hernias arise. This chapter also covers the laparoscopic aspect of hernia surgery.
The following two chapters cover the peritoneum and retro-peritoneum with tabulation of omental development from childhood to adulthood. he describes the peritoneal spaces, internal herniation, and its good anatomical relation. Next, there is an excellent description of the aorta and the inferior vena cava. The course and variation of the vessels is described. Also various vessel injuries are classified with related degrees of ischemia, the anatomical relations and other surgical complications. The pharynx follows and then a detailed description of the esophagus with emphasis on the surgical importance of sphincter, and the esophageal stabilizing structure. Various open or laparoscopic surgical options are discussed. In the chapter on the stomach, the emphasis is on vascular and lymphatic supply and its importance regarding the metastasis of tumours. The peptic ulcer with its contributing factors and different surgical options in this context are also mentioned. Chapters 16, 17 and 18 are devoted to the small intestine, the appendix and the colon, respectively. The liver is described in detail with variations in arterial supply, bile duct, hepatic, venous anatomy as well as the segmental anatomy of the liver. All of this is well illustrated and the facts are nicely tabulated. Injuries to the liver are also mentioned as well as anatomical complications of liver transplantation. The author then focuses on the gall bladder with the treacherous variations of bile duct anatomy and discusses important points on how to avoid complications. In the subsequent chapters the spleen, the kidneys, the ureter, the urinary bladder, the male and female genital system, the adrenal gland, the perineum and the lymphatic system are also described.
This book would be a helpful reference book for the surgical resident and would also serve as a quick anatomical refresher for the practicing surgeon. The medical student or intern aiming at a surgical career, would be well served reading selected chapters from this book before assisting in surgeries. The author covers all important and relevant aspects of the embryology and surgical anatomy. New interventions, such as minimally invasive surgery, are also included to some extent. All topics and material are in proper, logical sequence and well integrated. The contents and the layout of the book, make it highly appropriate to the target readership, surgical residents, practising surgeons, interns and medical students.
This article describes the embryology of the breast, its histologic appearances during the various phases of life, the gross anatomy of the breast, and its associated anatomic entities. The anatomy of the male breast also is reviewed. The surgical significance of each of these aspects is considered.
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