© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Amy L. Halverson and David C. Borgstrom (eds.)Advanced Surgical Techniques for Rural Surgeons10.1007/978-1-4939-1495-1_31 31. Preoperative Ureteral Catheter Placement to Prevent Ureteral Injuries Jennifer J. Lucas1 and Carlos E. Bermejo1 (1) Department of Surgery,…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Amy L. Halverson and David C. Borgstrom (eds.)Advanced Surgical Techniques for Rural Surgeons10.1007/978-1-4939-1495-1_30 30. Percutaneous Suprapubic Catheter Placement Jennifer J. Lucas1 (1) Department of Surgery, Bassett Medical Center, One Atwell Road,…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Amy L. Halverson and David C. Borgstrom (eds.)Advanced Surgical Techniques for Rural Surgeons10.1007/978-1-4939-1495-1_26 26. Damage Control Laparotomy David H. Livingston1 and Tim Schwartz1 (1) Department of Surgery, Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, University…
Tumor thickness Recommended clinical margins In situ 0.5 cm ≤1.0 mm 1.0 cm (category 1) 1.01–2 mm 1–2 cm (category 1) 2.01–4 mm 2.0 cm (category 1) >4 mm 2.0…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Amy L. Halverson and David C. Borgstrom (eds.)Advanced Surgical Techniques for Rural Surgeons10.1007/978-1-4939-1495-1_17 17. Thyroid Surgery David R. Schmidt1 and Wallace F. Martin1 (1) General Surgery, Gwinnett Surgical Associates, Lawrenceville, GA 30046, USA …
Fig. 4.1 A dilating balloon is passed over the guide wire and through the cystic ductotomy. The position of the balloon is checked fluoroscopically to ensure that it is traversing…
Fig. 3.1 The four scanning windows of the E-FAST abdominal examination Recent bleeding is represented by an anechoic “dark line” in these spaces, yet older blood may have a heterogeneous…
Fig. 4.1 Normal right upper quadrant view. On the left side of the figure, there is the “white curtain” of the lung, descending to cover the texture of the liver…
Primary survey Assessment and possible problems Key questions A Definitive airway control Is tracheal tube in the right position? B ptx – hemothorax – lung contusion Why the pt…
Fig. 1.1 The denser the material is, the more it reflects the sonographic waves. Fluid [like bile in the gallbladder (GB)] transmits sound waves and has minimum waves reflected back….
