CHAPTER 42 TREATMENT OF ESOPHAGEAL INJURY A. Britton Christmas, J. David Richardson The treatment of esophageal perforations remains controversial, with uncertainty surrounding several aspects of surgical management: the preferred method…
CHAPTER 100 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS: DRUGS AND FILTERS Felicia A. Ivascu, George D. Garcia The association between injury and venous thromboembolic events is well accepted in…
CHAPTER 35 DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC ROLES OF BRONCHOSCOPY AND VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACOSCOPY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THORACIC TRAUMA Ajai K. Malhotra, Michel B. Aboutanos, Rao Ivatury, Therese M. Duane Direct injury…
CHAPTER 81 COMMON ERRORS IN TRAUMA CARE R. Stephen Smith, R. Joseph Nold, Jonathan M. Dort Errors in management occur frequently in medicine. A recent Institute of Medicine report estimated…
CHAPTER 78 TRAUMA IN THE ELDERLY Benjamin Braslow, Donald R. Kauder, C. William Schwab The age at which a person becomes elderly has not been resolved by a clear consensus…
CHAPTER 47 GASTRIC INJURIES Lawrence N. Diebel The stomach is a relatively thick-walled, well-vascularized organ that is variably positioned in the peritoneal cavity. Although partially protected by the lower rib…
CHAPTER 4 THE ROLE OF ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS IN TRAUMA Larry Gentilello, Thomas Esposito Injury has been characterized as the neglected disease of modern society.1 However, data suggest that…
CHAPTER 68 LOWER EXTREMITY AND DEGLOVING INJURY Peter G. Trafton, Herman P. Houin, Donald D. Trunkey Injuries of the lower extremity can be devastating (see Mangled Extremities section) and life-threatening…
CHAPTER 39 COMPLICATIONS OF PULMONARY AND PLEURAL INJURY Riyad C. Karmy-Jones, Gregory J. Jurkovich It has been stated that chest trauma is the primary cause of death in up to…
CHAPTER 62 VASCULAR ANATOMY OF THE EXTREMITIES Enrique Ginzburg, Chee Kiong Chong, Norman M. Rich Extremity vascular injuries date as far back as the Greek and Roman civilization. Much of…
