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Palliative Surgery

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Editors:
  1. Matthias W. Wichmann

    1. Department of General Surgery, Mount Gambier General Hospital, Flinders University—Rural Medical School, Mount Gambier, Australia

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  2. Guy Maddern

    1. Discipline of Surgery, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Adelaide, Woodville, Australia

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  • Covers an important new field in surgery
  • Provides a sound understanding of the medical and scientific background underlying treatment decisions in palliative surgery
  • Examines the role of palliative surgery in a wide range of disease settings

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Palliative Surgery: Behind the Scenes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Surgery and Palliative Care: Is There Common Ground or Simply a Clash of Cultures?

      • David C. Currow, John Cartmill
      Pages 3-7

    3. Models of Care in Palliative Medicine

      • David C. Currow, Jane L. Phillips
      Pages 9-17

    4. Psychosocial and Ethical Aspects

      • Sheila Payne, Nancy J. Preston
      Pages 19-24

  3. Palliative Surgery: The Framework

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
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    2. Anaesthetic Considerations

      • Marissa Ferguson, Jonathan G. Hiller, Bernhard Riedel
      Pages 27-48

    3. Pain Management

      • Suzanne Chapman, Paul Farquhar-Smith
      Pages 49-57

    4. Nutrition

      • Giacomo Bovio
      Pages 59-70

    5. Medical Oncology

      • Peter S. Savas, Timothy J. Price
      Pages 71-82

    6. Radiation Oncology

      • Scott A. Carruthers
      Pages 83-95

    7. Image-Guided Interventions

      • Oliver Ayres, Frank Voyvodic
      Pages 97-121

  4. Palliative Surgery: The Domains

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123
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    2. Oesophagus

      • Benjamin C. Knight, Glyn G. Jamieson
      Pages 125-144

    3. Stomach

      • Markus Albertsmeier, Karl-Walter Jauch, Martin K. Angele
      Pages 145-151

    4. Pancreas

      • Andrea Wirsching, MickaĂ«l Lesurtel, Pierre-Alain Clavien
      Pages 153-169

    5. Biliary Tract and Liver

      • Sarah Thomasset, Ashley Dennison
      Pages 171-187

    6. Small Bowel

      • Matthias W. Wichmann
      Pages 189-194

    7. Large Bowel and Rectum

      • Albert Tuca
      Pages 195-208

    8. Brain and Vertebral Column

      • Nigel Jones
      Pages 209-215
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About this book

Palliative surgery can greatly contribute to improving symptom control and quality of life for terminal cancer patients. Owing to the advanced stage of the disease, however, this type of surgery is also associated with significant morbidity and mortality. It is therefore important for surgeons to have a sound understanding of the medical and scientific background underlying treatment decisions in palliative surgery, a foundation that this book provides. The opening chapters examine the relationship between palliative medicine and palliative surgery and address general issues including pain management and anesthesiological considerations. The role of palliative surgery in a wide range of disease settings is then thoroughly explored, including detailed information on surgical techniques and their indications and outcomes. This book will be an invaluable resource for all who wish to learn more about the emerging role of palliative surgery.

Reviews

From the book reviews:

“Written primarily for both new and experienced surgeons, the interdisciplinary tone and the information from nonsurgical specialties would make it valuable for surgical residents. It also would be valuable for palliative care fellows and practitioners in settings with high volumes of cancer surgery. … This is an excellent book and I wouldn’t hesitate to consult it … . I am not aware of any comparable books, particularly with the degree of insight into palliative care in general this book provides.” (Geoffrey P. Dunn, Doody’s Book Reviews, November, 2014)

“The opening section deals with palliative care generally … . second section deals with the special needs of patients having palliative surgery … . The last two-thirds of the book deals with palliative surgery by domain: the various parts of the gastrointestinal tract, the brain, the head and neck, the breast … . a useful book to have on the shelf in the palliative care unit, to guide junior staff as to what is possible and what the options are.” (News Letter – IAHPC book reviews, Vol. 15 (4), April, 2014)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of General Surgery, Mount Gambier General Hospital, Flinders University—Rural Medical School, Mount Gambier, Australia

    Matthias W. Wichmann

  • Discipline of Surgery, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Adelaide, Woodville, Australia

    Guy Maddern

About the editors

About the Editors: Dr. Matthias Wichmann is a General Surgeon trained in Munich and is Fellow of the Australian College of Surgeons since 2007. He is Assistant Professor of the University of Munich since 2004 and Associate Professor of Flinders University in Adelaide since 2007. Dr. Wichmann is Consultant General Surgeon Mount Gambier Hospital (a rural hospital centre in South Australia) since 2006. His surgical interests involve colorectal cancer surgery, minimal invasive surgery and surgical education. Dr. Wichmann is Co-Editor of Jauch/Mutschler/Wichmann: Chirurgie Basisweiterbildung, 2007, 978-3-540-34004-1.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Palliative Surgery

  • Editors: Matthias W. Wichmann, Guy Maddern

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-53709-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-53708-0Published: 26 March 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51071-1Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-53709-7Published: 08 July 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 304

  • Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations, 28 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: General Surgery, Abdominal Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Pain Medicine, Gastroenterology

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