Overview
- An atlas of esophageal surgery that includes not only operations but all patient´s evaluation
- It includes not only surgical procedures but also endoscopic techniques such as per-oral endoscopic myotomy
- The new edition will be entirely revised and new authors invited
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This Atlas focuses on surgical techniques used to treat the entire spectrum of esophageal diseases. Surgical “pearls” and tips on how to select and perform the correct operation are included and based both on evidence-based data and the experience of the Editors.
Step-by-step descriptions of operative and endoscopic procedures in esophageal surgery are provided. Each chapter describes the current indications, perioperative management strategies, and a detailed operative approach with relevant technical considerations.
The description of approaches and surgical techniques used in esophageal surgery are outlined in an easily understandable manner for the specific target audience.
This book is written by world-class internationally renowned esophageal surgeons and gastroenterologists
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Keywords
- Achalasia
- Diagnostic Evaluation
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Esophageal Diseases
- Esophagectomy
- Esophageal Operative Procedures
- Perioperative Management Strategies
- Fundoplication
- Heller´s Myotomy
- Hiatal Hernia
- Paraesophageal Hernia
- Per-oral Endoscopic Myotomy
- Post Operative Care
- Surgical Techniques
- abdominal surgery
Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Fernando A. M. Herbella, MD, PhD is an associated professor at the Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, the same institution where he did all his trainning from medical school to residency in General Surgery and Gastrointestinal Surgery and obtained his academic titles M.Sc., PhD and habilitation. He did a research fellowship in esophageal surgery in physiology at the University of California, San Francisco under Dr. Marco Patti and a research fellowship in esophageal surgery in physiology at the University of Rochester, under Dr. Jeffrey Peters. His main academic interest is in the foregut.
Marco G. Patti, MD, FACS, was born and raised in Catania, Italy. He graduated from the University of Catania, School of Medicine in 1981. Between1983 and 1986 he did research at the University of California San Francisco, studying gastrointestinal physiology (Dr. Carlos Pellegrini and Dr. Lawrence Way). Between 1986 and 1993, he completed a Residency in General Surgery at UCSF. After completion of his residency, he did a fellowship in esophageal cancer at the Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong (Professor John Wong). Subsequently he practiced at the University of California San Francisco, the University of Chicago, and the University of North Carolina. Presently he is involved with education at the University of Virginia.
Dr. Patti’s clinical activity focuses on foregut disorders. Over the years, he has given major contribution to the diagnosis and treatment of GERD and achalasia. Dr. Patti has published more than 300 manuscripts in peer review journals and 9 books. He has been an invited speaker more than 220 times in the US. He is Past President of the International Society for Digestive Surgery and Past President of the International Society of Surgery. He was President for the World Congress of Surgery in August 2017 in Basel, Switzerland. He hasbeen an invited speaker in North and South America, Europe, and Asia, giving more than 160 lectures.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Atlas of Esophageal Surgery
Editors: Fernando A. M. Herbella, Marco G. Patti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12790-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-12789-2Published: 09 November 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-12792-2Published: 10 November 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-12790-8Published: 08 November 2022
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XIV, 160
Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations, 265 illustrations in colour
Topics: Gastroenterology, Abdominal Surgery