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Front Line Surgery

A Practical Approach

  • Concisely written, practical knowledge written by veterans of combat surgery

  • Richly illustrated with full color images illustrating difficult techniques and situations

  • Designed to provide the most necessary and practical knowledge needed by Surgeons working on the front lines

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (50 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxvi
  2. Before the Operating Room

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Tactical Combat Casualty Care

      • Frank K. Butler Jr., Russ S. Kotwal
      Pages 3-16
    3. Combat Triage and Mass Casualty Management

      • Jayson D. Aydelotte, John J. Lammie, Joseph G. Kotora Jr., Jamie C. Riesberg, Alec C. Beekley
      Pages 17-37
    4. Initial Management Priorities: Beyond ABCDE

      • Daniel Grabo, Alec C. Beekley
      Pages 39-56
    5. Damage Control Resuscitation

      • Jacob R. Peschman, Donald H. Jenkins, John B. Holcomb, Timothy C. Nunez
      Pages 57-75
    6. To Operate or Image? (Pulling the Trigger)

      • Matthew J. Martin, James W. Davis
      Pages 77-87
    7. Ultrasound in Combat Trauma

      • Michael D. Perreault, Jason D. Bothwell, Benjamin Harrison
      Pages 89-108
  3. To the Operating Room

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
    2. The Bowel: Contamination, Colostomies, and Combat Surgery

      • Robert B. Lim, Eric Keith Johnson, Scott R. Steele
      Pages 111-129
    3. Liver and Spleen Injury Management in Combat

      • Brian Eastridge, Lorne H. Blackbourne, Katherine M. McBride, James R. Dunne
      Pages 131-146
    4. Pancreatic and Duodenal Injuries (Don’t Mess with the…)

      • Matthew T. Hueman, Thomas M. Scalea
      Pages 147-168
    5. Operative Management of Renal Injuries

      • Carlos V. R. Brown, Joseph M. Galante
      Pages 169-184
    6. Major Abdominal Vascular Trauma

      • Niten Singh, David R. King, David V. Feliciano
      Pages 185-201
    7. To Close or Not to Close: Managing the Open Abdomen

      • Amy Vertrees, Craig D. Shriver, Ali Salim
      Pages 203-220
    8. Dismounted Complex Blast Injury Management

      • Travis M. Polk, Matthew J. Martin, Matthew J. Eckert
      Pages 221-238
    9. Thoracic Approaches and Incisions

      • Jeffrey A. Bailey, Philip S. Mullenix, Jared L. Antevil
      Pages 239-259
    10. Lung Injuries in Combat

      • Matthew J. Martin, Michael S. Meyer, Riyad Karmy-Jones
      Pages 261-280
    11. Diagnosis and Management of Penetrating Cardiac Injury

      • Daniel G. Cuadrado, Kenji Inaba
      Pages 281-296
    12. Thoracic Vascular Injuries: Operative Management in “Enemy” Territory

      • Joseph J. DuBose, Timothy K. Williams, Benjamin Starnes
      Pages 297-312

About this book

The second edition of Front Line Surgery expands upon the success of the first edition, providing updated discussion of practical management of commonly encountered combat injuries.This edition reflects the cutting edge of combat casualty care, refined principles of surgical management of specific injury patterns, and incorporation of the spectrum of recent research advancements in trauma care. Each chapter continues to follow the same organization as the first edition. The “BLUF”, or bottom line up front, headlines each topic, providing the critical pearls for the reader, followed by a focused and straight forward discussion of management, pitfalls, and recommendations. In addition, select chapters conclude with a section discussing the application of this topic in civilian practice, as potentially encountered by the rural or humanitarian relief surgeon. Additional new topics include: REBOA and endovascular techniques for hemorrhage control, updates in transfusion and resuscitation practice, active shooter situations, rural trauma management in developed nations, advancements in prehospital care and the Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TC3) course, and discussion of the newest generations of topical hemostatic agents and tourniquets. These additions serve to both enhance the breadth and depth of the material relevant to military surgeons, but should also further expand the applicability and interest in this work to all civilian trauma surgeons.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Madigan Army Medical Center Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University, Tacoma, USA

    Matthew J. Martin,, Matthew J. Eckert

  • Division of Acute Care Surgery, Division of Bariatric Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Paoli Hospital, The Lankenau Hospital, Philadelphia, USA

    Alec C. Beekley,

About the editors

Matthew J. Martin, MD, FACS

Madigan Army Medical CenterDepartment of Surgery
Madigan Army Medical Center
9040 Fitzsimmons Drive
ATTN: MCHJ-CLS
Tacoma, WA 98431
Office: (253) 968-2361
Cell: (253) 973-9747
matthew.j.martin16.mil@mail.mil
traumadoc22@gmail.com


Alec C. Beekley, MD, FACS
Trauma/Acute Care and Bariatric Surgeon
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Paoli Hospital Trauma Center
Associate Professor of Surgery

Thomas Jefferson University 



Division of Trauma/Acute Care Surgery1100 Walnut Street
7th Floor, Medical Office Building
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
Office:  (215) 955-2165
Cell: (215) 519-0674
alec.beekley@jefferson.edu
alec.beekley@gmail.com


Matthew J. Eckert, MD, FACS

Associate Trauma Medical Director
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Department of Surgery
Madigan Army Medical Center
9040 Fitzsimmons Drive
ATTN: MCHJ-CLS
Tacoma, WA 98431
(253) 968-2200
matthew.j.eckert.mil@mail.mil
matteckert1@gmail.com






Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Front Line Surgery

  • Book Subtitle: A Practical Approach

  • Editors: Matthew J. Martin,, Alec C. Beekley, , Matthew J. Eckert

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56780-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-56779-2Published: 04 August 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56780-8Published: 21 July 2017

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XXXVI, 909

  • Number of Illustrations: 117 b/w illustrations, 264 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Surgery, Abdominal Surgery, General Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Traumatic Surgery, Emergency Medicine

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Buying options

eBook USD 149.00
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  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 199.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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