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Emergency General Surgery

A Practical Approach

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Editors:
  1. Carlos V. R. Brown

    1. Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

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  2. Kenji Inaba

    1. Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

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  3. Matthew J. Martin

    1. Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, USA

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  4. Ali Salim

    1. Brigham and Womens’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

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  • Presented in a logical, straightforward, and easy to understand format.

  • Richly illustrated with photographs, illustrations and patient care algorithms.

  • Written by experts in the field.

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Table of contents (44 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Definition of Emergency General Surgery (EGS) and Its Burden on the Society

    • Stephen C. Gale, Kevin M. Schuster, Marie L. Crandall, Shahid Shafi
    Pages 1-11

  3. Evaluating the Acute Abdomen

    • Sawyer Smith, Martin A. Schreiber
    Pages 13-26

  4. Imaging in Emergency General Surgery

    • Mathew Giangola, Joaquim M. Havens
    Pages 27-39

  5. Antibiotics in Emergency General Surgery

    • Mitchell J. Daley, Emily K. Hodge, Dusten T. Rose
    Pages 41-56

  6. Esophageal Perforation

    • Jared L. Antevil, Philip S. Mullenix
    Pages 57-73

  7. Variceal Hemorrhage for the Acute Care Surgeon

    • Paul J. Deramo, Michael S. Truitt
    Pages 75-86

  8. Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

    • Marcel Tafen, Steven C. Stain
    Pages 87-102

  9. Gastroduodenal Perforations

    • Elisa Furay, W. Drew Fielder
    Pages 103-109

  10. Benign and Malignant Gastric Outlet Obstruction

    • John Saydi, S. Rob Todd
    Pages 111-120

  11. Acute Cholecystitis

    • Aaron M. Williams, Ben E. Biesterveld, Hasan B. Alam
    Pages 121-135

  12. Choledocholithiasis

    • Morgan Schellenberg, Meghan Lewis
    Pages 137-149

  13. Acute Cholangitis

    • Marko Bukur, Jaclyn Clark
    Pages 151-164

  14. Gallstone Ileus

    • Chris Dodgion, Marc de Moya
    Pages 165-173

  15. Acute Pancreatitis

    • Marc D. Trust, C. Yvonne Chung, Carlos V. R. Brown
    Pages 175-188

  16. Hepatic Abscess

    • Alexandra Brito, Leslie Kobayashi
    Pages 189-200

  17. Small Bowel Obstruction

    • Amirreza T. Motameni, Jason W. Smith
    Pages 201-211

  18. Small Bowel Perforation

    • Eric M. Campion, Clay Cothren Burlew
    Pages 213-221

  19. Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    • Carey Wickham, Sang W. Lee
    Pages 223-231

  20. Small Bowel Sources of Gastrointestinal Bleeds

    • Shuyan Wei, Lillian S. Kao
    Pages 233-245
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About this book

The field of emergency general surgery encompasses a wide array of surgical diseases, ranging from the simple to the complex. These diseases may include inflammatory, infectious, and hemorrhagic processes spanning the entire gastrointestinal tract. Complications of abdominal wall hernias, compartment syndromes, skin and soft tissue infections, and surgical diseases are significantly complex in special populations, including elderly, obese, pregnant, immunocompromised, and cirrhotic patients.


This book covers emergency general surgery topics in a succinct, practical and understandable fashion. After reviewing the general principles in caring for the emergency general surgery patient, this text discusses current evidence and the best practices stratified by organ system, including esophageal, gastroduodenal, hepatobiliary and pancreatic, small and large bowel, anorectal, thoracic, and hernias. Chapters are written by experts in the field and present a logical, straightforward, and easy to understand approach to the emergency general surgery patient, as well as provide patient care algorithms where appropriate.


Emergency General Surgery: A Practical Approach provides surgeons and surgery residents with a practical and evidence-based approach to diagnosing and managing a wide array of surgical diseases encountered on emergency general surgery call.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

    Carlos V. R. Brown

  • Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

    Kenji Inaba

  • Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, USA

    Matthew J. Martin

  • Brigham and Womens’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Ali Salim

About the editors

Carlos V.R. Brown
Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
USA

Kenji Inaba
LA County/University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
USA

Matthew J. Martin
Madigan Army Medical Center
Tacoma, WA
USA

Ali Salim
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
USA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Emergency General Surgery

  • Book Subtitle: A Practical Approach

  • Editors: Carlos V. R. Brown, Kenji Inaba, Matthew J. Martin, Ali Salim

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96286-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-96285-6Published: 22 November 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-96286-3Published: 09 November 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 531

  • Number of Illustrations: 79 b/w illustrations, 132 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: General Surgery, Traumatic Surgery

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