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Rural Surgery

Challenges and Solutions for the Rural Surgeon

  • First book publication in the field
  • International update and outline on most common surgical and emergency procedures in rural surgery
  • Covers the entire breadth of current surgical practice
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (67 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Challenges of Rural Surgery

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Rural Surgical Education: The Australian Approach

      • Guy Maddern, Matthias W. Wichmann
      Pages 3-4
    3. Surgery for Rural America

      • David C. Borgstrom
      Pages 5-6
    4. Surgery in Rural Canada: Challenges and Possible Solutions

      • Nadine R. Caron, Stephen J. Pinney
      Pages 7-14
  3. Pre- and Postoperative Care

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
    2. Fundamentals of Surgical Oncology

      • Hanno Niess, Karl-Walter Jauch, Christiane J. Bruns
      Pages 17-26
    3. Palliative Surgery

      • Matthias W. Wichmann
      Pages 27-29
    4. Fiber Optic Endoscopy: Bronchoscopy

      • Matthias W. Wichmann, Fritz W. Spelsberg
      Pages 31-34
    5. Fiber Optic Endoscopy: Gastroscopy

      • Matthias W. Wichmann, Fritz W. Spelsberg
      Pages 35-39
    6. Fiber Optic Endoscopy: Colonoscopy

      • Matthias W. Wichmann, Fritz W. Spelsberg
      Pages 41-46
    7. Endoscopy for Rural Surgeons: ERCP

      • Ian C. Roberts-Thomson
      Pages 47-50
    8. Rigid Endoscopy: Cystoscopy

      • Mark Lloyd, John Miller
      Pages 51-53
    9. Rural Surgical Audit

      • David A. K. Watters
      Pages 55-65
    10. Acute Pain Management

      • Edmund A. M. Neugebauer, Astrid Althaus, Christian Simanski
      Pages 67-75
    11. Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism

      • Robert A. Fitridge, Simon McRae
      Pages 77-84
    12. Nutrition of the Surgical Patient

      • Florian Brackmann, Wolfgang H. Hartl, Peter Rittler
      Pages 85-97
    13. Surgical and Hospital-Acquired Infections

      • Wolfgang Böcker, Wolf Mutschler
      Pages 99-105
    14. Antimicrobial Therapy

      • Christian P. Schneider, Beatrice Grabein
      Pages 107-131
    15. Preoperative Risk Assessment in Rural Surgery

      • Teresa Bueti, Munawar Rana, Matthias W. Wichmann
      Pages 133-138

About this book

Incorporating and balancing advancing subspecialization is a significant challenge of modern surgery. The changes of surgical education and early subspecialization is a smaller spectrum of experience of graduating surgeons joining the rural workforce. Surgeons working in rural and remote hospitals, however, must be proficient in the great breadth of current surgical practice and face a number of challenges and demands that are specific to rural surgery. This textbook provides an update on the evidence and surgical techniques for the experienced rural surgeon and most importantly is a guideline for younger surgeons and surgical trainees joining the general surgical workforce in rural and remote areas around the world.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Mount Gambier General Hospital, Associate Professor, Mount Gambier, Australia

    Matthias Wichmann

  • Bassett Medical Center, Mithoefer Center for Rural Surgery, Cooperstown, USA

    David C. Borgstrom

  • c/o University of Northern British Colum, Prince George, Canada

    Nadine R. Caron

  • The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, Australia

    Guy Maddern

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rural Surgery

  • Book Subtitle: Challenges and Solutions for the Rural Surgeon

  • Editors: Matthias Wichmann, David C. Borgstrom, Nadine R. Caron, Guy Maddern

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78680-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-78679-5Due: 05 September 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50177-1Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-78680-1Published: 05 September 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 597

  • Topics: Surgery, Abdominal Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Orthopedics

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Buying options

eBook USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 249.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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