Overview
- Reports the use of mini-invasive approach in all the fields of acute care and trauma
- Is a bench to bedside manual written by the top experts in the different fields
- Shows a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach to the mini-invasive technique in emergency surgery
Part of the book series: Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma (HTACST)
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About this book
The minimally invasive approach in emergency and general trauma surgery is a key aspect of both scenarios. This book, the first comprehensive manual in the field, takes a global view of the subject and deals with it in depth, ranging from the historical perspective to the pathophysiological and therapeutic aspects in the various body compartments.
Thanks to its user-friendly approach, this book will be a useful tool in the daily clinical practice of surgeons, doctors, anesthetists and nurses; thanks to its up-to-date review of the literature, it will remain relevant for several years. Finally, the participation of world opinion leaders in the field guarantees the comprehensive and scientific soundness of the work.
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Federico Coccolini is a consultant general, emergency and trauma surgeon working at the Pisa University Cisanello Hospital , one of the biggest level-I trauma centres in Italy, and teaches Emergency and Trauma Surgery at the University of Pisa. He has a deep and documented experience in managing post-traumatic and non post-traumatic surgical patients. His principal interests are: emergency surgery, trauma surgery, advanced oncology, oncologic gastrointestinal surgery, laparoscopic and minimally invasive surgery, tissue engineering and experimental surgery, evidence based medicine and evidence based surgery. He actually is the principal investigator of several multicenter studies and registers.
Mauro Podda is a Consultant General and Emergency Surgeon and Clinical Lecture in Surgery at the Department of Emergency Surgery of Cagliari University Hospital “Policlinico Universitario Duilio Casula”. His particular research fields are minimally invasive gastric, pancreatic, colorectal, and general emergency surgery. He is member of the editorial board of several scientific journals and reviewer for the British Journal of Surgery, the British Medical Journal, International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, Annals of Internal Medicine, World Journal of Surgery and World Journal of Emergency Surgery.
Robert Lim is a Professor of Surgery, Resident Program Director and the Vice-Chair of Education for the Department of Surgery at the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine at Tulsa. He is fellowship trained in minimally invasive surgery and a former military surgeon with 6 deployments to the combat zones of Iraq and Afghanistan earning both Bronze Star and Legion of Merit awards. He has also been awarded the Army's A Designator for clinical mastery and is a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit. Most recently, he has helped bring combat trauma and minimally invasive surgery education to the surgeons in Ukraine in the war against Russia.Massimo Chiarugi is full Professor of General Surgery and Director of the Postgraduate School of General Surgery at Pisa University (Italy). He is the Chief of the Emergency Surgery Unit & Trauma Center at Cisanello Hospital, Pisa, a busy and most renowed referring center for acute care surgery in Italy. He has gained a wide experience in elective, emergency and trauma surgery. His main research interests include inflammatory response to acute conditions, general emergency surgery, laparoscopy and minimally invasive surgery in elective and acute care, gastrointestinal oncology, colorectal conditions, and trauma surgery.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mini-invasive Approach in Acute Care Surgery
Editors: Federico Coccolini, Mauro Podda, Robert B. Lim, Massimo Chiarugi
Series Title: Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39001-2
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 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-39000-5Published: 10 November 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-39003-6Due: 11 December 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-39001-2Published: 09 November 2023
Series ISSN: 2520-8284
Series E-ISSN: 2520-8292
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 380
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 65 illustrations in colour
Topics: Minimally Invasive Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine