Surgical pitfalls
Subtitle: an evidence-based approach to prevention and management
By: [edited by] Stephen R.T. Evans ; section editors, A. Alfred Chahine ... [et al.].
Contributors: Evans, Stephen R. T.; Chahine, A. Alfred.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Saunders/Elsevier
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 899
ISBN-13: 9781416029519
Subjects: Surgical errors; Intraoperative Complications -- prevention & control; Evidence-Based Medicine; Medical Errors -- prevention & control; Risk Factors; Risk Management; Surgical Procedures, Operative -- adverse effects
Description: This book provides a unique visual and comprehensive approach to intra-operative technical errors and covers identification, consequences, repair and prevention of those errors. Detailed analyses of all reported complications for more than 80 major operations help you minimize the risk of errors in surgical procedures ranging from general, thoracic, vascular, and pediatric...to colorectal, endocrine, breast and trauma. A practical approach provides you with the essential guidance you need to make the best clinical decisions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.