Complications after Gastrointestinal Surgery

Description

Gastrointestinal surgery is performed for a range of benign and malignant diseases in both elective and emergency settings. However, many of these operations are followed by complications, which need early detection so that they can be managed in a way that is rational, evidence-based and makes the best use of the available local resources.
Complications after Gastrointestinal Surgery is an up-to-date and comprehensive reference book for practicing and aspiring gastrointestinal and general surgeons as well as for trainees and assistants. With contributions from more than 90 experts from 15 different countries, it offers a systematic description of the general aspects of surgical complications. It discusses institutional issues such as managing complications in limited-resource settings and the impact of centralisation and checklists. It also describes the ways to deal with specific post-surgery problems pertaining to different organs such as the oesophagus, the small and large intestines, pancreas and liver.

About the Editors

Samiran Nundy is an Indian gastrointestinal surgeon, medical academic, and writer. He was formerly head of the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He is a former member of faculty at the Cambridge, London, and Harvard universities and the founder editor of the National Medical Journal of India and the Tropical Gastroenterology. He is currently the Dean of The Ganga Ram Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education and Research.
Dirk J. Gouma completed his resident and research fellow programme from Maastricht, The Netherlands, Boston, London, and Houston. His clinical and research efforts concentrated on hepatobiliary and pancreatic disease, pathophysiology of obstructive jaundice and biliary drainage, and more recently, on aspects of patient safety programmes, quality control, and centralisation/regionalisation. He was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery and division of surgical specialties at the Academic Medical Center (AMC), Amsterdam. He has served as chairman of the scientific committee of the European Surgical Association (ESA) and a Council member of the United European Gastroenterology (UEG). He was President of the European Hepato PancreaticoBiliary Association (E-AHPBA) and Secretary General of the EHPBA. He was member of the National Health Council and Chairman of the Concilium Chirurgicum (the Dutch advisory board of surgical education training). He is author/co-author of more than 635 publications in peer reviewed journals (H-index 72).

Reviews

Complications after surgery occur even among the best and most experienced surgeons in the world. This hardcover textbook provides an exhaustive review of the complications in abdominal surgery, including strategies to avoid these complications and ways to manage those that are unavoidable. It also provides the reader with a framework for reading the surgical literature in regards to, grading systems for complications and outcomes research.
The book is well organized into organ systems throughout the gastrointestinal tract with each chapter beginning with an abstract that well summarizes the material to be presented. The authors are predominantly from Europe, India, and Australia; however, the references are well represented by North American literature as well.
It will serve well as a text for fourth-year medical students and interns and as a primer to more in-depth reading of selected topics for upper-level residents and junior attending. Senior surgeons sitting for their recertification examinations will also benefit.
This hardcover textbook sells for $156.00, which is well worth the investment, as it can be used at all levels of training and is a good starting point for further reading on selected topics.

-Annals of Surgery

Table of contents

Foreword by Sir Roy Yorke Calne ix
Editors and Contributors xi
Abbreviations xvii

1 Introduction 1
S. Nundy and D.J. Gouma

PART I GENERAL ASPECTS OF MANAGEMENT OF SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS
2 Cardiopulmonary complications in gastrointestinal surgery patients 5
T.G.V. Cherpanath, A.S. Neto, W.K. Lagrand and M.J. Schultz
3 Prevention and management of acute kidney injury 15
A. Davenport
4 Perioperative haemostasis and thrombosis problems in gastrointestinal surgery 27
M.M. Levi
5 Strategy of preoperative and postoperative nutritional support 40
E.M.H. (Lisbeth) Mathus-Vliegen
6 Severe surgical sepsis and peritonitis after gastrointestinal surgery: pathophysiology, clinical signs and treatment 58
P.B. Soeters
7 The e role of antibiotics in prevention and management of infections after gastrointestinal surgery 76
T. Mulder, J.A.J.W. Kluytmans and M.J.M. Bonten

PART II GENERAL INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL COMPLICATIONS
8 Management of complications of gastrointestinal surgeries in the limited-resource setting 91
N.P. Raykar, N. Roy, M.U. Khajanchi and S.S. Nagral
9 Impact of centralisation, assessment of surgical quality and outcome 102
J.A.M.G. Tol and D.J. Gouma
10 The e American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: standardised data and improved outcomes 115
H.A. Pitt and E.P. Ceppa
11 The e defi nition and grading of complications by severity 129
K. Slankamenac, R.D. Staiger and P.-A. Clavien
12 The e impact of a checklist on complications after surgery 138
J.F. Lange
13 Impact of checklists in developing countries 142
N. Chaudhary
14 The e Dutch Surgical Colorectal Audit: reducing complications by nationwide feedback on process and outcome 149
N.J. van Leersum, E.H. Eddes, M.W.J.M. Wouters and R.A.E.M. Tollenaar
15 Impact of Chemotherapy on Postoperative Complications after Gastrointestinal Surgery 155
B. Sirohi, A. Mitra and S.V. Shrikhande

PART III ORGAN-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS
Oesophagus and Stomach
16 Complications after oesophageal surgery 169
M. Reeh, Y.K. Vashist and J.R. Izbicki
17 Management of pancreatic fi stula after gastrectomy for gastric cancer 176
S. Morita, A. Okaro, T. Wada, T. Fukagawa and H. Katai
18 Immediate and long-term complications after antirefl ux surgery 186
I. Rouvelas, T. Irino and L. Lundell
19 Prevention and management of complications after bariatric surgery 194
M. Lakdawala, A.G. Bhasker and J.W.M. Greve

Intestines
20 Prevention and management of complications after duodenal and small bowel surgery 209
A.K. Stadler, M. Büchler and O. Strobel
21 Management of complications after laparoscopic colon surgery 221
M. Morino and M.E. Allaix
22 Diagnosis and treatment of complications after ileal pouch and rectal surgery 231
W.A.A. Borstlap, G.D. Musters, P.J. Tanis, C.J. Buskens and W.A. Bemelman
23 Mesenteric ischaemia: decreasing mortality by reducing time to diagnosis 241
F. Kuehn and E. Klar
24 Acute mesenteric ischaemia in developing countries 249
R. Nagaraja

Liver, Gallbladder and Bile Ducts
25 Liver failure 263
G. Györi, M. Lesurtel and P.-A. Clavien
26 Prevention and management of complications after laparoscopic liver resection 269
C.-W. Lin and D. Cherqui
27 Complications after surgery for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma 280
E. Roos, R.J.S. Coelen and T.M. van Gulik
28 How to Prevent, diagnose and treat major biliary and vasculobiliary injuries after cholecystectomy 288
S.M. Strasberg
29 Complications of surgery for portal hypertension 303
R. Panwar, S. Pal and P. Sahni
30 Complications after liver transplantation 321
G. Kumar, N. Goyal and S. Gupta

Pancreas
31 Management of complications after operations for acute pancreatitis 335
Sanjay Pandanaboyana and J.A. Windsor
32 Prevention and management of complications after surgery for chronic pancreatitis 344
S. Burmeister, E. Jonas, S.R. The omson and P.C. Bornman
33 How to prevent, diagnose and treat major complications after pancreatic head surgery 355
G. Gemenetzis, C.L. Wolfgang and A.A. Javed
34 Complications after laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy 366
S. Sánchez Cabús and L. Fernández-Cruz
35 Prevention and management of complications after ablative therapies on the pancreas 376
S. Paiella, R. Salvia, G. Marchegiani, M. D'Onofrio and C. Bassi
36 Postoperative complications after resection of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours 384
E.J.M. Nieveen van Dijkum and C.H.J. van Eijck
Index 391