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<EM>Surgical Anatomy and Technique: A Pocket Manual, consistently places in the top 10 bestsellers for Springer. The third edition will ensure its continued place on the list. The authors know exactly what makes this book popular: expansive scope; concise descriptions of anatomy and technique; illustrations on nearly every page; and its compact, portable size. The challenge, then, is in the very careful selection of topics and the need to be restrained in spite of the many surgical innovations that beg to be included but that have not yet stood the test of time. Toward that end, the third edition of <EM>Surgical Anatomy and Technique includes a limited amount of new material: 3 vascular procedures (abdominal aortic aneurysm, femoropopliteal bypass, and carotid endarterectomy) and 2 gynecologic procedures commonly performed by general surgeons (hysterectomy and oopherectomy). In addition, all of the existing chapters will be updated to reflect current surgical approaches and instrumentation. Third-year medical students, surgical residents and practicing surgeons will find this handbook to be one of their most-frequently-used resources.
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Surgical Anatomy and Technique Third Edition
Lee John Skandalakis John E. Skandalakis Panajiotis N. Skandalakis
Surgical Anatomy and Technique A Pocket Manual Third Edition
Lee J. Skandalakis, MD, FACS Clinical Professor of Surgical Anatomy and Technique Emory University School of Medicine Attending Surgeon Piedmont Hospital Atlanta, Georgia John E. Skandalakis, MD, PhD, FACS Chris Carlos Distinguished Professor of Surgical Anatomy and Technique Director, Centers for Surgical Anatomy and Technique Professor of Surgery Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia Clinical Professor of Surgery Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, and Mercer University School of Medicine Macon, Georgia
Panajiotis N. Skandalakis, MD, MS Clinical Professor of Surgical Anatomy and Technique Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia and Professor and Chairman Department of Anatomy University of Athens School of Medicine Athens, Greece
ISBN: 978-0-387-09514-1 e-ISBN: 978-0-387-09515-8 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09515-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008938655 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper springer.com
To the medical staff at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. You are truly the sine qua non. LJS
Preface to the Third Edition A good surgeon must have an eagle’s eye, a lion’s heart and a lady’s hand. —English saying In this third edition of Surgical Anatomy and Technique: A Pocket Manual, we are very pleased to add three new chapters: the vascular system by Drs. Deepak G. Nair and Robert B. Smith III; the uterus, ovaries, and tubes by Dr. Ramon A. Suarez; and microsurgical techniques by Drs. John G. Seiler III and Petros Mirilas. Drs. Seth D. Force and Daniel L. Miller revised several procedures in the chapter on the esophagus. In the section on hemorrhoidectomies, Dr. Joseph J. Nichols, Jr., provided techniques for stapled hemorrhoidectomy and band ligation.