Full Description
50 Studies Every Surgeon Should Know presents key studies that have shaped the practice of surgery. Selected using a rigorous methodology, the studies cover topics including: vascular, colorectal, bariatric, abdominal, hernial, and endocrine surgery, surgical outcomes, surgical oncology, trauma and surgical critical care, and studies of historical interest. For each study, a concise summary is presented with an emphasis on the results and limitations of the study, and its implications for practice. An illustrative clinical case concludes each review, followed by brief information on other relevant studies. This book is a must-read for health care professionals and anyone who wants to learn more about the data behind clinical practice.
Contents
Section I. Vascular Surgery
1. Outcomes Following Endovascular vs Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: The OVER Trial
2. Long Term Outcomes of Immediate Repair Compared with Surveillance of Small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
3. Endovascular Aneurysm Repair vs. Open Repair in Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: EVAR Trial 1
4. Endovascular Aneurysm Repair and Outcomes in Patients Unfit for Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: EVAR Trial 2
5. Carotid Endarterectomy for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis: The ACST Trial
6. Carotid Endarterectomy for Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis: The NASCET Trial
7. Stenting versus Endarterectomy for Treatment of Carotid-Artery Stenosis: The Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs. Stenting Trial (CREST)
8. Cardiac Stents versus Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery for Severe Coronary Artery Disease: The SYNTAX Trial
Section II. Colorectal Surgery
9. Improved Survival with Preoperative Radiotherapy in Resectable Rectal Cancer: The Swedish Rectal Cancer Trial
10. A Comparison of Laparoscopically Assisted and Open Colectomy for Colon Cancer: The COST Trial
11. Oxaliplatin, Fluorouracil, and Leucovorin as Adjuvant Treatment for Colon Cancer: The MOSAIC Trial
Section III. Surgical Outcomes
12. Classification of Surgical Complications: A New Proposal with Evaluation in a Cohort of 6336 Patients and Results of a Survey
13. Multivariable Predictors of Postoperative Surgical Site Infection after General and Vascular Surgery: Results from the Patient Safety in Surgery Study
14. Hospital Volume and Surgical Mortality in the United States
15. Reducing Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in the Intensive Care Unit: The Keystone ICU Project
16. The Surgical Safety System Checklist (SURPASS)
17. Proving the Value of Simulation in Laparoscopic Surgery
Section IV. Hernia and Abdomen
18. Watchful Waiting vs. Surgery for Inguinal Hernia
19. Laparoscopic vs. Open Repair of Inguinal Hernia
20. Minimally Invasive Approach to Infected Pancreatic Necrosis
21. Long-Term Impact of Bariatric Surgery
Section V. Surgical Oncology
22. Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection vs. Complete Axillary Dissection in Invasive Breast Cancer: The Z0011 Trial
23. Mastectomy vs. Lumpectomy for Invasive Breast Cancer: The B-06 Trial
24. Breast Cancer after Prophylactic Bilateral Mastectomy in Patients with BRCA Mutation
25. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy vs. Nodal Observation in Melanoma
26. Perioperative chemotherapy vs. surgery alone for resectable gastroesophageal cancer (MAGIC Trial)
27. Surgical Treatment of Gastric Cancer: 15-Year Follow-Up Results of the Randomized Nationwide Dutch D1D2 Trial
28. Gastroesophageal Junction Tumors: Does Location Determine Treatment?
29. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Outcomes
Section VI. Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
30. Transfusion Ratios in Trauma
31. Accuracy of Focused Abdominal Sonography for Trauma (FAST)
32. Early vs. Late Tracheostomy for Intubated Patients
33. Femoral vs. Subclavian Central Lines in Critically Ill Patients
34. Early Goal-Directed Therapy in Sepsis
35. Red Cell Transfusion in Critically Ill Patients: The TRICC Trial
Section VII. Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery
36. Laparoscopic vs. Open Appendectomy
37. Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication for GERD
38. Outcomes After Laparoscopic Splenectomy
39. Bariatric Surgery vs. Intensive Medical Therapy in Obese Patients with Diabetes (STAMPEDE Trial)
40. Heller myotomy vs. Heller myotomy with Dor fundoplication for Achalasia
41. Bile Duct Injury in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Persistent Complication
Section VIII. Endocrine Surgery
42. Size as a Predictor of Malignancy of Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma
43. Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy vs. Conventional Surgery for Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Section IX. Studies of Historical Interest in Surgery
44. Internal Mammary Artery Ligation vs. Sham Sternotomy for Angina Pectoris
45. Ranson's Criteria for Acute Pancreatitis
46. Timing of Cholecystectomy after Biliary Pancreatitis
47. Child-Pugh score for Mortality in Cirrhosis
48. Hinchey Classification of Acute Diverticulitis
49. Acute Appendicitis
50. Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome
