Surgical Complications: Diagnosis And Treatment

• Cardiac Complications; Respiratory Complications; Wound Complications; Complications of Breast Surgery; Complications of Head and Neck Surgery; Complications of Cardiothoracic Surgery; Complications of Vascular Surgery; Complications of Surgery of the Gastrointestinal Tract; Complications of Surgery of the Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas and Spleen; Complications of Surgery of Abdominal Wall Hernias; Complications of Endocrine Surgery; Complications of Pediatric Surgery; Complications in Urological Surgery; Complications in Gynaecological Surgery; Complications of Neurosurgery; Complications in Orthopaedic Surgery; Complications of Microsurgery (Surgery of the Hand); Complications of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Complications of Minimally Invasive Surgery; Complications of Transplantation Surgery; Complications of Interventional Radiological Procedures; Psychiatric Complications Related to Surgical Practice; Medico-Legal Implications of Surgical Complications; Ethical Problems Related to Surgical Complications

"The two editors have assembled a large and international team of contributors, covering the surgical specialties as well as anaesthetics, gastrointestinal medicine, and imaging, and also including a medical historian and a medicolegal ethicist. Its chapters cover pretty well every aspect of this broad subject ... The book provides surgeons with a splendid account of today's diagnostic and therapeutic arsenal in managing surgical complications ... this is a nicely produced and illustrated and easy to read book."British Medical Journal