Comprehensive Review of General Surgery provides guidance for preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative management, as well as management of complications. Led by Pardon R. Kenney, MD, clinically-skilled speakers offer direction in selecting operative techniques, outlining the advantages and disadvantages of both open and minimally invasive surgery.
Lectures in this continuing medical education board review cover a broad range of surgical areas (vascular, breast, abdominal, alimentary tract, trauma, etc.) and reinforce important take-home points, including:
Critical Care. Operative necrosectomy should be the last procedure offered to a patient with necrotizing pancreatitis. Exhaust all other options (percutaneous drainage, endoscopic drainage, video-assisted retroperitoneal debridement) before offering open pancreatic necrosectomy.
Ethics. Palliative care is not restricted to care at the end of life or for the imminently dying. It’s an focused on improving quality of life that’s appropriate at any stage of serious illness.
Gynecologic Challenges. Unlike most general surgical procedures, gynecologic surgeries often require fertility considerations before determining the best course of action
Tumor Biology. Solid tumors are associated with mutations in proto-oncogenes and tumor suppressors. These mutations disrupt known signaling pathways that are required for normal cellular and immune homeostasis, and often promote a more aggressive tumor behavior. These genetic mutations may be useful therapeutic targets.
And more!
Topics/Speakers
APPLIED SCIENCE
Surgical Infection – Roger Clark, DO
Fluids, Electrolytes, and Acid-base Disorders – Reza Askari, MD
Transfusion Medicine and Anticoagulant Management – Nathan T. Connell, MD
Concepts in Anesthesia – David Shaff, MD
Perioperative Care – James G. Vogel, MD
Head and Neck Evaluation – Rosh Sethi, MD, MPH
Thoracic Surgery for General Surgeons – Jon O. Wee, MD
Surgical Critical Care – Mohammad Afrasiabi, MD
Ethics – Zara Cooper, MD, MSc
Transplantation – Stefan Tullius, MD, PhD
Pediatric Surgery – Prathima Nandivada, MD
VASCULAR
Arterial Disease – Matthew Menard, MD
Venous Disease – Louis L. Nguyen, MD
Vascular Access – Mohamad Hussain, MD
SURGICAL SPECIALTIES
Plastic Surgery – Matthew Carty, MD
Gynecologic Challenges for General Surgeons – James A. Greenberg, MD
Genitourinary Surgery – Michael J. Malone, MD
SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE
Tumor Biology – Charles H. Yoon, MD
Soft Tissue Sarcoma – Chandrajit P. Raut, MD
Melanoma and Dysplastic Nevi – Charles H. Yoon, MD
ENDOCRINE
Adrenal Surgery and Endocrine Dysfunction – Matthew Nehs, MD
Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery – Nancy L. Cho, MD
BREAST
Benign Breast Disease – Anna Weiss, MD
Malignant Breast Disease – Laura Dominci, MD
Paget’s Disease and Male Breast Cancer: Surgical Techniques – Faina Nakhlis, MD
ABDOMINAL – GENERAL
General Abdominal Surgery – Luise Pernar, MD
ABDOMINAL – HERNIA
Abdominal Hernias – Incidence, Cause, and Treatment – David C. Brooks, MD
Incisional Hernia – Douglas Smink, MD
ABDOMINAL – BILIARY
Benign Gallbladder Disease – Ashley H. Vernon, MD
Common Duct Diseases – Thomas C. Tsai, MD
ABDOMINAL – LIVER
Primary and Secondary Liver Neoplasms – Thomas E. Clancy, MD
ABDOMINAL – PANCREAS
Pancreatic Neoplasms – Mark Fairweather, MD
Inflammatory Pancreatic Disease – Stanley Ashley, MD
ABDOMINAL – SPLEEN
Spleen Surgery (Non-Trauma) – Ali Tavakkoli, MB,BS
ALIMENTARY TRACT – ESOPHAGUS
Benign and Malignant Neoplasms of the Esophagus – M. Blair Marshall, MD
Diseases of Gastroesophageal Junction – David Spector, MD
ALIMENTARY TRACT – STOMACH
Gastric Cancer Treatment – Jiping Wang, PhD, MD
Bariatric Surgery and Peptic Ulcer Disease – Scott A. Shikora, MD
ALIMENTARY TRACT – SMALL BOWEL
Small Bowel: Management Challenges – Jason Gold, MD
Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Joel E. Goldberg, MD
LARGE INTESTINE
Emergencies of the Large Intestine – James Yoo, MD
Colon Neoplasms – Jennifer L. Irani, MD
Management of Rectal and Anal Cancer and Dysplasia – Nelya Melnitchouk, MD
ANORECTAL
Anal Fissure and Fistula – Ronald Bleday, MD
TRAUMA/ACUTE CARE SURGERY
Initial Assessment in Trauma and Acute Care Surgery – Kristin Sonderman, MD
Thoracic Trauma – Geoffrey Anderson, MD
Abdominal Trauma – Nakul Raykar, MD
Management of >20% TBSA Burns – The First 24 Hours – Stephanie Nitzschke, MD
Top 6 Surgical Gastrointestinal Emergencies – Reza Askari, MD
