© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Amy L. Halverson and David C. Borgstrom (eds.)Advanced Surgical Techniques for Rural Surgeons10.1007/978-1-4939-1495-1_26 26. Damage Control Laparotomy David H. Livingston1 and Tim Schwartz1 (1) Department of Surgery, Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, University…
Tumor thickness Recommended clinical margins In situ 0.5 cm ≤1.0 mm 1.0 cm (category 1) 1.01–2 mm 1–2 cm (category 1) 2.01–4 mm 2.0 cm (category 1) >4 mm 2.0…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Amy L. Halverson and David C. Borgstrom (eds.)Advanced Surgical Techniques for Rural Surgeons10.1007/978-1-4939-1495-1_17 17. Thyroid Surgery David R. Schmidt1 and Wallace F. Martin1 (1) General Surgery, Gwinnett Surgical Associates, Lawrenceville, GA 30046, USA …
Fig. 4.1 A dilating balloon is passed over the guide wire and through the cystic ductotomy. The position of the balloon is checked fluoroscopically to ensure that it is traversing…
Fig. 3.1 The four scanning windows of the E-FAST abdominal examination Recent bleeding is represented by an anechoic “dark line” in these spaces, yet older blood may have a heterogeneous…
Fig. 4.1 Normal right upper quadrant view. On the left side of the figure, there is the “white curtain” of the lung, descending to cover the texture of the liver…
Primary survey Assessment and possible problems Key questions A Definitive airway control Is tracheal tube in the right position? B ptx – hemothorax – lung contusion Why the pt…
Fig. 1.1 The denser the material is, the more it reflects the sonographic waves. Fluid [like bile in the gallbladder (GB)] transmits sound waves and has minimum waves reflected back….
Fig. 8.1 (a) CEUS of normal kidney. In the arterial phase, the cortex shows the most intense enhancement. Note the absence of enhancement in the renal pelvis. (b) CEUS of…
Neither detection of injured organs nor a precise diagnosis is required for decision The key point on which to apply EFAST findings is patient physiology All lesions not “producing” free…
