An Internist's Illustrated Guide to Gastrointestinal Surgery

In general, primary care providers, family practitioners and gastroenterologists have a limited knowledge of abdominal surgical operations, the medical aspects of these surgical procedures, nor their immediate and late complications. What this means for the physician who needs to manage a patient who has undergone GI surgery, is going through surgical texts to find the disease, and then the type of surgery the patient has undergone. Once he's done this he must wade through pages of...
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In general, primary care providers, family practitioners and gastroenterologists have a limited knowledge of abdominal surgical operations, the medical aspects of these surgical procedures, nor their immediate and late complications. What this means for the physician who needs to manage a patient who has undergone GI surgery, is going through surgical texts to find the disease, and then the type of surgery the patient has undergone. Once he's done this he must wade through pages of details about the surgical procedure, without dealing with the issues relevant to the medical management of the patient. This text provides a comprehensive yet an easy to read book, which describes all the surgical and laparoscopic procedures for the GI tract, in a simple way with artistic illustrations to educate the physician about surgery of the GI tract. It also provides clear descriptioins of the changes in the anatomy and physiology, and especially advice on medical management of the post-surgical patient. What makes An Internist's Illustrated Guide to Gastrointestinal Surgery such an invaluable tool for physicians are it's special features. Features like it's summaries of key points, relative costs of related/alternative options, as well as offering a clear concise text on the indications, contraindications, anatomical alterations, physiological alterations that result, comparison between alternative operations, complications, medical management issues, and medical pearls. Primarily written for the primary care physicians, general internists, and gastroenterologists, this book will educate readers about all aspects of gastrointestinal surgery including laparoscopic surgery, which are pertinent to an internist or anyone practicing in this field.