This book continues the tradition of providing a concise, accessible, and generously illustrated refresher for both novice and experienced clinicians. It contains thoroughly revised chapters and dozens of new richly colored illustrations, which make it much easier to follow the technique and better appreciate the anatomy. This fifth edition now includes robotic techniques for each relevant chapter. All the existing chapters have been updated to reflect current surgical approaches and instrumentation as well as a section on anatomical complications. Three new chapters on sports hernia, ablative techniques for venous disease, and on the kidney and ureter have also been added to help surgeons learn more about these structures. The fifth edition of Surgical Anatomy and Technique: A Pocket Manual provides the gold standard in correlating clear, practical anatomy with the correct technique in the pursuit of the best possible patient outcomes and remains a "must have" for every resident and general surgeon.

What do surgeons want? Fewer anatomical complications in the operating room!;This new 2-volume reference, edited by John E. Skandalakis, should help surgeons, residents and students to achieve just that. The result of his 50 years of experience - in both teaching surgical anatomy and in practising surgery - it provides an overall understanding of the body's processes through a greater awareness of embryology and anatomy.;It takes a fresh approach to surgical anatomy by appointing two anatomists and two embryologists as the other editors and more than 20 international general surgeons and specialists as contributors. All have participated in writing chapters to provide modern philosophies about: topographic anatomy; relations to anatomic entities; current surgical trends; and anatomic complications. It is these surgical philosophies, not techniques, which are the focus on the book.;The book is organized for quick and easy use. For example, everything a surgeon needs to study the stomach is included in the chapter by that name. Only if coverage overlaps are readers referred elsewhere in the book for additional information. Each chapter is a separate essay from an embryologic, anatomic and surgical viewpoint and follows the format below: historical table; embryology and congenital anomalies (brief); surgical and topographic anatomy in relation to neighbouring organs (detailed); histology and physiology (brief); and surgical applications and anatomic complications (detailed).