Management of Surgical Complications

The editorial genius of Artz and Hardy is dramatically illustrated in the third edition of this classic work. The list of contributors, numbering forty-two, reads like a "Who's Who in American Surgery." Each subject is presented by a leading authority and includes, to name a few, Frank Glenn (complications of biliary tract surgery), William McDermott (liver failure and shunt surgery), Lloyd Nyhus (hernia), Claude Welch (colon and rectal surgery), William Altemeier (appendectomy), Curtis Artz (burns), James Jude (cardiac resuscitation), and James Hardy (gastric surgery complications). Each chapter is an exciting yet sophisticated review of data in easily read form. The "complications" are not only those following technical, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures (bronchoscopy, cholecystectomy, vascular procedures, etc) but those associated with surgical disorders themselves (burns, malnutrition, venous thromboses). Chapters devoted to surgical infection, shock, parenteral fluid therapy, renal insufficiency, and cardiac arrest and resuscitation are invaluable reference sources. Although primarily directed