Emergency surgery: professional secrets. Heshberg E., Mattox K.L.

The name of this book in the original edition could be verbatim as "Higher aerobatics with a scalpel." Indeed, this is so. The authors - experienced specialists in the field of emergency surgery - wrote a unique book that incorporated a large number of practical advice and descriptions of pitfalls associated with this difficult field of medicine. In recent years, this publication has become a bestseller in the western market of medical literature.

The first part of this book presents the principles of injury surgery, regardless of the type of damage and the anatomical region. The following parts are devoted directly to trauma surgery - abdominal cavity, chest cavity, neck and limbs. Here, the authors demonstrate how to cope with specific damage.

The authors warn the reader that there is no universal solution to all problems in this area of ​​medicine. Thus, the above recommendations are based on general principles, and the technique of their implementation may sometimes vary.

for surgeons.