RT Journal
T1 HAndbook of reoperative general surgery
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 2007
FD February 1
VO 142
IS 2
SP 198
OP 198
DO 10.1001/archsurg.142.2.198
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.142.2.198
AB 
During residency training or practice, the surgeon is challenged by patients requiring reoperation. These patients have surgical conditions made extremely complex by anatomy altered by previous surgery. Successful treatment requires not only superior operative skill but also, as stated in the forward by Josef E. Fischer, MD, “a system of dealing with complex operative surgery” that should be experiential based and include a thorough knowledge of the underlying anatomy and pathophysiology. This multiauthored text provides the surgeon with evidence-based fundamentals and personal insights into the care and treatment of patients requiring secondary surgical procedures.