Prevention and Treatment of Major Postoperative Complications After Laparoscopic Colorectal Resections

Colorectal surgery for benign and malignant disease comprise of the majority of the abdominal operations. It is generally done either by colorectal surgeons or gastrointestinal surgeons. The implementation of the laparoscopic approach, since its introduct

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Treatment of Postoperative Complications after Digestive Surgery

Miguel A. Cuesta

H. Jaap Bonjer

Miguel A. Cuesta • H. Jaap Bonjer Editors

Treatment of Postoperative Complications after Digestive Surgery

Editors Miguel A. Cuesta, MD Department of Surgery VU University Medical Center Amsterdam The Netherlands

H. Jaap Bonjer, PhD, FRCSC Department of Surgery VU University Medical Center Amsterdam The Netherlands

ISBN 978-1-4471-4353-6 ISBN 978-1-4471-4354-3 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-4354-3 Springer London Heidelberg New York Dordrecht

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We would like to dedicate this book to all patients who after a skillful and careful surgical intervention had to be treated because of a major complication. They have taught to have skills, complete dedication, compassions and humility

Contents

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Postoperative Consequences of Surgical Trauma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexander A.F.A. Veenhof, Colin Sietses, and Miguel A. Cuesta

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Are Major Complications After Digestive Surgery Preventable? . . . Thilo Welsch and Markus W. Büchler

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The Clavien–Dindo Classification of Surgical Com