Multiorgan Resections for Cancer

Some of the most difficult problems in surgery arise when abdominal malignancies affect and invade adjacent structures. In certain carefully selected patient groups, substantial disease-free survival can be achieved by "en-bloc" resection of locally advanced cancer.

Multiorgan Resections for Cancer offers the first guide of its kind to these complex excisions, setting out both the underlying philosophy and a range of step-by-step surgical procedures.

Key features:

- Detailed descriptions of procedures in the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract, pelvis, peritoneum and retroperitoneum.

- Fact-finding-making decisions based on intra-operative findings of tumor extent and organ invasion.

- Morbidity and mortality-guidance on when complex invasive procedures offer a reasonable level of risk

- Patient selection-learn how the lymph node status corresponds to probability of metastases and long-term survival

- Hand-drawn illustrations of the key surgical stages

Containing a wealth of suberb technical and procedural description underpinned by a clear philosophy of selection before resection, Multiorgan Resections for Cancer is a valuable resource for all surgeons committed to exploring the optimum outcomes for abdominal cancer patients.