This is a carefully illustrated volume of surgical procedures. Well-known standard as well as alternative procedures in surgery of the stomach and the proximal duodenum are depicted with anatomical exactness. Possible complications, errors, and dangers and how to avoid them are discussed in detail. Each operative step is illustrated superbly and accompanied by a short, precise text. Both illustrations and text stem from the practical experience in the operating theater of the many renowned surgeons who have contributed to this volume. The book serves as an indispensable reference for surgeons; likewise, gastroenterologists, radiologists, pathologists, and anatomists will find this volume of immeasurable value in their daily work.

Contents: Topographic Anatomy of the Stomach and Duodenum

Surgical Approaches and Drainage Methods
Surgical Treatment of Positional Abnormalities
Surgical Treatment of Gastric Injuries
Gastrotomy, Gastroenterostomy, Gastrostomy, Local Excisions of the Gastric Wall, Diverticula
Billroth I Resection
Partial Gastrectomy with Billroth II Resection and Alternative Methods
The Roux-en-Y and Other Anastomoses
Gastrectomy
Resection of the Cardia
Gastric Reconstruction
Palliative Procedures for Unresectable Gastric Carcinoma
Highly Selective Vagotomy with Excision of the Ulcer for Gastric Ulceration
Selective Proximal Vagotomy with Esophageal and Gastric Myotomy
The Technique of Nonresective Ulcer Surgery
Selective Gastric Vagotomy
Thoracic Vagotomy
Truncal Vagotomy
Pyloric Drainage
Anatomic Reconstruction of the Esophagogastric Junction
Antireflux Operations
Operations on the Stomach and Cardia for Esophageal Varices
Gastric Procedures in Morbid Obesity
Operations on the Duodenum (Excluding the Papilla of Vater)
Operative Treatment of Gastric and Duodenal Hemorrhage
Operative Treatment of Perforations of the Stomach and Duodenum
Operations on the Stomach and Duodenum in Children
Remedial Operations on the Stomach
Postoperative Complications and Postoperative Care
Subject Index.