Advanced Trauma Operative Management
Lenworth Jacobs, Ronald Gross, Stephen Luk

Product Details

Product ID: ATOM01
Year Produced: 2004
Length: 396 pages
Dimensions: 11x8.625 in
ISBN: 0-9749358-0-8

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Book: $175.00
CD-ROM: $85.00
Book and CD: $225.00
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Never before has there been such a resource on penetrating trauma. This first-edition reference is designed for trauma surgeons encountering atypical, complex trauma cases. Over 50 international master trauma surgeons have collaborated to share their personal experiences in safely managing penetrating operative trauma.

About the ATOM Course

The Advanced Trauma Operative Management (ATOM) course is an effective method of increasing surgical competence and confidence in the operative management of penetrating injuries to the chest and abdomen.

The course consists of six 30-minute lectures followed by a three-hour lab session during which the student will manage 12 different injuries.

Testimonials
"I recently managed a young man with a posterior right arterial gunshot wound with tamponade and exsanguinating bleeding. I used the invaluable princples in 'Tips from the Masters' to control the hemorrage and repair this challenging wound. My patient went home in seven days and has subsequently returned to work."

Glen Tinkoff, MD, FACS
Senior Trauma Surgeon
Christiana Hospital

"Every surgical resident in the country should have this book."

Susan Briggs, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA



Table of Contents
  • Chapter One
    • Trauma Laparotomy
    • Tips from the Masters
  • Chapter Two
    • The Spleen & Diaphragm
    • Tips from the Masters
  • Chapter Three
    • The Liver
    • Tips from the Masters
  • Chapter Four
    • The Pancreas and Duodenum
    • Tips from the Masters
  • Chapter Five
    • The Genitourinary System
    • Tips from the Masters
  • Chapter Six
    • The Cardiac & Vascular System
    • Tips from the Masters
  • Chapter Seven
    • Evaluation


Tips from the Masters
Each Chapter includes Tips from the Masters written by leading trauma surgeons.
Over 90 topics include:
  • Abdominal Closure in the Damage Control Procedure
  • Sigmoid Colon Laceration
  • Distal Colorectal Irrigation
  • A FAST Examination for Thoracoabdominal Injuries
  • Exposure and Management of a Grade V Shattered Spleen
  • Stab Wound to Lower Pole of Spleen
  • Management of Major Hepatic Trauma
  • Hepatic Vascular Exclusion
  • Partial Pancreatic Transection
  • Penetrating Duodenal Injury to the Second Portion of the Duodenum
  • Stab Wound to the Pancreas with Ductal Injury
  • Exposure and Management of a 3cm Burst Laceration of the Bladder
  • Nephrectomy with Laceration of the Renal Artery and Vein
  • Ureteral Repair
  • The Mattox Maneuver
  • Exposure in Management of an Atrial Laceration
  • Gunshot Wound to the Abdominal Aorta
  • Repair of the Inferior Vena Cava
  • Celiac Trunk Injury
  • Exposure and Repair of the Celiac Trunk and/or Superior Mesenteric Artery


CD-ROM Contents
The CD-ROM includes specially produced, operative video, narrated by Lenworth Jacobs, MD, coinciding with the ATOM course, including:
  • Damage Control Procedures
  • Diaphragm
  • Stomach
  • Liver
  • Duodenum
  • Kidney
  • Ureters
  • Bladder Repair
  • Spleen
  • IVC
  • Retrohepatic IVC Isolation
  • Right Media Rotation
  • Pyloric Exclusion - sutured
  • Pyloric Exclusion - stapled
  • Pyloric Exclusion - ligated
  • Small Bowel Anastomosis
  • Roux-en-Y Pancreatico-enterostomy
  • Gastroenterostomy
  • Distal Pancreatectomy - Stapled
  • Distal Pancreatectomy - Sutured
  • Heart injuries
  • Cadaver Dissection
  • Supraclavian exposure
  • Medial claviculectomy
  • Lateral neck exploration
  • Aorta and left subclavian
  • Distal aorta and esophagus
  • Aorta and proximal great vessels
  • Clinical Scenarios to test your trauma decision making
  • Penetrating Trauma
  • Blunt Trauma

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