Current Surgical Therapy - Book

**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 in General Surgery**An essential resource for written, oral, and recertifying board study, as well as an excellent reference for everyday clinical practice, Current Surgical Therapy, 14th Edition, provides trusted, authoritative advice on today's best treatment and management options for general surgery. Residents and practitioners alike appreciate the concise, highly formatted approach to each topic, as well as the practical, hands-on advice on selecting and implementing current surgical approaches from today's preeminent general surgeons. This highly regarded text remains the only surgical reference of its kind, offering a complete array of topics and delivering just the key facts.- Covers virtually every problem that a general surgeon may encounter, synthesizing vast amounts of information into concise, digestible chapters- Provides thoroughly updated information throughout, including focused revisions to the most in-demand topics- Presents each topic using the same easy-to-follow format: disease presentation, pathophysiology, diagnostics, and surgical therapy- Includes eight all-new surgical videos covering enteral stents in the treatment of colonic obstruction; multiple management approaches to spigelian, obturator, and lumbar hernias; spontaneous and secondary pneumothorax, and acute mesenteric ischemia- Features more than 2,000 illustrations—line drawings, graphs, algorithms, clinical/operative photographs, micrographs, and radiological images—including hundreds new to this edition- Integrates minimally invasive surgical techniques, basic science, and critical care aspects of surgical practice throughout- Discusses which approach to take, how to avoid or minimize complications, and what outcomes to expect- Provides a quick, efficient review prior to surgery and when preparing for surgical boards and ABSITEs

About the Author

John L. Cameron is The Alfred Blalock Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Andrew M. Cameron, MD, PhD, MBA currently serves as the William Stewart Halsted surgeon-in-chief of Johns Hopkins Medicine and the director of the Department of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Within these roles, he directs all surgical subspecialties in the Department of Surgery and leads the abdominal transplant team. As a Professor of Surgery, he has an active surgical practice in treating alcohol associated liver disease and hepatocellular cancer at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and maintains an NIH-funded research laboratory studying severe alcoholic hepatitis, as well as efforts to increase organ donation using social media and xenotransplantation.

Dr. Cameron was born at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and raised in Baltimore. He received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and went on to earn his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. During this time, he also received his PhD from the Department of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University. He then completed his general surgical training at the Massachusetts General Hospital and his transplant surgery fellowship at UCLA. Upon completion of his training, he returned to Johns Hopkins in 2006 and is now leading the Department of Surgery as the director and surgeon-in-chief.

Dr. Cameron is a leading authority in the field of liver transplantation and alcoholic hepatitis. His scientific interests focus on improving access to and outcomes after organ transplantation for those with end-stage liver and kidney disease. He has initiated novel efforts utilizing social media, leading to a significant increase of awareness of organ donation online and most recently has led the effort at Johns Hopkins to explore the use of genetically modified animal organs as a solution to the organ crisis. He is a member of multiple professional societies, including the American Surgical Association, the Society of Clinical Surgeons, the Southern Surgical Association, and the Halsted Society, to name a few. Dr. Cameron serves as a member on the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NCAA) and has authored over 150 scientific articles and book chapters.