This practical reference is a guide to the anaesthetic and perioperative management of patients during all procedures performed by general and subspecialist surgeons. The book explains each procedure from both the surgeon's and the anaesthesiologist's perspective, presents details on anaesthetic technique, and guides the anaesthesiologist and surgeon through the crucial decisions that must be made before, during, and after surgery. The second edition features an extensive new chapter on procedures performed outside the operating room. Other chapters have been expanded to include additional procedures, particularly endoscopic and laparoscopic surgery. This edition provides more complete coverage of paediatric cardiovascular surgery for congenital heart disease. Other new topics covered include pallidotomy, thalamotomy, skull base surgery, thoracic outlet procedures, transmyocardial laser surgery, mastectomy with TRAM flap reconstruction, reduction and augmentation mammoplasty, removal of breast implants, thoracotomy for trauma, microdiscectomy, liposuction, and anaesthesia for patients with heart/lung transplants.
