From Book News, Inc. Intended to acquaint surgeons with some of the developing applications of ultrasound in surgery, including its use in abdominal emergencies, in endoscopy, and during abdominal surgery. Topics include the basic principles of ultrasound, upper gastrointestinal and endorectal/endoanal ultrasound, an overview of intraoperative and laparoscopic ultrasound, and the application of ultrasound in specific organ procedures. The glossy pages contain many operative ultrasonic images and line diagrams. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Book Info University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu. Text on the surgical applications of ultrasound, for surgeons and residents with little to some experience with the technology. Halftone illustrations. 21 contributors, 9 U.S. DNLM: Surgery, Operative - methods
1. Education and Training in
Ultrasound for Surgeons
2. Ultrasound Physics and Principles
3. Instrumentation and Scanning
Techniques
4. Interventional Ultrasound
5. Diagnostic and Interventional
Breast Ultrasound
6. Ultrasound of the Thyroid and
Parathyroid Glands
7. Head and Neck Ultrasound
8. Vascular Ultrasound
9. Trauma Ultrasound
10. Ultrasound in the Acute Setting
11. Transabdominal Ultrasound: Liver,
Biliary Tract, and Pancreas
12. Other Transabdominal Ultrasound
13. Overview of Intraoperative and
Laparoscopic Ultrasound
14. Intrasoperative and Laparoscopic
Ultrasound of the Biliary Tract
15. Intraoperative Ultrasound of the
Liver
16. Intraoperative Ultrasound of the
Pancreas and Other Abdominal
Organs
17. Laparoscopic Ultrasound of the
Liver, Pancreas, and Other
Abdominal Organs
18. Ultrasound Use in Organ
Transplantation
19. Anorectal Ultrasound
20. Endoscopic Ultrasound
21. New Ultrasound Technology
22. Getting Started: Challenges and
Strategies
23. Coding and Billing for Ultrasound
Examinations for Surgeons
