Daniele Bissacco - Primary Management in General, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery: A Practical Approach

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A specialist doctor is a man who knows more and more about less and less.

Dr. William J. Mayo

Fudit equum magno tellus percussa tridenti.

Virgilio, Georgiche 1 1-42

These are two phrases that strike us to the heart.

Mayo is the founder of one of the most important hospitals in the world, and his phrase is a motto for all doctors who have married their work following the deep meaning of the word doctor by taking care of all patients.

Virgils phrase must be translated into medical words considering that the teacher must prepare young surgeons to learn and make their own the lessons received from the experience of the elders.

Medicine is a field where changes are inevitable, but changes are not always evolutions. To be good doctors, it is imperative to know the biology and processes of the bodys biological behavior and, from there, try to identify changes and evolutions in therapies and treatments.

Indeed, in surgery it is essential to know the difference between the basics and the evolution of techniques.

The basics of surgery are the cornerstones of surgical growth for surgeons, but all good doctors and surgeons must keep in mind that the first approach to the patient is the correct diagnosis and management.

Why? The question can be answered by tracing its historical development over the centuries to identify the fundamental steps that depend closely on the evolution of thought. Why? The basis of surgery is not the hands but the head.

The decision-making process is the first and sometimes the most important condition to be addressed before treatment.

Our book is intended to be a concise but comprehensive guide for quick consultation by our younger colleagues on various clinical situations.

This book is for young surgeons by young surgeons. SPIGC (Italian Polyspecialistic Society of Young Surgeons) has endorsed this publication because who can be a better advisor to a young surgeon than another young surgeon who is more experienced, more skilled, and knowledgeable in a specific field.

Practical advice is given for all stages of management, and all chapters are rich in references and illustrations to provide additional reading to those who want more in-depth coverage.

This is the reason why the authors have written very practical and up-to-date chapters on different but frequent pathologies of the most critical surgical fields: general, thoracic, and vascular surgery.