Operative Techniques in Breast, Endocrine, and Oncologic Surgery: Print + eBook with Multimedia

Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2025!

With an emphasis on the "hows and whys" of contemporary surgery, Operative Techniques in Breast, Endocrine, and Oncologic Surgery, Second Edition, features concise, bulleted text, full-color illustrations, and intraoperative photographs to clarify exactly what to look for and how to proceed. Drawn from the larger Operative Techniques in Surgery, Second Edition, this concise, stand-alone surgical atlas, overseen by editor-in-chief Mary T. Hawn and meticulously edited by Dr. Michael S. Sabel, focuses on the steps of each technique, rapidly directing you to the information you need to choose the right approach for each patient, perform it successfully, and achieve the best possible results.

Provides comprehensive, step-by-step guidance on breast surgery and reconstruction; cutaneous oncology; and endocrine surgery


Covers open as well as laparoscopic, endoscopic, robotic, and video-assisted procedures in breast, endocrine, and oncologic surgery


Features 14 new videos, personally selected by contributing authors and editors, on topics such as magnetic seed localized breast biopsy, lumpectomy for breast cancer, cryoblation of breast cancer, simple mastectomy, direct-to-implant breast reconstruction, excisional and incisional biopsies of skin and soft tissue lesions, and much more!


Contains extensive updates throughout, including new coverage of the American Board of Surgery's SCORE Curricula for General Surgery and for Complex General Surgical Oncology


Follows the same format for each procedure: differential diagnosis, patient history and physical findings, imaging and other diagnostic studies, surgical management, techniques, pearls and pitfalls, postoperative care, outcomes, and complications


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