Introduction | p. 1 |
The Biological Rationale | p. 9 |
Invited Commentary | p. 13 |
Experimental Models of Source Control | p. 17 |
Invited Commentary | p. 22 |
Drainage | p. 25 |
Invited Commentary | p. 31 |
Debridement and "Peritoneal Toilet" | p. 36 |
Invited Commentary | p. 43 |
Device Removal | p. 47 |
Invited Commentary | p. 51 |
Definitive Versus Temporizing Therapy | p. 54 |
Invited Commentary | p. 59 |
Deciding on the Extent of Surgical Therapy | p. 62 |
Invited Commentary | p. 67 |
Consequences of Failed Source Control | p. 71 |
Invited Commentary | p. 81 |
Diffuse Peritonitis | p. 87 |
Invited Commentary | p. 91 |
Gastric and Proximal Small Bowel | p. 93 |
Invited Commentary | p. 100 |
The Colon | p. 103 |
Invited Commentary | p. 109 |
Infection and Trauma of the Rectum and Anus | p. 114 |
Invited Commentary | p. 121 |
Acute Appendicitis | p. 124 |
Invited Commentary | p. 130 |
Bariatric Operations | p. 134 |
Invited Commentary | p. 139 |
The Gallbladder and Biliary Tree | p. 142 |
Invited Commentary | p. 149 |
Pancreatic Infection | p. 154 |
Invited Commentary | p. 162 |
Liver Abscesses | p. 167 |
Invited Commentary | p. 175 |
Acute Mesenteric Ischemia | p. 178 |
Invited Commentary | p. 186 |
The Esophagus | p. 191 |
Invited Commentary | p. 197 |
Pleural Empyema | p. 201 |
Invited Commentary | p. 206 |
Soft Tissue Infections | p. 208 |
Invited Commentary | p. 215 |
Diabetic Foot | p. 217 |
Invited Commentary | p. 229 |
Hand Infections | p. 233 |
Invited Commentary | p. 237 |
Head and Neck Infections | p. 240 |
Invited Commentary | p. 244 |
Vascular Graft Infections | p. 246 |
Invited Commentary | p. 256 |
Bone and Joints | p. 259 |
Invited Commentary | p. 266 |
Incisional Surgical Site Infections | p. 270 |
Invited Commentary | p. 275 |
Timing of Intervention | p. 279 |
Invited Commentary | p. 285 |
Complications of Source Control | p. 288 |
Invited Commentary | p. 293 |
Reoperation After Source Control Surgery for Intra-abdominal Infection | p. 300 |
Invited Commentary | p. 309 |
Trauma | p. 312 |
Invited Commentary | p. 320 |
The Burn Wound | p. 324 |
Invited Commentary | p. 330 |
Organ Transplant Patients | p. 332 |
Invited Commentary | p. 338 |
Tertiary Peritonitis | p. 341 |
Invited Commentary | p. 347 |
The Role of Laparoscopy | p. 350 |
Invited Commentary | p. 357 |
Pediatric Surgery | p. 360 |
Invited Commentary | p. 365 |
The AIDS Patient | p. 369 |
Invited Commentary | p. 379 |
Clinical and Radiographic Assessment | p. 385 |
Invited Commentary | p. 389 |
Monitoring the Course of Inflammation | p. 392 |
Invited Commentary | p. 401 |
Empiric Reexploration - Is There a Role? | p. 404 |
Invited Commentary | p. 409 |
Planned Relaparotomies and Laparostomy | p. 412 |
Invited Commentary | p. 424 |
Antibiotics as an Adjunct to Source Control: Revised Surgical Infection Society Guidelines for Antimicrobial Therapy of Intra-abdominal Infections | p. 427 |
Epilogue | p. 442 |
Subject Index | p. 457 |
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