The 25 chapters in this guide detail the management of postoperative complications and reoperative approaches for abdominal disorders. Surgeons from the US, Europe, Israel, and Japan address communication and safety, ethical and legal implications, general principles, anesthesia, and surgeries for specific conditions and contexts, such as abdominal wall infection, abdominal compartment syndrome, hemorrhage, trauma, vascular surgery, intestinal anastomotic leak and enterocutaneous fistula, hernia, bariatric surgery, pancreatic surgery, liver surgery, biliary tract surgery, organ transplants, chronic inflammatory bowel disease, recurrent small bowel obstruction, complications of radiation injury and chemotherapy, and geriatric patients. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)