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Perhaps the most famous section. Skandalakis’ description of Calot's Triangle and the "Cystic Artery: One or Two?" variations is legendary. The book’s embryology explains why some people have a "long cystic duct" or a "low insertion" of the cystic duct, which are the primary causes of surgical misadventure during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Your search query includes "pdf top"
In open surgery, you can palpate. In laparoscopic or robotic surgery, you cannot. You rely entirely on visual cues of fascial planes. Panajiotis N. Skandalakis
Having this text in PDF format is highly advantageous: Gene L. Colborn
Modern surgery requires en-bloc resections with negative margins. Understanding the mesentery as an organ (a recent re-discovery) was actually predicted in Skandalakis' descriptions of mesenteric layers. The text details the ligamentous attachments that must be divided to mobilize a tumor safely.
Subtitle: The Embryologic and Anatomic Basis of Modern Surgery Authors: John E. Skandalakis, Panajiotis N. Skandalakis, Gene L. Colborn, et al.