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## Meet the editor

Dr. Selim Sözen was born on 01.01.1973. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey in 1998. He trained in general surgery at Ankara Atatürk Education and Research Hospital in Turkey (2004). He worked as a specialist at different Government Hospitals in Turkey (2004-2013). He started to work as an Associate Professor at the Department of General Surgery of Medicine Faculty of Namık Kemal University

(2013). He completed liver transplantation surgery at İnönü University (General Surgery Department, 2014–2015, Turkey) Fellowship Programs. From 2016, he has worked as a Specialist at his own clinic in İstanbul, Turkey. He is a member of the Turkish Surgical Association. His clinical interests include treatment, surgical procedures, surgical techniques, laparoscopic surgery, minimally invasive surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, hernia surgery, colorectal surgery, surgical oncology, hepatopancreatobilliary surgery, bariatric surgery for morbid obesity, bariatric medicine, endocrine surgery, esophageal diseases, breast surgery, and esophagectomy. Dr Sözen is an author of 93 publications including 3 book chapters, as well as a member of review boards of several journals.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

**Preface XI**

Anesthesia and Surgery **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) **13**

**Chapter 2 15**

Surgery **27**

**Chapter 3 29**

**Chapter 4 49**

**Chapter 5 65**

American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification

*by Sohel M.G. Ahmed, Malek Ahmad Alali, Kathy Lynn Gaviola Atuel* 

System: History, Development, Reliability, and Its Future

*by Domenico Viggiano, Leonardo Politi, Alessandro Gonfiotti* 

Single-Row Versus Double-Row Repair in Rotator Cuff Tears

Fast Recovery in Esthetic Body Contouring Surgery *by Héctor Durán, Lazaro Cardenas Camarena, Jorge Bayter,* 

Care and How Could it Be Prevented?

*Mehmet Gençtürk and Selim Sözen*

*by Michael E. Hantes, Georgios I. Chalatsis and Georgios Mpakagiannis*

*Juan Carlos Zambrano, Marcelo Uriarte and Alejandro López Echaury*

Surgical Recovery of Intestinal Obstructions: Pre- and Postoperative

*by Burhan Hakan Kanat, Erhan Eröz, Atakan Saçli, Nizamettin Kutluer,* 

*and Mogahed Ismail Hassan Hussein*

ERAS in General Thoracic Surgery

*and Andrea Droghetti*

## Contents


#### **Section 4** Infections and Recovery **79**

### **Chapter 6 81**

Invasive Aspergillosis in Transplant Recipients *by Marta Wróblewska, Beata Sulik-Tyszka, Wojciech Figiel, Grzegorz Niewiński and Krzysztof Zieniewicz*

Preface

One year ago I was kindly asked by editorial consultants at IntechOpen (www. intechweb.org), leading Open Access publisher of scientific books and journals in the science, technology, and medicine fields; to edit a book that would provide comprehensive knowledge on surgical recovery. I was also asked to write the preface for this book, which I am delighted to do. The invitation itself brought up a few questions. What should the style and structure of the book be? Should it be in the form of a textbook or handbook, whereby the titles of chapters reflect a fundamental structure and the content of the educational book or should it be a collection of selected comprehensive review articles, reports of original studies, and case presentations? We ended up with the kind of book that can be characterized as a collection of review papers mainly on surgical recovery, and a few golden pieces of original research. In this context I think that the fact that the 28 authors of the papers work in different countries and institutions amplified the value of their shared reviews, opinions, and unique clinical and pathological experience. A reader of the book, therefore, will be able to find essential knowledge and key facts about postoperative care and surgical recovery.

In the first part, Dr. Sohel Ahmed et al. reminded us of the ASA classification and its importance. The second paper, "ERAS in general thoracic surgery" written by Domenico Viggiano et al.( Italy), was dedicated to the management of the ERAS protocol. Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) is a strategy that seeks to reduce patients' perioperative stress response, thereby reducing potential complications, decreasing hospital length of stay and enabling patients to return more quickly to their baseline functional status. "Single-row versus Double-row repair in rotator cuff tears" (Hantes Michael E, Greece) covers a rotator cuff (RC) tear. This chapter focuses on differences between two techniques regarding biomechanics, clinical results, healing rate and cost effectiveness. Héctor Durán (México) explores the most important aspects of body contouring surgery. The areas to be improved are nutritional, immunological, pain and inflammation, hemodynamic, early mobilization, patient education and communication, and leadership to evaluate if it has been completed correctly. The overview "Surgical recovery of intestinal obtructions: Pre and postoperative care and how could it be prevented?" (written by Selim Sözen and co-workers, Turkey) draws limits and shows the significance of the surgical management of intestinal obstruction. In the last chapter, Marta Wróblewska (Poland) reminds us of the importance of infection in transplant patients.

I am pleased to see this book on surgical recovery. I salute the authors for their professional dedication and outstanding work in summarizing their clinical and

**Selim Sözen**

Sözen Surgery Clinic, İstanbul, Turkey

Associate Professor of General Surgery,

research practices.
