Table of Contents:

PART I

Basic Considerations

1.The Systemic Response to Injury

2.Fluid and Electrolyte Management of the Surgical Patient

3.Hemostatis, Surgical Bleeding, and Transfusion

4.Shock

5. Surgical Infections

6.Trauma

7. Burns

8.Wound Care and Wound Healing

9.Oncology

10. Immunology of Transplantation

11.Surgical Complications

12.Physiologic Monitoring

13.Genomics and Gene Therapy

14.Principles of Minimally Invasive Surgery

Part II

Specific Considerations

15.Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue

16.Breast

17.Tumors of the Head and Neck

18.Chest Wall, Pleura, Lung and Mediastinum

19.Congenital Heart Disease

20.Acquired Heart Disease

21.Thoracic Aneurysms and Aortic Dissection

22.Arterial Disease

23.Venous and Lymphatic Disease

24.Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Disease

25.Esophagus and Diaphragmatic Hernia

26.Stomach

27.Small Intestine

28.Colon, Rectum, and Anus

29.The Appendix

30.Liver

31.Gallbladder and Extrahepatic Biliary System

32.Pancreas

33.Spleen

34.Abdominal Wall, Omentum, Mesentery, and Retroperitoneum

35.Abdominal Wall Hernias

36.Pituitary and Adrenal

37.Thyroid and Parathyroid

38.Pediatric Surgery

39.Urology

40.Gynecology

41.Neurosurgery

42.Orthopaedics

43.Surgery of the Hand

44.Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery