Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Preface

 

 

Acknowledgments

 

 

Contributors

 

 

Introduction

 

Chapter 1

Perioperative Evaluation and Management of Surgical Patients

 

Chapter 2

Fluids, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Balance

 

Chapter 3

Nutrition

 

Chapter 4

Surgical Bleeding: Bleeding Disorders, Hypercoagulable States, and Replacement Therapy in the Surgical Patient

 

Chapter 5

Shock: Cell Metabolic Failure in Critical Illness

 

Chapter 6

Surgical Critical Care

 

Chapter 7

Wounds and Wound Healing

 

Chapter 8

Surgical Infections

 

Chapter 9

Trauma

 

Chapter 10

Burns

 

Chapter 11

Abdominal Wall, Including Hernia

 

Chapter 12

Esophagus

 

Chapter 13

Stomach and Duodenum

 

Chapter 14

Small Intestine and Appendix

 

Chapter 15

Colon, Rectum, and Anus

 

Chapter 16

Biliary Tract

 

Chapter 17

Pancreas

 

Chapter 18

Liver

 

Chapter 19

Breast

 

Chapter 20

Surgical Endocrinology

 

Chapter 21

Spleen and Lymph Nodes

 

Chapter 22

Diseases of the Vascular System

 

Chapter 23

Transplantation

 

Chapter 24

Surgical Oncology: Malignant Diseases of the Skin, the Lymphatics, and Soft Tissue

 

Chapter 25

Surgical Procedures, Techniques, and Skills

 

Chapter 26

A Cut Above: Rising to the Professional and Ethical Challenges Facing the Surgical Student

 

 

Appendix

 

 

Glossary

 

 

Index