Contributors vii
Introduction ix
Acknowledgments xi
PART I
Basic Considerations 1
1 Leadership 3
2 Systemic Response to Injury and
Metabolic Support 5
3 Fluid and Electrolyte Management of
the Surgical Patient 9
4 Hemostasis, Surgical Bleeding, and
Transfusion 17
5 Shock 25
6 Surgical Infections 33
7 Trauma 41
8 Burns 55
9 Wound Healing 61
10 Oncology 69
11 Transplantation 73
12 Patient Safety 81
13 Physiologic Monitoring of the
Surgical Patient 87
14 Minimally Invasive Surgery 93
15 Molecular and Genomic Surgery 97
Specif c Considerations 105
16 The Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue 107
17 Breast 115
18 Disorders of the Head and Neck 121
19 Chest Wall, Pleura, and Mediastinum 125
20 Congenital Heart Disease 135
21 Acquired Heart Disease 143
22 Thoracic Aneurysms and Aortic Dissection 151
23 Arterial Disease 159
24 Venous and Lymphatic Disease 179
25 Esophagus and Diaphragmatic Hernia 189
26 Stomach 203
27 The Surgical Management of Obesity 215
28 Small Intestine 219
29 Colon, Rectum, and Anus 225
30 The Appendix 237
31 Liver 241
32 The Gallbladder and Extrahepatic
Biliary System 253
33 Pancreas 261
34 Spleen 275
35 Abdominal Wall, Omentum, Mesentery,
and Retroperitoneum 283
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