Schwartz's Manual of Surgery - F. Brunicardi,Dana Anderson,Timothy Billiar,David Dunn,John Hunter,Raphael E. Pollock

Introduction

This edition reflects the most extensive revisions ever with a greater focus on surgical techniques and a superb array of new visuals including more tables, charts, highlighted topics, radiologic images, and surgical procedures throughout
New to this edition: staging tables for cancer, anesthesia guidance, pre-and-postoperative management of the surgical patient, and much more

Key Features

Perfect resource for course and board review for surgical residents.

Just the right scope and depth to be the core text for medical students on surgical rotation

Each chapter now supplemented with table (staging, differential diagnosis) and ?pearls? and ?pitfalls? boxes detailing operative technique and pr-and post-operative .

New radiologic and key clinical and surgical illustrations

Key information on anesthesia and pre- and post-operative care of patient .

Author Biography

F. Charles Brunicardi, MD - Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine
Dana K. Anderson, MD - Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical School
Timothy R. Billiar, MD - Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
David L. Dunn, MD, PhD - University of Minnesota Medical School
John G. Hunter, MD, FACS - Department of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University

Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD, FACS - The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Table of Contents

Schwartz's Principles of Surgery Self-Assessment and Board Review
PART I: Basic Considerations
1 The Systemic Response to Injury
2 Fluid and Electrolyte Management of the Surgical Patient
3 Hemostasis, 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 and Anesthesia of the Surgical Patient
13 Principles of Minimally Invasive Surgery
14 Genomics, Proteomics, and Molecular Therapies
Part II: Specific Considerations
15 Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue
16 Breast
18 Chest Wall, Pleura, Lung and Mediastinum
19 Congenital Heart Disease
Acquired Heart Disease
21 Thoracic Aneurysms and Aortic Dissection
22 Arterial Disease
23 Venous and Lymphatic Disease
24 Esophagus and Diaphragmatic Hernia
25 Stomach
26 Morbid Obesity
27 Small Intestine
28 Colon, Rectum, and Anus
29 Appendix
30 Liver
31 Gallbladder and Extrahepatic Biliary System
32 Pancreas
33 Spleen
34 Abdominal Wall, Omentum, Mesentery, and Retroperitoneum
35 Sarcomas
36 Inguinal Hernias
37 Thyroid and Parathyroid and Adrenal
38 Pediatric Surgery
39 Urology
40 Gynecology
41 Neurosurgery
42 Orthopedics
43 Surgery of the Hand
44 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
45 Geriatrics
46 Ethical Issues in Surgery