Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice

Front Cover List of Contributors Foreword Preface Acknowledgments SECTION I - Surgical Basic Principles 1 History of Surgery 2 Ethics in Surgery 3 Molecular and Cell Biology 4 Mediators of the Inflammatory Response 5 Shock, Electrolytes, and Fluid 6 Hematologic Principles in Surgery 7 Metabolism in Surgical Patients 8 Wound Healing 9 Regenerative Medicine 10 Critical Assessment of Surgical Outcomes 11 Surgical Patient Safety SECTION II - Perioperative Management 12 Principles of Preoperative and Operative Surgery 13 Ultrasound for Surgeons 14 Surgical Infections and Choice of Antibiotics 15 Surgical Complications 16 Surgery in the Elderly 17 Morbid Obesity 18 Anesthesiology Principles, Pain Management, and Conscious Sedation 19 Emerging Technology in Surgery: Informatics, Electronics, Robotics SECTION III - Trauma and Critical Care 20 Management of Acute Trauma 21 Emergency Care of Musculoskeletal Injuries 22 Burns 23 Bites and Stings 24 Surgical Critical Care 25 Bedside Surgical Procedures 26 The Surgeon’s Role in Unconventional Civilian Disasters SECTION IV - Transplantation and Immunology 27 Transplantation Immunology and Immunosuppression 28 Transplantation of Abdominal Organs SECTION V - Surgical Oncology 29 Tumor Biology and Tumor Markers 30 Melanoma and Cutaneous Malignancies 31 Soft Tissue Sarcomas 32 Bone Tumors SECTION VI - Head and Neck 33 Head and Neck SECTION VII - Breast 34 Diseases of the Breast 35 Breast Reconstruction SECTION VIII - Endocrine 36 Thyroid 37 The Parathyroid Glands 38 Endocrine Pancreas 39 The Adrenal Glands 40 The Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes SECTION IX - Esophagus 41 Esophagus 42 Hiatal Hernia and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease SECTION X - Abdomen 43 Abdominal Wall, Umbilicus, Peritoneum, Mesenteries, Omentum, and Retroperitoneum 44 Hernias 45 Acute Abdomen 46 Acute Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage 47 Stomach 48 Small Intestine 49 The Appendix 50 Colon and Rectum 51 Anus 52 The Liver 53 Surgical Complications of Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension 54 Biliary System 55 Exocrine Pancreas 56 The Spleen SECTION XI - Chest 57 Chest Wall and Pleura 58 The Mediastinum 59 Lung (Including Pulmonary Embolism and Thoracic Outlet Syndrome) 60 Congenital Heart Disease 61 Acquired Heart Disease: Coronary Insufficiency 62 Acquired Heart Disease: Valvular SECTION XII - Vascular 63 Thoracic Vasculature With Emphasis on the Thoracic Aorta 64 Cerebrovascular Disease 65 Aneurysmal Vascular Disease 66 Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease 67 Vascular Trauma 68 Venous Disease 69 The Lymphatics 70 Access and Ports SECTION XIII - Specialties in General Surgery 71 Pediatric Surgery 72 Neurosurgery 73 Plastic Surgery 74 Hand Surgery 75 Gynecologic Surgery 76 Surgery in the Pregnant Patient 77 Urologic Surgery Index