Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Volume 1
Part I Basic Considerations
1. Leadership in Surgery
2. Systemic Response to Injury and Metabolic Support
3. Fluid and Electrolyte Management of the Surgical Patient
4. Hemostasis, Surgical Bleeding, and Transfusion
5. Shock
6. Surgical Infections
7. Trauma
8. Burns
9. Wound Healing
10. Oncology
11. Transplantation
12. Quality, Patient Safety, Assessments of Care, and Complications
13. Physiologic Monitoring of the Surgical Patient
14. Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotics, Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery, and Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery
15. Molecular Biology, The Atomic Theory of Disease, and Precision Surgery
Part II Specific Considerations
16. The Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue
17. The Breast
18. Disorders of the Head and Neck
19. Chest Wall, Lung, Mediastinum, and Pleura
20. Congenital Heart Disease
21. Acquired Heart Disease
22. Thoracic Aneurysms and Aortic Dissection
23. Arterial Disease
24. Venous and Lymphatic Disease
25. Esophagus and Diaphragmatic Hernia
26. Stomach
Volume 2
27. The Surgical Management of Obesity
28. Small Intestine
29. Colon, Rectum, and Anus
30. The Appendix
31. Liver
32. Gallbladder and the Extrahepatic Biliary System
33. Pancreas
34. The Spleen
35. Abdominal Wall, Omentum, Mesentery, and Retroperitoneum
36. Soft Tissue Sarcomas
37. Inguinal Hernias
38. Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Adrenal
39. Pediatric Surgery
40. Urology
41. Gynecology
42. Neurosurgery
43. Orthopedic Surgery
44. Surgery of the Hand and Wrist
45. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
46. Anesthesia for Surgical Patients
47. Surgical Considerations in Older Adults
48. Ethics, Palliative Care, and Care at the End of Life
49. Global Surgery
50. Optimizing Perioperative Care: Enhanced Recovery and Chinese Medicine
51. Understanding, Evaluating, and Using Evidence for Surgical Practice
52. Ambulatory Surgery
53. Skills and Simulation
54. Web-Based Education and Implications of Social Media
Index

About the Author

F. Charles Brunicardi, MD
DeBakey/Bard Professor and Chairman
Michael E. DeBakey, Department of Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas



Timothy R. Billiar, MD
George Vance Foster
Professor and Chairman of Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania



David L. Dunn, MD, PhD
Jay Phillips Professor and Chairman
Department of Surgery
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, Minnesota



John G. Hunter, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Surgery
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, Oregon



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Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD
Head, Division of Surgery
Professor and Chairman
Department of Surgical Oncology
Senator A.M. Aiken, Jr. Distinguished Chair
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas