Essential reading for residents and medical students, this popular handbook is a must-have resource for convenient, quick access to information on managing common surgical problems. Written by current surgery residents at the University of Cincinnati, the completely updated 7th Edition focuses on the surgical treatments, guidelines, procedures, and topics you need to know – both in print and online.
Provides comprehensive guidelines for the treatment of the most common surgical conditions, including preoperative and postoperative care, as well as relevant pathophysiology
Includes surgical management that encompasses state-of-the-art technology and emphasizes minimally invasive techniques, including important coverage of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, appendectomy, and herniorrhaphy
Provides guidelines for proper medical record keeping as well as other mediocolegal aspects of surgical care
Offers detailed figures depicting important anatomical structures and operative techniques
PART I: PERIOPERATIVE CARE 1. Surgical History and Physical Examination 2. Fluids and Electrolytes 3. Nutrition 4. Wound Healing 5. Surgical Risk Assessment 6. Suture Types, Needle Types, and Instruments
PART II: ANESTHESIA 7. Local Anesthesia 8. Conscious Sedation
PART III: SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE 10. Surgical Infection 11. Hemorrhage and Coagulation 12. Shock 13. Cardiopulmonary Monitoring 14. Mechanical Ventilation
PART VI: SURGICAL ONCOLOGY 33. Tumor Biology, Syndromes, and Genetic Mutations 34. Head and Neck Malignancy 35. Esophageal Malignancy 36. Gastric Malignancy 37. Small Bowel Malignancy 38. Malignant Colorectal and Perianal Disease 39. Malignant Pancreas Disease 40. Diseases of the Breast 41. Malignant Skin Lesions
PART VI: HEPATOBILIARY SURGERY 43. Malignant Gallbladder and Biliary Tree 45. Liver Tumors
PART VIII: TRANSPLANT SURGERY 46. Renal Transplantation 47. Liver Transplantation 48. Pancreas Transplantation
PART IX: ENDOCRINE SURGERY 49. Thyroid 50. Parathyroid 51. Adrenal Gland 52. Neuroendocrine Tumors
PART XI: CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY 60. Benign Tumors of the Lung 61. Malignant Tumors of the Lung 62. Thymus and Mediastinal Tumors 63. Cardiac Surgery 64. Cardiac Transplantation
PART XII: SURGICAL SUBSPECIALTIES 65. General Pediatric Surgery 66. Neurosurgery 67. Orthopedic Surgery 68. Plastic Surgery: Breast Reconstruction
PART XIII: FUTURE OF SURGERY 69. Robotics and New Surgical Technologies
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