Sabiston textbook of surgery : the biological basis of modern surgical practice.
Sabiston, David C.,1924-2009.
Townsend, Courtney M.
Philadelphia, Pa. : Elsevier Saunders,
c2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
History of surgery -- Ethics and professionalism in surgery -- Molecular and cell biology -- The inflammatory response -- Shock, electrolytes, and fluid -- Metabolism in surgical patients -- Wound healing -- Regenerative medicine -- Evidence-based surgery: critically assessing surgical literature -- Perioperative patient safety -- Principles of preoperative and operative surgery -- Surgical infections and antibiotic use -- Surgical complications -- Surgery in the geriatric patient -- Morbid obesity -- Anesthesiology principles, pain management, and conscious sedation -- Emerging technology in surgery: informatics, robotics, and electronics -- Management of acute trauma -- The difficult abdominal wall -- Emergency care of musculoskeletal injuries -- Burns -- Bites and stings -- Surgical critical care -- Bedside surgical procedures -- The surgeon's role in mass casualty incidents -- Transplantation immunobiology and immunosuppression -- Liver transplantation -- Kidney and pancreas transplantation -- Small bowel transplantation -- Tumor biology and tumor markers -- Tumor immunology and immunotherapy -- Melanoma and cutaneous malignancies -- Soft tissue sarcomas -- Bone tumors -- Head and neck -- Diseases of the breast -- Breast reconstruction -- Thyroid -- The parathyroid glands -- Endocrine pancreas -- The adrenal glands -- The multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes -- Esophagus -- Hiatal hernia and gastroesophageal reflux disease -- Abdominal wall, umbilicus, peritoneum, mesenteries, omentum, and retroperitoneum -- Hernias -- Acute abdomen -- Acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage -- Stomach -- Small intestine -- The appendix -- Colon and rectum -- Anus -- The liver -- Biliary system -- Exocrine pancreas -- The spleen -- Lung, chest wall, pleura, and mediastinum -- Congenital heart disease -- Acquired heart disease: coronary insufficiency -- Acquired heart disease: valvular -- Aorta -- Peripheral arterial occlusive disease -- Vascular trauma -- Venous disease -- The lymphatics -- Pediatric surgery -- Neurosurgery -- Plastic surgery -- Hand surgery -- Gynecologic surgery -- Surgery in the pregnant patient -- Urologic surgery.
Surgery.