Sabiston essentials of surgery /
Sabiston, David C.,1924-
Lyerly, H. Kim.
Philadelphia, Pa. ; London : W.B. Saunders,
c1994.
Rev. ed. of: Essentials of surgery. 1987.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Historical aspects of the origin and development of modern scientific surgery -- Homeostasis: bodily changes in trauma and surgery -- Shock: causes and management of circulatory collapse -- Management of fluid and electrolytes -- Principles of preoperative preparation of the surgical patient -- Blood transfusions and disorders of surgical bleeding -- Nutrition in surgical patients -- Surgical aspects of diabetes mellitus -- Anesthesia -- Wound healing: the biological and clinical essentials -- Burns -- Principles of operative surgery -- Surgical infections and antibiotics -- Surgical aspects of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome -- Trauma -- Surgical complications -- Acute renal failure in surgical patients -- Transplantation -- Neoplastic disease -- Principles of surgical oncology -- Malignant melanoma -- Soft tissue sarcomas -- Tumor markers -- Breast -- Reconstructive and aesthetic breast surgery -- Surgical disorders of the thyroid -- Multiple endocrine neoplasms -- Parathyroid glands -- Pituitary and adrenal glands -- Esophagus -- Acute abdomen.
(cont) Stomach and duodenum -- Small intestine -- Surgical approach to morbid obesity -- Appendicitis -- Colon and rectum -- Liver -- Biliary system -- Portal hypertension -- Pancreas -- Pancreatic pseudocysts -- Spleen -- Hernias -- Pediatric surgery -- Otolaryngology: head and neck surgery -- Neurosurgery -- Fractures and dislocations -- Skin -- Urogenital system -- Disorders of the lymphatic system -- Venous disorders -- Pulmonary embolism -- Arterial system -- Disorders of the lung, pleura and chest wall -- Pulmonary function -- Diagnostic thorascopy -- Tracheostomy and its complications -- Pulmonary infections -- Pleura and empyema -- Bronchiectasis -- Surgical treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis -- Benign tumors of the trachea and esophagus, including bronchial adenomas -- Carcinoma of the lung -- Thoracic outlet syndrome -- Congenital deformities of the chest wall -- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation -- Mediastinum -- Surgical disorders of the pericardium -- Heart -- Congenital cardiac disorders.
(cont) Patent ductus arteriosus, coarctation of the aorta, interruption of the aortic arch, aortopulmonary window, anomalies of the aortic arch, pulmonary artery sling, atrial septal defects and ventricular septal defects -- Disorders of pulmonary venous connection, tetralogy of fallot, double outlet right ventricle, tricuspid atresia -- Truncus arteriosus, transposition of the great arteries, aortic, pulmonary, mitral and triscupid valve disease -- Acquired cardiac conditions -- Coronary artery disease and ventricular aneurysms -- Surgical procedures for cardiac arrhythmias, pacemakers, cardiac arrest and management of the patient with heart disease -- Aortic, mitral and tricuspid valve disease and hypertrophic cardiac myopathy -- Cardiac assist devices and the artificial heart.
Surgery.