The physiologic basis of surgery
By: editor, J. Patrick O'Leary ; associate editor, Lea Rhea Capote.
Contributors: O'Leary, J. Patrick, 1941-; Capote, Lea Rhea.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 746
ISBN-13: 9780781771382
Subjects: Pathology, Surgical.; Surgery -- Physiological aspects.; Surgery.; Physiology.
Description: A standard basic science text for surgeons and for residents preparing for the ABSITE and the board exam. Chapters are written by renowned educators with experience preparing surgical residency curricula and present complex physiologic concepts clearly, with numerous illustrations. This thoroughly updated edition features completely rewritten chapters on geriatrics, the breast, the digestive system, and the liver, biliary tract, and pancreas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cell biology / Mark E. Reeves, Wayne H. Schwesinger, Mary Pat Moyer; title: Growth and development / Oluyinka 0. Olutoye and Mary L. Brandt; title: Fluids and electrolytes / Andrew Z. Fenves, Archana Rao, and Michael Emmett; title: Shock and hypoperfusion states / Herbert A. Phelan ... [et al.]; title: Nutrition and metabolism / Robert Martindale; title: Wound healing: normal and abnormal mechanisms and closure techniques / W. Thomas Lawrence and Subhas Gupta; title: Basic immunology for surgeons / Richard J. Rohrer; title: Oncology / Edward A. Levine; title: Surgical infections / Donald E. Fry; title: Principles of pharmacology / Wayne L. Backes and Joseph M. Moerschbaecha; title: Biostatistics / Alan T. Davis; title: Female reproductive biology / Keith A. Hansen; title: The breast / Mary Morrogh and Patrick I. Borgen; title: The endocrine system / Mark S. Cohen and L. Michael Brunt; title: The cardiovascular system / Daniel L. Beckles and Michael A. Wait; title: The respiratory system / Herman A. Heck Jr. and Michael G. Levitzky; title: The digestive system / Dai H. Chung, B. Mark Evers; title: Liver, biliary tract, and pancreas / Sean Mulvihill; title: Hemostasis, thrombosis, hematopoiesis, and blood transfusion / Kent Choi ... [et al.]; title: The musculoskeletal system / Martha Meaney Murray, Henry J. Mankin, Julie Glowacki; title: Basic neuroscience / Roger D. Smith, Robert Lyons Tiel, Robert J. Johnson Jr.; title: Skin and subcutaneous tissue / Colin D. Goodier, Hugo St. Hilaire, M. Whitten Wise; title: Anesthesia / Kraig S. de Lanzac, Mack A. Thomas, James M. Riopelle; title: Physiologic changes of aging / Walter E. Pofahl II, Ronnie A. Rosenthal; title: Selected technologies in general surgery / Seza A. Gulec ... [et al.].