The Washington manual of surgery
By: Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri ; Mary E. Klingensmith ... [et al.] ; foreword by Timothy J. Eberlein.
Contributors: Klingensmith, Mary E.; Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). Dept. of Surgery.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 755
Subjects: Surgery, Operative -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Surgical Procedures, Operative -- methods.
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Other titles: Manual of surgery
Description: Resource for guidelines and algorithms for the management of surgical diseases.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: General and perioperative care of the surgical patient / Emily B. Rivet and Bruce L. Hall; title: Nutrition / Sean C. Glasgow and Virginia M. Herrmann; title: Life support / Sekhar Dharmarajan and Bradley D. Freeman; title: Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base disorders / Felix G. Fernandez and Timothy G. Buchman; title: Hemostasis and transfusion therapy / Cassandra M. Kelleher, John A. Curci, and Morey A. Blinder; title: Anesthesia / Elbert Y. Kuo and Richard S. Hotchkiss; title: Vascular access, tubes, and drains / Celine Buckkley, David M. Hovsepian, and Surendra Shenoy; title: Minimally invasive surgery / Valerie J. Halpin and Mary E. Klingensmith; title: Wound healing and care / Jay Quayle and Thomas Tung; title: Critical care / T. Philip Chung and Craig M. Coopersmith; title: Esophagus / Ketan M. Desai and Bryan F. Meyers; title: Stomach / Julie A. Margenthaler and Mary E. Klingensmith; title: Small intestine / Kim C. Lu and David W. Dietz; title: Acute abdominal pain and appendicitis / Joseph J. Wizorek and Robb R. Whinney; title: Colon, rectum, and anus / Steven R. Hunt and James W. Fleshman; title: Pancreas / Nirmal Veeramachaneni and David Linehan; title: Surgical diseases of the liver / Udaya Liyanage and William Chapman; title: Biliary surgery / Yolanda Yang and Steven M. Strasberg; title: Spleen / Emily R. Winslow and L. Michael Brunt; title: Fistulas, short-bowel syndrome, and bariatric surgery / Valerie J. Halpin and J. Christopher Eagon; title: Occlusive arterial disease / Douglas W. Green and Gregorio A. Sicard; title: Aneurysmal arterial disease / Ravi K. Veeraswamy and Robert W. Thompson; title: Endovascular surgery / Toby J. Dunn and Luis A. Sanchez; title: Venous disease, thromboembolism, and lymphedema / Jason Lee and Brian Rubin; title: Hereditary tumor syndromes and genetic counseling / Mark S. Cohen and Jeffrey F. Moley; title: Endocrine surgery / Alliric I. Willis and Bruce L. Hall; title: Trauma surgery / Aalok Sahai and Douglas Schuerer; title: Transplantation / Jeremy Goodman, Jeffrey A. Lowell, and Daniel C. Brennan; title: Burns / Jack Oak and J. Perren Cobb; title: Soft-tissue and skin tumors / Keith D. Amos, Jeffrey F. Moley, and Timothy J. Eberlein; title: Hernias / Felix G. Fernandez and L. Michael Brunt; title: Breast surgery / Keith D. Amos and Jill Dietz; title: Otolaryngology: head and neck surgery / Abraham Jacob and Bruce Haughey; title: Plastic and hand surgery / Rodney E. Schmelzer ... [et al.]; title: Cardiac surgery / Nahush A. Mokadam, Nader Moazami, and Ralph J. Damiano, Jr.; title: General thoracic surgery / Nirmal K. Veeramachaneni and Richard J. Battafarano; title: Pediatric surgery / Sean E. McLean and Patrick A. Dillon; title: Neurosurgical emergencies / Dennis J. Rivet and Michael R. Chicoine; title: Orthopedic injuries / J. R. Rudzki and Joseph Borrelli, Jr.; title: Urologic surgery / Jay S. Belani and Arnold D. Bullock; title: Obstetric and gynecologic surgery / Mary E. Abusief ... [et al.]; title: Common surgical procedures / Sunil M. Prasad and Matthew Mutch.