For generations of trainees and surgeons at all levels of experience, Sabiston Textbook of Surgery:: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice has been the go-to text for definitive guidance on every aspect of general surgery. As the oldest continuously published textbook of surgery in North America, the fully revised 22nd Edition continues to provide the key information, essential teaching pearls, and updated content needed to make the most informed surgical decisions and achieve optimal outcomes for patients. Concisely written and evidence-based throughout, it covers the breadth of material required for certification and practice of general surgery, highlighted by detailed, full-color intraoperative illustrations and high-quality video clips.
Section 1 Surgical Training and Quality Control 1. Surgical Education Past, Present and Future 2. Surgical Simulation and new ways to optimize performance 3. Certification of Surgeon Competence 4. Preoperative Risk Assessment and Alterations in the COVID Era 5. Social Determinants of Health and Their Impact on Surgical Outcomes 6. Critical Assessment of Surgical Outcomes and Health Service Research 7. Surgical Quality Improvement Programs 8. Patient Reported Outcomes 9. Safety in the Surgical Environment 10. Advances and Training Considerations in Robotic Surgery 11. Advances and Training Considerations in Laparoscopic Surgery 12. Advances and Training Considerations in Endoscopy and Endoscopic Surgery 13. Telehealth in Surgery 14. Health Inequities and Disparities in Surgery 15. Global Surgery 16. Ethics and Professionalism in Surgery 17. Surgeon Health-Ergonomics 18. Surgeon Health and Well Being
Section 2 Perioperative Management 19. Principles of Preoperative and Operative Surgery 20. Anesthesiology Principles, Pain Management and Sedation 21. Optimizing surgical outcomes: Prehabilitation and rehabilitation 22. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS): Evidence Based Perioperative Pathways to Optimize Outcomes 23. Wound Healing 24. The Evolving Role of the Microbiome in Surgical Practice 25. Surgical Site Infections 26. Surgical Complications: Overview and Grading 27. Surgery in the Geriatric Patient 28. Surgical in The Pregnant Patient 29. Surgical Considerations in the Transgender Patient 30. Surgical Palliative Care 31. Emerging Technologies in Surgery: Informatics, Electronics, and Smart Spaces
Section 3 Trauma and Critical Care 32. The Inflammatory Response 33. Shock, Electrolytes, and Fluid 34. Metabolism and Nutrition in Surgical Patients 35. Primary Soft Tissue Infections 36. Management of Acute Trauma 37. The Difficult Abdominal Wall 38. Management of Vascular Trauma 39. Management of Urologic Trauma 40. Emergency Care of Musculoskeletal Injuries 41. Emergency Care of Neurologic Injuries 42. Management of Pediatric Trauma 43. Burns 44. The Outdoors - Venomous Bites and Stings and Environmental Exposure 45. Management of Chronic Wounds 46. Surgical Critical Care 47. Moving Operating Room Procedures to the Intensive Care Unit 48. The Surgeons Role in Disaster Management
Section 4: Transplantation and Immunology 49. Transplantation Immunobiology and Immunosuppression 50. Regenerative Medicine and Its Applications to Surgery 51. Surgical Considerations in Transplant Patients Undergoing Non-Transplant Related Procedures and Operating in Patients with Portal Hypertension 52. Kidney Transplantation 53. Liver Transplantation 54. Pancreas Transplantation 55. Islet Transplantation for the General Surgeon 56. Small Bowel Transplantation 57. Heart Transplantation 58. Lung Transplantation 59. Soft Tissue Transplantation
Section 5 Surgical Oncology 60. Tumor Biology and Tumor Markers 61. Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy 62. Surgical Considerations in Cancer Patients Undergoing Non-Cancer Related Procedures 63. Melanoma and Cutaneous Malignancies 64. Sarcomas of the Soft Tissues, Retroperitoneum and Bone 65. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor 66. Benign Diseases of the Head and Neck 67. Head and Neck Cancers 68. Diseases of the Breast 69. Plastic Surgical Considerations in Cancer Surgery 70. Peritoneal Malignancies and HIPEC 71. Surgeons Approach to Lymphadenopathy 72. The Spleen
Section 6 Endocrine Disorders 73. The Thyroid 74. Parathyroid 75. The Adrenal Glands 76. Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors 77. Neuroendocrine Neoplasms (Carcinoid Tumors) 78. The Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes
Section 7 Abdominal Wall Hernias 79. Preoperative Management of the Hernia Patient 80. Ventral Hernias 81. Hernias of the Abdominal Wall: Atypical Locations 82. Inguinal Hernias
Section 8 Alimentary 83. Benign Esophageal Disorders 84. Esophageal Cancer 85. The Acute Abdomen 86. Stomach 87. Gastric Cancer 88. Biliary System 89. The Liver 90. Secondary Tumors of the Liver 91. Small Intestine 92. Exocrine Pancreas 93. Pancreatic Cancer 94. The Appendix 95. Colon and Rectum 96. Cancers of the Colon, Rectum and Anus 97. Benign Anorectal Disorders 98. Acute Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage 99. Morbid Obesity
Section 9 Vascular 100. Hemostasis and Thrombosis 101. Contemporary Management of Carotid Disease 102. Aortic Disease 103. Peripheral Occlusive Disease 104. Extremity Amputations in the Modern Era: Indications, Technique and Outcomes 105. Peripheral Aneurysmal Disease 106. Visceral Ischemic Syndromes: Acute/Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia 107. Dialysis Access 108. Venous Disease 109. The Lymphatics
Section 11 Specialties in General Surgery Subspecialty Considerations Relevant for the General Surgeon 117. Pediatric Surgery 118. Maternal-Fetal Surgery 119. Hand Surgery 120. Gynecologic Surgery 121. Urologic Surgery
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