Essentials of General Surgery

CHAPTER 1: HOW TO SURVIVE (AND EXCEL!) IN A SURGERY CLERKSHIP 1
Debra A. DaRosa, PhD
Kimberly D. Anderson, PhD
Gary L. Dunnington, MD

CHAPTER 2: PERIOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF SURGICAL PATIENTS 11
Virginia A. Eddy, MD
Richard M. Bell, MD

CHAPTER 3: FLUIDS, ELECTROLYTES, AND ACID-BASE BALANCE 43
Susan Kaiser, MD
Claudia Corwin, MD
Hilary Sanfey, MD
David Antonenko, MD

CHAPTER 4: NUTRITION 67
Anthony P. Borzotta, MD

CHAPTER 5: SURGICAL BLEEDING AND BLOOD REPLACEMENT 91
Hollis W. Merrick, III, MD
Mary R. Smith, MD
Bruce V. MacFadyen, Jr., MD

CHAPTER 6: SHOCK 103
Kenneth W. Burchard, MD

CHAPTER 7: SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE 121
William Miles, MD
Gamal Mostafa, MD

CHAPTER 8: WOUNDS AND WOUND HEALING 147
Glenn E. Talboy, Jr., MD
Ian Gordon, MD, PhD

CHAPTER 9: SURGICAL INFECTIONS 163
Richard N. Garrison, MD
Donald E. Fry, MD
David A. Spain, MD

CHAPTER 10: TRAUMA 181
Matthew O. Dolich, MD
Jeffrey G. Chipman, MD

CHAPTER 11: BURNS 209
Jeffrey R. Saffle, MD
Tina L. Palmieri, MD

CHAPTER 12: ABDOMINAL WALL, INCLUDING HERNIA 225
Leigh Neumayer, MD, MS
D. Byron McGregor, MD
Barry Mann, MD

CHAPTER 13: ESOPHAGUS 239
Hiram C. Polk, Jr., MD
Mary C. Mancini, MD, PhD
James A. McCoy, MD

CHAPTER 14: STOMACH AND DUODENUM 255
John Paige, MD
J. Patrick OLeary, MD

CHAPTER 15: SMALL INTESTINE AND APPENDIX 283
John D. Mellinger, MD
Bruce V. MacFadyen, Jr., MD
David W. Mercer, MD
John R. Potts, III, MD

CHAPTER 16: COLON, RECTUM, AND ANUS 305
Merril T. Dayton, MD
Judith L. Trudel, MD

CHAPTER 17: BILIARY TRACT 335
Rudy G. Danzinger, MD
Russell Nauta, MD
Jason Park, MD

CHAPTER 18: PANCREAS 353
Kenneth W. Sharp, MD
Steven B. Goldin, MD, PhD
Kimberly D. Lomis, MD

CHAPTER 19: LIVER 367
William C. Chapman, MD
John R. Potts, III, MD

CHAPTER 20: BREAST 385
Gary L. Dunnington, MD
Susan Kaiser, MD, PhD
Elizabeth Peralta, MD
Lecia Apantaku, MD

CHAPTER 21: SURGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY 399
Thyroid Gland: Nicholas P.W. Coe, MD
Parathyroid Glands: Karen R. Borman, MD, and Nicholas P.W. Coe, MD
Adrenal Glands: Roshni Rao, MD, and Richard B. Wait, MD, PhD
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes: Karen R. Borman, MD

CHAPTER 22: SPLEEN 427
James C. Hebert, MD
Kennith H. Sartorelli, MD

CHAPTER 23: DISEASES OF THE VASCULAR SYSTEM 441
James F. McKinsey, MD
Peter F. Lawrence, MD
Bruce L. Gewertz, MD

CHAPTER 24: TRANSPLANTATION 471
Oscar H. Grandas, MD
Hilary Sanfey, MD
Mitchell H. Goldman, MD

CHAPTER 25: SURGICAL ONCOLOGY: MALIGNANT DISEASES OF THE SKIN, THE LYMPHATICS, AND SOFT TISSUE 491
Nicholas P. Lang, MD
Michael Stone, MD
Chris de Gara, MD
James Warneke, MD

CHAPTER 26: SURGICAL PROCEDURES, TECHNIQUES, AND SKILLS 519
Richard M. Bell, MD