The new 16th edition of this classic text continues to provide surgery residents and practicing general surgeons with the most comprehensive information available in surgery. This exhaustive revision includes more than 1,500 illustrations, 1,800 of the most recent references available in surgery, and the most up-to-date advancesin cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, plastic and maxillofacial surgery, pediatric surgery, hand surgery, orthopedics, gynecology, and urology. Content also includes the historical and developmental aspects of surgical practice and the anatomical, pathological, physiological, biochemical and molecular basis of several disorders.
Townsend and a dynamic new panel of expert authors and contributors have closely aligned content with the American Board of Surgery recommendations for general surgery programs,making this new edition even more user-friendly. The result is a comprehensive text providing the scientific underpinnings of surgery in a clinically useful format.
SECTION I: SURGICAL BASIC PRINCIPLES History of Surgery Molecular and Cell Biology The Role of Cytokines as Mediators of the Inflammatory Response Fluid, Electrolytes & Shock Hematologic Principles in Surgery Metabolism in Surgical Patients Wound Healing Critical Assessments of Outcomes
SECTION II: PERIOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT Principles of PreopPreparation Principles of OperTechnique Surgical Infections & Choice of Antibiotics Surgical Problems in the Immunosuppressed Patient Surgical Complications Surgery in the Elderly The Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity Anesthesiology Principles Pain Management and Conscious Sedation Minimally Invasive Surgery
SECTION III: TRAUMA & CRITICAL CARE Management of Acute Trauma Burns Bites and Stings Critical Care Respiratory Failure
SECTION IV: TRANSPLANTATION AND IMMUNOLOGY
Transplantation, Immunobiology & Immunosuppression Transplantation of Abdominal Organs
SECTION V: SURGICAL ONCOLOGY Tumor Biology and Tumor Markers Melanoma and Cutaneous Malignancies Soft Tissue Sarcomas & Bone Tumors
SECTION VI: HEAD AND NECK Head and Neck
SECTION VII: BREAST Breast Breast Reconstruction
SECTION VIII: ENDOCRINE The Thyroid The Parathyroid Gland Endocrine Pancreas The Pituitary and Adrenal Glands The Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes
SECTION IX: ESOPHAGUS Esophagus Hiatal Hernia and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
SECTION X: ABDOMEN Abdominal Wall, Umbilicus, Peritonoeum, Mesenteries, Omentum & Retroperitoneum Hernias Acute Abdomen Acute Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Stomach Small Bowel The Appendix Colon and Rectum Anus The Liver Surgical Complications of Cirrhosis & Portal Hypertension Biliary Tract Exocrine Pancreas The Spleen
SECTION XIII: SPECIALTIES IN GENERAL SURGERY Pediatric Surgery Neurosurgery Plastic Surgery Hand Surgery Emergent Care of Musculoskeletal Injuries Gynecology & The Female Reproductive Organs Urology