Surgery: Core Principles and Practice: Two Volume Set

SECTION I. Principles of Surgery

1A. Core Surgical Concepts

• Acquiring surgical knowledge
• Perioperative care (preoperative assessment of surgical patient; prophylactic measures, postoperative care)
• OR environment
• Wound healing
• Fluids and electrolytes
• Hemorrhage, hemostasis, and transfusion
• Infection and inflammation
• Minimally invasive surgery
• Outcomes/informatics/ economics
• Practical Problem/Case Study 1
• Practical Problem/Case Study 2

1B. Special Considerations

• Anesthesia and pain control
• Principles of endoscopy
• Vascular access
• Interventional radiology
• Principles of oncology
• Geographic features of surgical practice
• Surgical management of the elderly
• Surgical management of children and neonates
• Practical Problem/Case Study 3
• Practical Problem/Case Study 4
• Practical Problem/Case Study 5

1C. Critical Care

• Assessment and monitoring of critical illness
• Shock (Including multisystem failure)
• Nutritional support
• Pulmonary support
• Cardiac assessment and support of the surgical patient
• Acute kidney injury
• Practical Problem/Case Study 6
• Practical Problem/Case Study 7

SECTION 2. Trauma

2A. Principles of Trauma Care

• Initial trauma evaluation and resuscitation
• Initial surgical care
• Combat surgery
• Trauma in the elderly, pregnant, and in children
• Practical Problems/Case Study 8
• Practical Problems/Case Study 9

2B. Specific Trauma Injuries

• Neck injury
• Spinal trauma
• Thoracic trauma
• Abdominal and pelvic trauma
• Vascular trauma
• Principles of orthopaedic injury
• Thermal injury
• Practical Problems/Case Study 10
• Practical Problems/Case Study 11
• Practical Problems/Case Study 12

Section 3. Gastrointestinal Surgery

3A. Esophagogastric surgery

• Benign esophageal disease
• Peptic ulcer disease
• Esophagogastric neoplasms
• Bariatric surgery (obesity surgery)
• Practical Problems/Case Study 13
• Practical Problems/Case Study 14

3B. Hepatopancreaticobiliary surgery

• Surgery of the liver
• Portal hypertension
• Surgery of the gallbladder and biliary tree
• Surgery of the pancreas
• Surgery of the spleen
• Practical Problems/Case Study 15
• Practical Problems/Case Study 16
• Practical Problems/Case Study 17

3C. Coloproctology

• Inflammatory colorectal disease
• Colorectal neoplasia
• Neoplastic colorectal conditions
• Anal canal
• Miscellaneous conditions of the large bowel
• Practical Problems/Case Study 18
• Practical Problems/Case Study 19

3D. Other Gastrointestinal Conditions

• Peritoneum and retroperitoneum
• Appendix
• Small bowel
• Abdominal wall hernia
• Practical Problems/Case Study 20
• Practical Problems/Case Study 21

3E. Common Gastrointestinal Emergencies

• Upper and lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage
• Acute abdomen and peritonitis
• Intestinal obstruction
• Practical Problems/Case Study 22
• Practical Problems/Case Study 23

Section 4. Vascular Surgery

4A. Principles of Vascular Surgery

• Vascular biology
• Vascular imaging
• Practical Problems/Case Study 24

4B. Arterial Disease

• Cerebrovascular disease
• Aneurysmal disease
• Atherosclerotic arterial disease
• Nonatherosclerotic arterial disease
• Renovascular disease
• Practical Problems/Case Study 25
• Practical Problems/Case Study 26

4C. Miscellaneous Circulatory Disorders

• Venous disease
• Lymphatic disease
• Vascular malformations
• Amputations
• Practical Problems/Case Study 27
• Practical Problems/Case Study 28

4D. Common Vascular Emergencies

• Acute limb ischemia
• Mesenteric ischemia
• Aortic emergencies
• Practical Problem/Case Study 29
• Practical Problem/Case Study 30

Section 5. Breast Surgery

• Benign breast disease
• Epidemiology and genetics of breast cancer
• Screening and staging of breast cancer
• Early breast cancer
• Locally advanced and advanced breast cancer
• Reconstruction options for breast cancer patients
• Practical Problems/Case Study 31
• Practical Problems/Case Study 32
• Practical Problems/Case Study 33

Section 6. Endocrine Surgery

• Thyroid surgery
• Parathyroid surgery
• Adrenal surgery
• Multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes
• Practical Problems/Case Study 34
• Practical Problems/Case Study 35

Section 7. Transplantation Surgery

7A. Principles of transplantation

• Transplantation immunology
• Immunosupression
• Organ procurement and storage
• Practical Problems/Case Study 36

7B. Types of Organ Transplantation

• Dialysis access and renal transplantation
• Liver transplantation
• Pancreatic transplantation
• Small bowel and multivisceral transplantation
• Practical Problems/Case Study 37

Section 8. Surgical Specialties for the General Surgeon

8A. Pediatric Surgery

• Perioperative management of the pediatric patient
• Pediatric chest
• Abdominal wall deformities
• Gastrointestinal surgery in children
• Oncological surgery in children
• Practical Problems/Case Study 38
• Practical Problems/Case Study 39

8B. Head and Neck Surgery

• Surgery of salivary glands
• Surgery of the neck
• Surgery of the mouth
• Practical Problems/Case Study 40
• Practical Problems/Case Study 41

8C. Skin and Soft-Tissue Surgery

• Principles of plastic surgery
• Skin tumors
• Soft-tissue tumors
• Practical Problems/Case Study 42
• Practical Problems/Case Study 43

8D. Genitourinary Surgery

• Investigation of the urinary tract
• Urologic emergencies/urinary tract obstruction
• Urologic cancers
• Testis and scrotum
• Gynecologic emergencies
• Practical Problems/Case Study 44
• Practical Problems/Case Study 45

8E. Cardiothoracic Surgery

• Principles of cardiac surgery
• Cardiac surgery:: congenital/ischemic/valvular
• Principles of management of lung neoplasms
• Practical Problems/Case Study 46
• Practical Problems/Case Study 47