Blueprints Surgery

by Karp, Seth J.; Morris, James P.G.

• ISBN13: 9780781788687
• ISBN10: 0781788684
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-12
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Blueprints Surgery provides students with a complete review of the key principles and topics critical to understanding current surgical practice-perfect for clerkship rotations and the USMLE. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Seth J. Karp, MD, Attending Surgeon, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts James P.G. Morris, MD, FACS, Thoracic and General Surgeon, The Permanente Medical Group, Chief of Surgery, South San Francisco Kaiser Hospital, South San Francisco, California

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Contributors	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Surgical Techniques	p. 2
Care of the Surgical Patient	p. 12
Gastrointestinal and Abdominal	p. 19
Stomach and Duodenum	p. 20
Small Intestine	p. 29
Colon	p. 38
Liver	p. 50
Gallbladder	p. 57
Spleen	p. 64
Pancreas	p. 69
Bariatric Surgery	p. 78
Hernias	p. 82
Endocrine	p. 87
Thyroid Gland	p. 88
Parathyroid Gland	p. 96
Breast	p. 100
Pituitary, Adrenal, and Multiple Endocrine Neoplasias	p. 107
Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular	p. 115
Vascular Surgery	p. 116
Heart	p. 125
Lung	p. 132
Esophagus	p. 143
Special Topics	p. 151
Neurosurgery	p. 152
Kidneys and Bladder	p. 163
Prostate and Male Reproductive Organs	p. 167
Skin Cancer	p. 175
Plastic Surgery	p. 181
Orthopedic Surgery	p. 188
Organ Transplantation	p. 197
Trauma	p. 204
Sample Operative Reports	p. 213
Inguinal Hernia	p. 213
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy	p. 213
Questions	p. 215
Answers	p. 228
Index	p. 239
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