Current Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment

by Way, Lawrence W.; Doherty, Gerard M.

• ISBN13: 9780838514566
• ISBN10: 0838514561
• Edition: 11th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-24
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical

Summary

A new edition of the leading surgery text for medical students, residents, and surgeons. The extensively updated volume provides coverage of both general surgery and all surgical specialties, and features an entirely new chapter on "Metabolic & Neuroendocrine Systems in Surgery."

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. Approach to the Surgical Patient

2. Preoperative Care

3. Postoperative Care

4. Postoperative Complications

5. Special Medical Problems in Surgical Patients

6. Legal Medicine for the Surgeon

7. Wound Healing

8. The Metabolic & Neuroendocrine Responses to Trauma & Operations

9. Inflammation, Infection, & Antibiotics

10. Fluid & Electrolyte Management

11. Surgical Metabolism & Nutrition

12. Anesthesia

13. Shock & Acute Pulmonary Failure in Surgical Patients

14. Management of the Injured Patient

15. Burns & Other Thermal Injuries

16. Head & Neck Tumors

17. Thyroid & Parathyroid

18. Breast

19. Thoracic Wall, Pleura, Mediastinum, & Lung

20. The Heart: I. Acquired Diseases

The Heart: II. Congenital Heart Disease

21. Esophagus & Diaphragm

22. The Acute Abdomen

23. Peritoneal Cavity

24. Stomach & Duodenum

25. Liver & Portal Venous System

26. Biliary Tract

27. Pancreas

28. Spleen

29. Appendix

30. Small Intestine

31. Large Intestine

32. Anorectum

33. Hernias & Other Lesions of the Abdominal Wall

34. Adrenals

35. Arteries

36. Amputation

37. Veins & Lymphatics

38. Neurosurgery & Surgery of the Pituitary

39. Otolaryngology--Head & Neck Surgery

40. The Eye & Ocular Adnexa

41. Urology

42. Gynecology

43. Orthopedics

44. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

45. Hand Surgery

46. Pediatric Surgery

47. Oncology

48. Organ Transplantation