Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. History of surgery / Ira M. Rutkow -- 2. Ethics in surgery / Ronald A. Carson -- 3. Molecular and cell biology / Tien C. Ko and B. Mark Evers -- 4. The role of cytokines as mediators of the inflammatory response / Mitchell P. Flink -- 5. Shock, electrolyes, and fluid / Richard J. Mullins -- 6. Hematologic principles in surgery / Edmund J. Rutherford, Dlonne Skeete, Wesley G. Schooler and Samir M. Fakhry -- 7. Metabolism in surgical patients / Nicholas E. Tawa, Jr., Justin A. Maykel and Josef E. Fischer -- 8. Wound healing / Mimi Leong and Linda G. Phillips -- 9. Critical assessment of surgical outcomes / John D. Birkmeyer and Samuel R. G. Finlayson -- 10. Principles of preoperative and operative surgery / Sharon L. Weintraub, Yi-Zarn Wang, John P. Hunt and J. Patrick O'Leary -- 11. Ultrasound for surgeons / Neil G. Parry, Christopher J. Dente and Grace S. Rozycki -- 12. Surgical infections and choice of antibiotics / Daniel A. Anaya and E. Patchen Dellinger -- 13. Surgical problems in the immunosuppressed patient / Donald E. Fry -- 14. Surgical complications / Merril T. Dayton -- 15. Surgery in the elderly / Ronnie A. Rosenthal and Michael E. Zenilman -- 16. Morbid obesity / Bruce David Schirmer -- 17. Anesthesiology principles, pain management, and conscious sedation / Edward Sherwood, Courtney G. Williams and Donald S. Prough -- 18. Minimally invasive surgery / Craig Chang and Robert V. Rege -- 19. Emerging technology in surgery : informatics, electronics, robotics / Guillermo Gomez -- 20. Management of acute trauma / David B. Hoyt, Raul Coimbra and Bruce Potenza -- 21. Emergent care of musculoskeletal injuries / Bruce D. Browner, Frank G. Alberta, Patricia C. Furey, Douglas Goumas and Vikas Varma -- 22. Burns / Steven E. Wolf and David N. Herndon -- 23. Bites and stings / Robert L. Norris, Paul S. Auerbach and Elaine E. Nelson -- 24. Surgical critical care / Walter L. Biffl, Tomomi Oka and William G. Cioffi -- 25. The surgeon's role in unconventional civilian disasters / David B. Hoyt, Donald E. Fry and Jay Doucet -- 26. Transplantation immunology and immunosuppression / Darla K. Granger, Michele A. Domenick and Suzanne T. Ildstad -- 27. Transplantation of abdominal organs / James F. Markmann, Kenneth L. Brayman, Ali Naji, Kim M. Olthoff, Abraham Shaked and Clyde F. Barker -- 28. Tumor biology and tumor markers / Peter S. Goedegebuure, Udaya K. Liyanage and Timothy J. Eberlein -- 29. Melanoma and cutaneous malignancies / Marshall M. Urist and Seng-Jaw Soong -- 30. Soft tissue sarcomas, and bone tumors -- Soft tissue sarcomas / Samuel Singer and Murray F. Brennan -- Bone tumors / John H. Healey -- 31. Head and neck / Robert R. Lorenz, James L. Netterville and Brian B. Burkey -- 32. Diseases of the breast / J. Dirk Iglehart and Carolyn M. Kaelin -- 33. Breast reconstruction / Bradon J. Wilhelmi and Linda G. Phillips -- 34. Thyroid / John B. Hanks -- 35. Parathyroid gland / Paul G. Gauger and Gerard M. Doherty -- 36. Endocrine pancreas / James C. Thompson and Courtney M. Townsend, Jr. -- 37. The pituitary and adrenal glands / L. Michael Brunt and Jeffrey F. Moley -- 38. The multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes / Terry C. Lairmore and Jeffrey F. Moley -- 39. Esophagus / Joseph B. Zwischenberger, Clare Savage and Manoop S. Bhutani -- 40. Hiatal hernia and gastroesophageal reflux disease / Brant K. Oelschlager, Thomas R. Eubanks and Carlos A. Pellegrini -- 41. Abdominal wall, umbilicus, peritoneum, mesenteries, omentum, and retroperitoneum / Richard H. Turnage, Benjamin D. L. Li and John C. McDonald -- 42. Hernias / Mark A. Malangoni and Raymond J. Gagliardi -- 43. Acute abdomen / R. Scott Jones and Jeffrey A. Claridge -- 44. Acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage / Barbara Lee Bass and Douglas J. Turner -- 45. Stomach / David W. Mercer and Emily K. Robinson -- g

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