Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sect. I. Surgical Basic Principles -- 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. Mediators of the Inflammatory Response / Louis H. Alarcon and Mitchell P. Fink -- 5. Shock, Electrolytes, and Fluid / Richard J. Mullins -- 6. Hematologic Principles in Surgery / Edmund J. Rutherford, Mark E. Brecher, Samir M. Fakhry and George F. Sheldon -- 7. Metabolism in Surgical Patients / Nicholas E. Tawa, Jr. and Josef E. Fischer -- 8. Wound Healing / Richard T. Ethridge, Mimi Leong and Linda G. Phillips -- 9. Regenerative Medicine / Derrick C. Wan, Matthew D. Kwan and Michael T. Longaker -- 10. Critical Assessment of Surgical Outcomes / Samuel R. G. Finlayson and John D. Birkmeyer -- 11. Surgical Patient Safety / R. Scott Jones and Lawrence W. Way -- Sect. II. Perioperative Management -- 12. Principles of Preoperative and Operative Surgery / Leigh Neumayer and Daniel Vargo -- 13. Ultrasound for Surgeons / Christopher J. Dente and Grace S. Rozycki -- g