Essentials of General Surgery

CHAPTER 1: HOW TO SURVIVE (AND EXCEL!) IN A SURGERY CLERKSHIP 1 Debra A. DaRosa, PhD Kimberly D. Anderson, PhD Gary L. Dunnington, MD CHAPTER 2: PERIOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF SURGICAL PATIENTS 11 Virginia A. Eddy, MD Richard M. Bell, MD CHAPTER 3: FLUIDS, ELECTROLYTES, AND ACID-BASE BALANCE 43 Susan Kaiser, MD Claudia Corwin, MD Hilary Sanfey, MD David Antonenko, MD CHAPTER 4: NUTRITION 67 Anthony P. Borzotta, MD CHAPTER 5: SURGICAL BLEEDING AND BLOOD REPLACEMENT 91 Hollis W. Merrick, III, MD Mary R. Smith, MD Bruce V. MacFadyen, Jr., MD CHAPTER 6: SHOCK 103 Kenneth W. Burchard, MD CHAPTER 7: SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE 121 William Miles, MD Gamal Mostafa, MD CHAPTER 8: WOUNDS AND WOUND HEALING 147 Glenn E. Talboy, Jr., MD Ian Gordon, MD, PhD CHAPTER 9: SURGICAL INFECTIONS 163 Richard N. Garrison, MD Donald E. Fry, MD David A. Spain, MD CHAPTER 10: TRAUMA 181 Matthew O. Dolich, MD Jeffrey G. Chipman, MD CHAPTER 11: BURNS 209 Jeffrey R. Saffle, MD Tina L. Palmieri, MD CHAPTER 12: ABDOMINAL WALL, INCLUDING HERNIA 225 Leigh Neumayer, MD, MS D. Byron McGregor, MD Barry Mann, MD CHAPTER 13: ESOPHAGUS 239 Hiram C. Polk, Jr., MD Mary C. Mancini, MD, PhD James A. McCoy, MD CHAPTER 14: STOMACH AND DUODENUM 255 John Paige, MD J. Patrick O'Leary, MD CHAPTER 15: SMALL INTESTINE AND APPENDIX 283 John D. Mellinger, MD Bruce V. MacFadyen, Jr., MD David W. Mercer, MD John R. Potts, III, MD CHAPTER 16: COLON, RECTUM, AND ANUS 305 Merril T. Dayton, MD Judith L. Trudel, MD CHAPTER 17: BILIARY TRACT 335 Rudy G. Danzinger, MD Russell Nauta, MD Jason Park, MD CHAPTER 18: PANCREAS 353 Kenneth W. Sharp, MD Steven B. Goldin, MD, PhD Kimberly D. Lomis, MD CHAPTER 19: LIVER 367 William C. Chapman, MD John R. Potts, III, MD CHAPTER 20: BREAST 385 Gary L. Dunnington, MD Susan Kaiser, MD, PhD Elizabeth Peralta, MD Lecia Apantaku, MD CHAPTER 21: SURGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY 399 Thyroid Gland: Nicholas P.W. Coe, MD Parathyroid Glands: Karen R. Borman, MD, and Nicholas P.W. Coe, MD Adrenal Glands: Roshni Rao, MD, and Richard B. Wait, MD, PhD Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes: Karen R. Borman, MD CHAPTER 22: SPLEEN 427 James C. Hebert, MD Kennith H. Sartorelli, MD CHAPTER 23: DISEASES OF THE VASCULAR SYSTEM 441 James F. McKinsey, MD Peter F. Lawrence, MD Bruce L. Gewertz, MD CHAPTER 24: TRANSPLANTATION 471 Oscar H. Grandas, MD Hilary Sanfey, MD Mitchell H. Goldman, MD CHAPTER 25: SURGICAL ONCOLOGY: MALIGNANT DISEASES OF THE SKIN, THE LYMPHATICS, AND SOFT TISSUE 491 Nicholas P. Lang, MD Michael Stone, MD Chris de Gara, MD James Warneke, MD CHAPTER 26: SURGICAL PROCEDURES, TECHNIQUES, AND SKILLS 519 Richard M. Bell, MD Glossary 563 Index 577