Schwartz' Principles of Surgery: Self-Assessment and Board Review, Eighth Edition

F. Charles Brunicardi, MD DeBakey/Bard Professor and Chairman Michael E. DeBakey, Department of Surgery Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas Dana K. Anderson, MD Harry M. Haidek Deistinguished Professor and Chairman Department of Surgery UMass Memorial Medical Center Worcester, Massachusetts Timothy R. Billiar, MD George Vance Foster Professor and Chairman of Surgery Department of Surgery University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania David L. Dunn, MD, PhD Jay Phillips Professor and Chairman Department of Surgery University of Minnesota Medical School Minneapolis, Minnesota John G. Hunter, MD Professor and Chairman Department of Surgery Oregon Health and Science University Portland, Oregon Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD Head, Division of Surgery Professor and Chairman Department of Surgical Oncology Senator A.M. Aiken, Jr. Distinguished Chair The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas

Schwartz's Principles of Surgery Self-Assessment and Board ReviewPART I:Basic Considerations 1The Systemic Response to Injury2Fluid and Electrolyte Management of the Surgical Patient 3Hemostasis, Surgical Bleeding, and Transfusion4Shock5Surgical Infections6Trauma7Burns 8Wound Care and Wound Healing 9Oncology 10Immunology of Transplantation 11Surgical Complications12Physiologic Monitoring and Anesthesia of the Surgical Patient 13Principles of Minimally Invasive Surgery 14Genomics, Proteomics, and Molecular Therapies Part II:Specific Considerations15Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue 16Breast18Chest Wall, Pleura, Lung and Mediastinum19Congenital Heart DiseaseAcquired Heart Disease21Thoracic Aneurysms and Aortic Dissection22Arterial Disease23Venous and Lymphatic Disease 24Esophagus and Diaphragmatic Hernia25Stomach26Morbid Obesity27Small Intestine28Colon, Rectum, and Anus29Appendix30Liver31Gallbladder and Extrahepatic Biliary System 32Pancreas33Spleen34Abdominal Wall, Omentum, Mesentery, and Retroperitoneum35Sarcomas 36Inguinal Hernias 37Thyroid and Parathyroid and Adrenal38Pediatric Surgery39Urology40Gynecology41Neurosurgery 42Orthopedics43Surgery of the Hand44Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery45Geriatrics 46Ethical Issues in Surgery