Essential Practice of Surgery

Care of the Surgical Patient.- Evidence-Based Surgery.- Nutrition.- Perioperative Fluids and Electrolytes.- Hemostasis and Coagulation.- Transfusion Therapy.- Diagnosis and Treatment of Infection.- Wounds: Biology, Pathology, and Management.- Trauma: Priorities, Controversies, and Special Situations.- Shock and Resuscitation.- Critical Care: A System-Oriented Approach.- Monitoring Techniques and Complications in Critical Care.- Burns.- Perioperative Management.- Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Disease.- Peritoneum and Acute Abdomen.- General Principles of Minimally Invasive Surgery.- Esophagus.- Stomach and Duodenum.- Pancreas.- Biliary System.- Liver.- Small Intestine.- Colon, Rectum, and Anus.- Spleen.- Hernias and Abdominal Wall Defects.- Abdominal Trauma.- Endocrine Surgery.- Parathyroid.- Thyroid.- Adrenal.- Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas and Gastrointestinal Tract and Carcinoid Disease.- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia.- Vascular Surgery.- Cerebrovascular Disease.- Diseases of the Thoracic Aorta and Great Vessels.- Diseases of the Abdominal Aorta and Its Branches.- Arterial Disease of the Lower Extremity.- Venous Disease and Pulmonary Embolism.- Vascular Trauma.- Minimally Invasive Approaches to Vascular Disease.- Cardiothoracic Surgery.- Lung Neoplasms.- Lung Infections and Trauma.- Pleura: Anatomy, Physiology, and Disorders.- Pericardium.- Mediastinum.- Congenital Heart Disease.- Adult Heart Disease.- Transplantation.- Immunology of Transplantation.- Principles of Organ Preservation.- Kidney Transplantation and Dialysis Access.- Pancreas Transplantation.- Transplantation of the Liver and Intestine.- Lung Transplantation.- Heart Transplantation.- Cancer.- Diseases of the Breast.- Melanoma and Other Cutaneous Malignancies.- Soft Tissue Sarcoma.- Head and Neck Malignancies.- Pediatric Surgery.- Pediatric Surgery.