Schwartz's Manual of Surgery

Schwartz's Manual of Surgery has become the resource of choice for both practicing physicians, residents, and even surgical clerkship students who are interested in a comprehensive, yet concise on-the-job manual detailing the most current practices and trends.

* This edition reflects the most extensive revisions ever with a greater focus on surgical techniques and a superb array of new visuals including more tables, charts, highlighted topics, radiologic images, and surgical procedures throughout

* New to this edition: staging tables for cancer, anesthesia guidance, pre-and-postoperative management of the surgical patient, and much more

Table of contents

Schwartz's Principles of Surgery Self-Assessment and Board Review


PART I:
Basic Considerations




1 The Systemic Response to Injury

2 Fluid and Electrolyte Management of the Surgical Patient


3 Hemostasis, Surgical Bleeding, and Transfusion

4 Shock


5 Surgical Infections

6 Trauma




7 Burns





8 Wound Care and Wound Healing




9 Oncology


10 Immunology of Transplantation


11 Surgical Complications




12 Physiologic Monitoring and Anesthesia of the Surgical Patient


13 Principles of Minimally Invasive Surgery


14 Genomics, Proteomics, and Molecular Therapies







Part II:
Specific Considerations


15 Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue




16 Breast



18 Chest Wall, Pleura, Lung and Mediastinum


19 Congenital Heart Disease
Acquired Heart Disease


21 Thoracic Aneurysms and Aortic Dissection



22 Arterial Disease



23 Venous and Lymphatic Disease





24 Esophagus and Diaphragmatic Hernia



25 Stomach

26 Morbid Obesity





27 Small Intestine





28 Colon, Rectum, and Anus





29 Appendix


30 Liver

31 Gallbladder and Extrahepatic Biliary System







32 Pancreas




33 Spleen






34 Abdominal Wall, Omentum, Mesentery, and Retroperitoneum


35 Sarcomas




36 Inguinal Hernias



37 Thyroid and Parathyroid and Adrenal

38 Pediatric Surgery




39 Urology


40 Gynecology



41 Neurosurgery





42 Orthopedics





43 Surgery of the Hand




44 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

45 Geriatrics




46 Ethical Issues in Surgery
Biographical note

F. Charles Brunicardi, MD - Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine

Dana K. Anderson, MD - Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical School

Timothy R. Billiar, MD - Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

David L. Dunn, MD, PhD - University of Minnesota Medical School

John G. Hunter, MD, FACS - Department of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University

Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD, FACS - The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center