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Contributors Foreword, Seymour I. Schwartz Preface Preface to the First Edition PART I: BASIC CONSIDERATIONS 1. Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Core Competencies, Thu Ha Liz Lee, David H. Berger, Samir S. Awad, Mary L. Brandt, and F. Charles Brunicardi 2. Systematic Response to Injury and Metabolic Support, Badar V. Jan and Stephen F. Lowry 3. Fluid adn Electrolyte Management of the Surgical Patient, G. Tom Shires III 4. Hemostatis, Surgical Bleeding, and Transfusion, Ernest A. Gonzalez, Kenneth M. Jastrow, John B. Holcomb, and Rosemary A. Kozar 5. Shock, Brian S. Zuckerbraun, Andrew B. Peitzman, and Timothy R. Billiar 6. Surgical Infections, Greg J. Beilman and David L. Dunn 7. Trauma, C. Clay Cothren, Walter L. Biffl, and Ernest E. Moore 8. Burns, Fred W. Endorf and Nicole S. Gibran 9. Wound Healing, Adrian Barbul and David T. Efron 10. Oncology, Funda Meric-Bernstam and Raphael E. Pollock 11. Transplantation, Abhinav Humar and David L. Dunn 12. Patient Safety, Catherine L. Chen, Mark L. Shapiro, Peter B. Angood, and Martin A. Makary 13. Physiologic Monitoring of the Surgical Patient, Louis H. Alarcon 14. Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotics, and Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery, John G. Hunter and Blair A. Jobe 15. Molecular and Genomic Surgery, Xin-Hua Feng, Xia Lin, and F. Charles Brunicardi PART II: SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS 16. The Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue, Patrick Cole, Lior Heller, Jamal Bullocks, Larry H. Hollier, and Samuel Stal 17. The Breast, Kelly K. Hunt, Lisa A. Newman, Edward M. Copeland III, nad Kirby I. Bland 18. Disorders of the Head and Neck, Richard O. Wein, Rakesh K. Chandra, and Randal S. Weber 19. Chest Wall, Lung, Mediastinum, and Pleura, Katie S. Nason, Michael A. Maddaus, and James D. Luketich 20. Congenital Heart Disease, Tara B. Karamlou, Karl F. Welke, and Ross M. Ungerleider 21. Acquired Heart Disease, Charles F. Schwartz, Gregory A. Crooke, Eugene A. Grossi, and Aubrey C. Galloway 22. Thoracic Aneurysms and Aortic Dissection, Scott A. LeMaire, Kapil Sharma, and Joseph S. Coselli 23. Arterial Disease, Peter H. Lin, Panagiotis Kougias, Carlos Bechara, Catherine Cagiannos, Tam T. Huynh, and Changyl J. Chen 24. Venous and Lymphatic Disease, Timothy K. Liem and Gregory L. Moneta 25. Esophagus and Diaphragmatic Hernia, Blair A. Jobe, John G. Hunter, and Jeffrey H. Peters 26. Stomach, Daniel T. Dempsey 27. The Surgical Management of Obesity, Bruce Schirmer and Philip R. Schauer 28. Small Intestine, Ali Tavakkolizadeh, Edward E. Whang, Stanley W. Ashley, and Michael J. Zinner 29. Colon, Rectum, and Anus, Kelli M. Bullard Dunn and David A. Rothenberger 30. The Appendix, Bernard M. Jaffe and David H. Berger 31. Liver, David A. Geller, John A. Goss, and Allan Tsung 32. Gallbladder and the Extrahepatic Biliary System, Margret Oddsdottir, Thai H. Pham, and John G. Hunter 33. Pancreas, William E. Fisher, Dana K. Andersen, Richard H. Bell Jr., Ashok K. Saluja, and F. Charles Brunicardi 34. Spleen, Adrian E. Park and Carlos D. Godinez Jr. 35. Abdominal Wall, Omentum, Mesentery, and Retroperitoneum, Neal E. Seymour and Robert L. Bell 36. Soft Tissue Sarcomas, Janice N. Cormier and Raphael E. Pollock 37. Inguinal Hernias, Vadim Sherman, James R. Macho, and F. Charles Brunicardi 38. Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Adrenal, Geeta Lal and Orlo H. Clark 39. Pediatric Surgery, David J. Hackman, Tracy C. Grikscheit, Kasper S. Wang, Kurt D. Newman, and Henri R. Ford 40. Urology, Jeffrey La Rochelle, Brian Shuch, and Arie Belldegrun 41. Gynecology, Joanna M. Cain, Wafic M. Elmasri, Tom Gregory, and Elisa C. Kohn 42. Neurosurgery, Michael L. Smith, Joel A. Bauman, and M. Sean Grady 43. Orthopedic Surgery, Michael H. Heggeness, Francis H. Gannon, Jacob Weinberg, Peleg Ben-Galim, and Charles A. Reitman 44. Surgery of the Hand and Wrist, Scott D. Lifchez and Subhro K. Sen 45. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Joseph E. Losee, Michael Gimbel, J. Peter Rubin, Christopher G. Wallace, and Fu-Chan Wei 46. Surgical Considerations in the Elderly, Rosemarie E. Hardin and Michael E. Zenilman 47. Anesthesia of the Surgical Patient, Robert S. Dorian 48. Ethics, Palliative Care, and Care at the End of Life, Daniel H. Hall, Peter Angelos, Geoffrey P. Dunn, Daniel B. Hinshaw, and Timothy M. Pawlik Key References Index
Editor-in-Chief F. Charles Brunicardi, MD, FACS DeBakey/Bard Professor and Chairman, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Associate Editors: Dana K. Andersen, MD, FACS Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Surgeon-in-Chief, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Baltimore, MD Timothy R. Billiar, MD, FACS George Vance Foster Professor and Chairman of Surgery Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA David L. Dunn, MD, PhD, FACS Vice President for Health Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, Buffalo, NY John G. Hunter, MD, FACS Mackenzie Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR Jeffrey B. Matthews, MD, FACS Dallas B. Phemister Professor and Chairman Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD, FACS Head, Divisin of Surgery, Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgical Oncology, Senator A.M. Aiken, Jr., Distinguished Chair, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX