Essentials of Surgical Specialties

Preface vii Acknowledgments ix Contributors xi Anesthesiology 1(50) Susan L. Polk Constance H. Hill John J.A. Marota Arthur J.L. Schneider Pediatric Surgery: Surgical Diseases of Children 51(43) Philip J. Wolfson Dan Poenaru Barbara Pettitt David Rogers Plastic Surgery: Diseases of the Skin and Soft Tissue, Face, and Hand 94(54) Garrett A. Wirth Gregory R.D. Evans Cardiothoracic Surgery: Diseases of the Heart, Great Vessels, and Thoracic Cavity 148(43) Alan Spotnitz Marshall L. Jacobs Manisha R. Shende Otolaryngology: Diseases of the Head and Neck 191(40) Gerald Berke Andrew Celmer Joseph Valentino Richard C. Haydon Toni M. Ganzel Orthopedic Surgery: Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System 231(54) John J. Murnaghan Urology: Diseases of the Genitourinary System 285(46) Joel Gelman Barry P. Duel Isaac Yi Kim Neurosurgery: Diseases of the Nervous System 331(65) Mark E. Linskey Ophthalmology: Diseases of the Eye 396(43) Alan S. Crandall, Jr. Irving Raber Michael P. Teske George L. White, Jr. Glossary 439(6) Index 445