First Exposure to General Surgery

Contributors vii Preface xi Acknowledgments xii SECTION I FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES 1(136) Chapter 1 Preoperative Assessment and Preparation 3(20) Sandhya Lagoo-Deenadayalan, MD, PhD Chapter 2 Traumatic Injury 23(36) Kumash R. Patel, MD Steven N. Vaslef, MD, PhD Chapter 3 Surgical Infection 59(10) Wendy R. Cornett, MD Chapter 4 The Acute Abdomen 69(16) C. Denise Ching, MD Aurora D. Pryor, MD Chapter 5 The Operating Room 85(6) L. Scott Levin, MD, FACS Chapter 6 The Postoperative Care of the Surgical Patient 91(30) Philip Y. Wai, MD Paul C. Kuo, MD, MBA Rebecca A. Schroeder, MD Chapter 7 Wound Healing and Wound Management 121(16) Detlev Erdmann, MD, PhD Tracey H. Stokes, MD SECTION II COMMON SURGICAL DISEASES 137(232) Chapter 8 Esophagus 139(30) Shu S. Lin, MD, PhD Chapter 9 Stomach 169(27) Carlos E. Marroquin, MD Chapter 10 Intestine & Colon 196(18) Rebekah R. White, MD Danny O. Jacobs, MD, MPH Chapter 11 Hepatobiliary Surgery 214(20) David Sindram, MD, PhD Janet E. Tuttle-Newhall, MD Chapter 12 Pancreas 234(33) Bradley H. Collins, MD, FACS Chapter 13 Spleen 267(15) Dev M. Desai, MD, PhD Chapter 14 Breast Reconstruction 282(12) Michael R. Zenn, MD, FACS Chapter 15 Endocrine Surgery 294(25) Jennifer H. Aldrink, MD John A. Olson, Jr., MD, PhD Chapter 16 Hernias 319(22) Keshava Rajagopal, MD, PhD Chapter 17 Head and Neck Surgery Reconstruction 341(28) Steffen Baumeister, MD L. Scott Levin, MD, FACS SECTION III FUNDAMENTAL PROCEDURES 369(42) Chapter 18 Fundamental Procedures 371(40) Jose L. Trani Jr., MD Matthew G. Hartwig, MD Brian Lima, MD Mayur B. Patel, MD Jacob N. Schroder, MD Tamarah J. Westmoreland, MD Rebecca P. Petersen, MD, MSc Anthony Lemaire, MD Jin S. Yoo, MD Index 411