Table of Contents
Authors
Preface
1 Approach to the Surgical Patient 1
2 Preoperative Care 6
3 Postoperative Care 14
4 Postoperative Complications 23
5 Special Medical Problems in Surgical Patients 38
Endocrine Disease & the Surgical Patient 38
Heart Disease & the Surgical Patient 41
Respiratory Disease & the Surgical Patient 46
Renal Disease & the Surgical Patient 48
Hematologic Disease & the Surgical Patient 52
Pregnancy & the Surgical Patient 62
Management of the Older Surgical Patient 67
6 Legal Medicine for the Surgeon 72
7 Wound Healing 86
8 The Metabolic & Neuroendocrine Responses to Trauma & Operations 100
9 Inflammation, Infection, & Antibiotics 112
10 Fluid & Electrolyte Management 142
11 Surgical Metabolism & Nutrition 156
12 Anesthesia 191
13 Shock & Acute Pulmonary Failure in Surgical Patients 203
14 Management of the Injured Patient 230
15 Burns & Other Thermal Injuries 267
16 Head & Neck Tumors 282
17 Thyroid & Parathyroid 298
18 Breast 319
19 Thoracic Wall, Pleura, Mediastinum, & Lung 344
20 The Heart: I. Acquired Diseases 408
The Heart: II. Congenital Heart Disease 439
21 Esophagus & Diaphragm 472
22 The Acute Abdomen 503
23 Peritoneal Cavity 517
24 Stomach & Duodenum 533
25 Liver & Portal Venous System 565
26 Biliary Tract 595
27 Pancreas 625
28 Spleen 652
29 Appendix 668
30 Small Intestine 674
31 Large Intestine 705
32 Anorectum 756
33 Hernias & Other Lesions of the Abdominal Wall 783
34 Adrenals 797
35 Arteries 813
36 Amputation 859
37 Veins & Lymphatics 871
38 Neurosurgery & Surgery of the Pituitary 888
Diagnosis & Management of Depressed States of Consciousness 888
Neurodiagnostic Procedures 892
Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring 897
Craniocerebral Trauma 900
Spinal Cord Injury 908
Traumatic Peripheral Nerve Lesions 913
Brain Tumors 915
Tumors of the Spinal Cord 927
Tumors of Peripheral Nerves 929
Pituitary Tumors 930
Pediatric Neurosurgery 931
Intracranial Aneurysms 937
Arteriovenous Malformations 943
Movement Disorders Responsive to Surgery 947
Pain 950
Intervertebral Disk Disease 952
Surgical Infections of the Central Nervous System 958
39 Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 962
40 The Eye & Ocular Adnexa 999
41 Urology 1013
42 Gynecology 1085
Congenital Anomalies of the Female Reproductive System 1085
Correction of Infertility Due to Tubal Abnormalities 1086
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding 1087
Chronic Pelvic Pain 1089
Contraception 1090
Pelvic Organ Prolapse & Urinary Incontinence 1092
Fistulas 1093
Benign Tumors of the Vulva & Vagina 1095
Endometriosis 1095
Adenomyosis 1098
Leiomyomas of the Uterus 1099
Adnexal Masses 1100
Ectopic Pregnancy 1102
Gynecologic Malignancies 1104
43 Orthopedics
44 Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 1230
45 Hand Surgery 1270
46 Pediatric Surgery 1293
47 Oncology 1352
48 Organ Transplantation 1372
Index 1387
Book Info
University of California, San Francisco. Lange Medical Book Series.
New edition of a Brandon/Hill Medical List first-purchase selection.
Reference on diseases managed by surgeons, for medical students,
residents, and practitioners. 88 contributors, 85 U.S. --This text
refers to the Paperback edition.
From the Back Cover
This new edition features increased emphasis on cost-effective care,
greater coverage of outpatient surgery and the implications of
ambulatory care. A new section on surgery of the geriatric patient,
and revised chapters on opthamology and cancer chemotherapy. --This
text refers to the Paperback edition