Essentials of General Surgery / Senior Editor, Peter F. Lawrence ; editors, Richard M. Bell, Merril T. Dayton ; questions editor, James C Hebert ; content editor, Mohammed I. Ahmed.

Includes index.

Perioperative management of surgical patients / Virginia A. Eddy ... [et al.] -- Fluids, electrolytes, and acid/base balance / David Antonenko ... [et al.] -- Nutrition / Bruce V. MacFadyen Jr. ... [et al.] -- Surgical bleeding : bleeding disorders, hypercoagulable states, and replacement therapy in the surgical patient / Hollis W. Merrick III ... [et al.] -- Shock : cell metabolic failure in critical illness / Kenneth W. Burchard ... [et al.] -- Surgical critical care / Samuel A. Tisherman ... [et al.] -- Wounds and wound healing / Glenn E. Talboy Jr., Annesley W. Copeland, Gregory J. Gallina -- Surgical infections / R. Neal Garrison ... [et al.] -- Trauma / Matthew O. Dolich ... [et al.] -- Burns / Jeffrey R. Saffle ... [et al.] -- Abdominal wall, including hernia / Leigh Neumayer ... [et al.] -- Esophagus / Carlos Li -- Stomach and duodenum / John Paige ... [et al.] -- Small intestine and appendix / John D. Mellinger ... [et al.] -- Colon, rectum, and anus / Merril T. Dayton -- Biliary tract -- O. Joe Hines ... [et al.] -- Pancreas / Steven B. Goldin ... [et al.] -- Liver / William C. Chapman ... [et al.] -- Breast / Gary L. Dunnington .. [et al.] -- Surgical endocrinology / Nicholas P.W. Coe ... [et al.] -- Spleen / James C. Hebert ... [et al.] -- Diseases of the vascular system / James F. McKinsey ... [et al.] -- Transplantation / Hilary Sanfey ... [et al.] -- Surgical oncology : malignant diseases of the skin, the lymphatics, and soft tissue / Scott Lind, Chris de Gara, James Warneke.