Current diagnosis and treatment : surgery

Text includes: Training, communication, professionalism and systems-based practice; Preoperative preparation; Postoperative care; Postoperative complications; Wound healing; Power sources in surgery; Surgical metabolism and surgery; Shock in surgical patients; Acute pulmonary failure in surgical patients; Management of the injured patient; Otolaryngology: head and neck surgery; Breast disorders; Acquired cardiac disease; Esophagus and Diaphragm; The acute abdomen; Liver and portal venous system; Biliary tract; Spleen; Small intestine; Large intestine; Arteries; Neurosurgery; Urology; Gynecology; Orthopedic surgery; Hand surgery; Surgical weight management; Oncology; Abdominal organ transplantation.

Includes appendix: Answers to multiple choice questions.

This book delivers to-the-point information on more than 1,000 diseases and disorders that surgeons are most often required to treat. Concise yet thorough,the book covers both general surgery and the surgical subspecialties, including neurosurgery, otolaryngology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, gynecology, orthopedic surgery, urology, and pediatric surgery. It has been updated throughout to reflect the latest research and discoveries.