Sabiston Textbook of Surgery is your ultimate foundation for confident surgical decision making. Covering the very latest science and data affecting your treatment planning, this esteemed medical reference helps you make the most informed choices so you can ensure the best outcome for every patient.

• Consult it on the go with online access at expertconsult.com, and get regular updates on timely new findings and advances.
• Overcome tough challenges, manage unusual situations, and avoid complications with the most trusted advice in your field.
• Prepare for tests and exams with review questions and answers online.

• Keep up with the very latest developments concerning abdominal wall reconstruction, tumor immunology and immunotherapy, peripheral vascular disease, regenerative medicine, liver transplantation, kidney and pancreas transplantation, small bowel transplantation, the continually expanding role of minimally invasive and robotic surgery, and many other rapidly evolving areas.
• Weigh your options by reviewing the most recent outcomes data and references to the most current literature.

Guidance in print and online from the oldest continually published, English-language general surgery reference!

Contents

۱ History of Surgery
۲ Ethics and Professionalism in Surgery
۳ Molecular and Cell Biology
۴ The Inflammatory Response
۵ Shock, Electrolytes, and Fluid
۶ Metabolism in Surgical Patients
۷ Wound Healing
۸ Regenerative Medicine
۹ Evidence-Based Surgery: Critically Assessing Surgical Literature
۱۰ Perioperative Patient Safety
۱۱ Principles of Preoperative and Operative Surgery
۱۲ Surgical Infections and Antibiotic Use
۱۳ Surgical Complications
۱۴ Surgery in the Geriatric Patient
۱۵ Morbid Obesity
۱۶ Anesthesiology Principles, Pain Management, and Conscious Sedation
۱۷ Emerging Technology in Surgery: Informatics, Robotics, and Electronics =
۱۸ Management of Acute Trauma
۱۹ The Difficult Abdominal Wall
۲۰ Emergency Care of Musculoskeletal Injuries
۲۱ Burns
۲۲ Bites and Stings
۲۳ Surgical Critical Care
۲۴ Bedside Surgical Procedures
۲۵ The Surgeon’s Role in Mass Casualty Incidents
۲۶ Transplantation Immunobiology and Immunosuppression
۲۷ Liver Transplantation
۲۸ Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
۲۹ Small Bowel Transplantation
۳۰ Tumor Biology and Tumor Markers
۳۱ Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy
۳۲ Melanoma and Cutaneous Malignancies
۳۳ Soft Tissue Sarcomas
۳۴ Bone Tumors
۳۵ Head and Neck
۳۶ Diseases of the Breast
۳۷ Breast Reconstruction
۳۸ Thyroid
۳۹ The Parathyroid Glands
۴۰ Endocrine Pancreas
۴۱ The Adrenal Glands
۴۲ The Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes
۴۳ Esophagus
۴۴ Hiatal Hernia and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease =
۴۵ Abdominal Wall, Umbilicus, Peritoneum, Mesenteries, Omentum, and Retroperitoneum
۴۶ Hernias
۴۷ Acute Abdomen
۴۸ Acute Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
۴۹ Stomach
۵۰ Small Intestine
۵۱ The Appendix
۵۲ Colon and Rectum
۵۳ Anus
۵۴ The Liver
۵۵ Biliary System
۵۶ Exocrine Pancreas
۵۷ The Spleen
۵۸ Lung, Chest Wall, Pleura, and Mediastinum
۵۹ Congenital Heart Disease
۶۰ Acquired Heart Disease: Coronary Insufficiency
۶۱ Acquired Heart Disease: Valvular
۶۲ Aorta
۶۳ Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease
۶۴ Vascular Trauma
۶۵ Venous Disease
۶۶ The Lymphatics
۶۷ Pediatric Surgery
۶۸ Neurosurgery
۶۹ Plastic Surgery
۷۰ Hand Surgery
۷۱ Gynecologic Surgery
۷۲ Surgery in the Pregnant Patient
۷۳ Urologic Surgery