Author	Li, Michelle. author
Title	Essential Practice of Surgery [electronic resource] : Basic Science and Clinical Evidence / by Michelle Li, Jeffrey A. Norton, R. Randal Bollinger, Alfred E. Chang, Stephen F. Lowry, Sean J. Mulvihill, Harvey I. Pass, Robert W. Thompson
Imprint	New York, NY : Springer New York, 2003
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b98876
Descript	XXIII, 761 p. online resource

A condensed version of the critically acclaimed "Surgery: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence," Essential Practice of Surgery provides a state-of-the-art, evidence-based approach to surgery for surgeons, residents and medical students. The book is divided into 8 comprehensive sections, providing the most succinct coverage of critical topics: Care of the Surgical Patient; Gastrointestinal & Abdominal Disease; Endocrine Surgery; Vascular Surgery; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Transplantation; Cancer; and Associated Disciplines. Over 250 illustrations and 340 tables, including 62 evidence-based tables, complement the text. Reviews of "Surgery": "...a fresh approach... [the book] emphasizes the basic science underlying the practice of surgery and the evidence supporting clinical decisions. The text is clearly written and the chapters are well-illustrated. There is also a unique feature: several hundred evidence-based tables. These tables allow the reader to reach conclusions on the basis of data." ( New England Journal of Medicine) "Is it different from the existing textbooks of surgery? Did the authors achieve their principal goal of providing an evidence-based approach to surgical decision making? Would I recommend it to the surgical residents in my program?...the answer to all these questions is yes. The ambitious undertaking of creating an evidence-based textbook of surgery has largely succeeded and I heartily recommend it." (Journal of the American Medical Association)

Care of the Surgical Patient -- Evidence-Based Surgery -- Nutrition -- Perioperative Fluids and Electrolytes -- Hemostasis and Coagulation -- Transfusion Therapy -- Diagnosis and Treatment of Infection -- Wounds: Biology, Pathology, and Management -- Trauma: Priorities, Controversies, and Special Situations -- Shock and Resuscitation -- Critical Care: A System-Oriented Approach -- Monitoring Techniques and Complications in Critical Care -- Burns -- Perioperative Management -- Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Disease -- Peritoneum and Acute Abdomen -- General Principles of Minimally Invasive Surgery -- Esophagus -- Stomach and Duodenum -- Pancreas -- Biliary System -- Liver -- Small Intestine -- Colon, Rectum, and Anus -- Spleen -- Hernias and Abdominal Wall Defects -- Abdominal Trauma -- Endocrine Surgery -- Parathyroid -- Thyroid -- Adrenal -- Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas and Gastrointestinal Tract and Carcinoid Disease -- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia -- Vascular Surgery -- Cerebrovascular Disease -- Diseases of the Thoracic Aorta and Great Vessels -- Diseases of the Abdominal Aorta and Its Branches -- Arterial Disease of the Lower Extremity -- Venous Disease and Pulmonary Embolism -- Vascular Trauma -- Minimally Invasive Approaches to Vascular Disease -- Cardiothoracic Surgery -- Lung Neoplasms -- Lung Infections and Trauma -- Pleura: Anatomy, Physiology, and Disorders -- Pericardium -- Mediastinum -- Congenital Heart Disease -- Adult Heart Disease -- Transplantation -- Immunology of Transplantation -- Principles of Organ Preservation -- Kidney Transplantation and Dialysis Access -- Pancreas Transplantation -- Transplantation of the Liver and Intestine -- Lung Transplantation -- Heart Transplantation -- Cancer -- Diseases of the Breast -- Melanoma and Other Cutaneous Malignancies -- Soft Tissue Sarcoma -- Head and Neck Malignancies -- Pediatric Surgery -- Pediatric Surgery