TY  - BOOK
AU  - Townsend,Courtney M.
AU  - Sabiston,David C.
TI  - Sabiston textbook of surgery: the biological basis of modern surgical practice.
SN  - 0721682693
AV  - RD31.S23 
U1  - 617 22
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - Saunders
KW  - Surgery
KW  - Surgical Procedures, Operative
KW  - Perioperative Care
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: History of surgery -- Molecular and cell biology -- The role of cytokines as mediators of the inflammatory response -- Fluid, electrolytes, and shock -- Hematologic principles in surgery -- Metabolism in surgery patients: protein, carbohydrate, and fat utilization by oral and parenteral routes -- Wound healing -- Critical assessment of outcomes -- Principles of preoperative preparation -- Principles of operative surgery -- Surgical infection and choice of antibiotics -- Surgical problems in the immunosuppressed patient -- Surgical  complications -- Surgery in the elderly -- The surgical treatment of morbid obesity -- Anesthesiology principles -- Pain management and conscious sedation -- Minimally invasive surgery -- Management of acute trauma -- Burns -- Bites and stings -- Critical care -- Respiratory failure -- Transplantation immunology and immunosuppression -- Transplantation of abdominal organs -- Tumor biology and tumor markers -- Melanoma and cutaneous malignancies -- Soft tissue sarcomas and bone tumors --  Head and neck -- Disease of the breast -- Breast reconstruction -- Thyroid -- Parathyroid glands -- Endocrine pancreas -- Pituitary and adrenal glands -- The multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes -- Esophagus -- Hiatal hernia and gastroesophageal reflux disease -- Abdominal wall, umbilicus, peritoneum, mesenteries, Omentum, and retroperitoneum -- Hernias -- Acute abdomen -- Acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage -- Stomach -- Small bowel -- Appendix -- Colon and rectum -- Anus -- liver -- Surgical complications of cirrhosis and portal hypertension -- Biliary tract -- Exocrine pancreas -- Spleen -- Chest wall and pleura -- Mediastinum -- LUNG(including pulmonary embolism and thoracic outlet syndrome) -- Congenital heart disease: coronary insufficiency -- Acquired heart disease: valvular -- Thoracic vasculature -- Cerebrovascular disease -- Aneurysmal vascular disease -- Peripheral arterial occlusive disease -- Vascular trauma -- Venous disease -- Lymphatic system -- Access and ports -- Pediatric surgery -- Neurosurgery -- Plastic surgery -- Hand surgery -- Emergent care of musculoskeletal injuries -- Gynecology: the female reproductive organs -- Urology --
ER  -