SABISTON Textbook of Surgery. The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice

Section 1

• 1. The Rise of Modern Surgery: An Overview
• 2. Ethics and Professionalism in Surgery
• 3. The Inflammatory Response
• 4. Shock, Electrolytes and Fluid
• 5. Metabolism in Surgical Patients
• 6. Wound Healing
• 7. Regenerative Medicine
• 8. Critical Assessment of Surgical Outcomes and Health Services
• 9. Safety in the Surgical Environment

Section 2

• 10. Principles of Preoperative and Operative Surgery
• 11. Surgical Infections and Antibiotic Use
• 12. Surgical Complications
• 13. Surgery in the Geriatric Patient
• 14. Anesthesiology Principles, Pain Management, and Conscious Sedation
• 15. Emerging Technology in Surgery: Informatics, Electronics
• 16. Robotic Surgery

Section 3

• 17. Management of Acute Trauma
• 18. The Difficult Abdominal Wall
• 19. Emergency Care of Musculoskeletal Injuries
• 20. Burns
• 21. Bites and Stings
• 22. Surgical Critical Care
• 23. Bedside Surgical Procedures
• 24. The Surgeon's Role in Mass Casualty Incidents

Section 4

• 25. Transplantation Immunobiology and Immunosuppression
• 26. Liver Transplantation
• 27. Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
• 28. Small Bowel Transplantation

Section 5

• 29. Tumor Biology and Tumor Markers
• 30. Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy
• 31. Melanoma and Cutaneous Malignancies
• 32. Soft Tissue Sarcomas
• 33. Bone Tumors

Section 6

• 34. Head and Neck

Section 7

• 35. Diseases of the Breast
• 36. Breast Reconstruction

Section 8

• 37. Thyroid
• 38. The Parathyroid Glands
• 39. Endocrine Pancreas
• 40. The Adrenal Glands
• 41. The Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes

Section 9

• 42. Esophagus
• 43. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Hiatal Hernia

Section 10

• 44. Abdominal Wall, Umbilicus, Peritoneum, Mesenteries, Omentum and Retroperitoneum
• 45. Hernias
• 46. Acute Abdomen
• 47. Acute Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
• 48. Morbid Obesity
• 49. Stomach
• 50. Small Intestine
• 51. The Appendix
• 52. Colon and Rectum
• 53. Anus
• 54. The Liver
• 55. Biliary System
• 56. Exocrine Pancreas
• 57. The Spleen

Section 11

• 58. Lung, Chest Wall, Pleura and Mediastinum
• 59. Congenital Heart Disease
• 60. Acquired Heart Disease: Coronary Insufficiency
• 61. Acquired Heart Disease: Valvular

Section 12

• 62. The Aorta
• 63. Peripheral Arterial Disease
• 64. Vascular Trauma
• 65. Venous Disease
• 66. The Lymphatics

Section 13

• 67. Pediatric Surgery
• 68. Neurosurgery
• 69. Plastic Surgery
• 70. Hand Surgery
• 71. Gynecologic Surgery
• 72. Surgery in the Pregnant Patient
• 73. Fetal Surgery
• 74. Urologic Surgery

For more than 80 years Sabiston Textbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice has been the go-to text for trainees and surgeons at all levels of experience for definitive guidance on every aspect of general surgery. As the oldest continuously published textbook of surgery in North America this fully revised 21st Edition continues to provide the key information essential teaching pearls and completely updated content needed to make the most informed surgical decisions and achieve optimal outcomes for patients. Concisely written and evidence based throughout it covers the breadth of material required for certification and practice of general surgery highlighted by detailed full-color intraoperative illustrations and high-quality video clips.

• Follows a clear, consistent progression beginning with principles common to surgical specialties including fluid and electrolyte management, metabolic support, and wound healing. Subsequent sections review the management of injury, transplantation, oncology, breast, endocrine, and abdominal procedures.
• Covers key topics such as emerging surgical technologies and devices, regenerative medicine, the latest concepts in cancer biology and treatments, and evidence-based management and treatment.
• Emphasizes the most up-to-date minimally invasive techniques and the use of robotics when indicated.
• Features more than 2,000 superb illustrations and intraoperative photographs and 25 procedural videos that facilitate quick comprehension of surgical techniques.
• Includes more schematic diagrams, summary tables, boxes, and algorithms that provide a rich resource for reviewing surgical techniques and preparing for in-training and board exams.
• Shares the expertise of dozens of new authors and includes two new chapters on robotic surgery and fetal surgery.
• Contains fully updated content on topics encountered by general surgery residents in training as well as in-depth coverage of subspecialty areas including head and neck, thoracic, vascular, urology, neurosurgery, pediatrics, and gynecology.

Edited by Courtney M. Townsend, Jr., JR. , MD, Professor and John Woods Harris Distinguished Chairman, Robertson-Poth Distinguished Chair in General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas