SECTION 1 SURGICAL BASIC PRINCIPLES 1 History of Surgery 2 Ethics and Professionalism in Surgery 3 Molecular and Cell Biology 4 The Inflammatory Response 5 Shock, Electrolytes, and Fluid 6 Metabolism in Surgical Patients 7 Wound Healing 8 Regenerative Medicine 9 Evidence-Based Surgery: Critically Assessing Surgical Literature 10 Perioperative Patient Safety SECTION 2 PERIOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT 11 Principles of Preoperative and Operative Surgery 12 Surgical Infections and Antibiotic Use 13 Surgical Complications 14 Surgery in the Geriatric Patient 15 Morbid Obesity 16 Anesthesiology Principles, Pain Management, and Conscious Sedation 17 Emerging Technology in Surgery: Informatics, Robotics, and Electronics = SECTION 3 TRAUMA AND CRITICAL CARE 18 Management of Acute Trauma 19 The Difficult Abdominal Wall 20 Emergency Care of Musculoskeletal Injuries 21 Burns 22 Bites and Stings 23 Surgical Critical Care 24 Bedside Surgical Procedures 25 The Surgeon's Role in Mass Casualty Incidents SECTION 4 TRANSPLANTATION AND IMMUNOLOGY 26 Transplantation Immunobiology and Immunosuppression 27 Liver Transplantation 28 Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation 29 Small Bowel Transplantation SECTION 5 SURGICAL ONCOLOGY 30 Tumor Biology and Tumor Markers 31 Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy 32 Melanoma and Cutaneous Malignancies 33 Soft Tissue Sarcomas 34 Bone Tumors SECTION 6 HEAD AND NECK 35 Head and Neck SECTION 7 BREAST 36 Diseases of the Breast 37 Breast Reconstruction SECTION 8 ENDOCRINE 38 Thyroid 39 The Parathyroid Glands 40 Endocrine Pancreas 41 The Adrenal Glands 42 The Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes SECTION 9 ESOPHAGUS 43 Esophagus 44 Hiatal Hernia and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease = SECTION 10 ABDOMEN 45 Abdominal Wall, Umbilicus, Peritoneum, Mesenteries, Omentum, and Retroperitoneum 46 Hernias 47 Acute Abdomen 48 Acute Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage 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 CHEST 58 Lung, Chest Wall, Pleura, and Mediastinum 59 Congenital Heart Disease 60 Acquired Heart Disease: Coronary Insufficiency 61 Acquired Heart Disease: Valvular SECTION 12 VASCULAR 62 Aorta 63 Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease 64 Vascular Trauma 65 Venous Disease 66 The Lymphatics SECTION 13 SPECIALTIES INGENERAL SURGERY 67 Pediatric Surgery 68 Neurosurgery 69 Plastic Surgery 70 Hand Surgery 71 Gynecologic Surgery 72 Surgery in the Pregnant Patient 73 Urologic Surgery
