Principles of surgery : companion handbook / editor-in-chief, Seymour I. Schwartz ; associate editors, G. Tom Shires, Frank C. Spencer, with Wendy Cowles Husser.

Includes index.

To be used in conjuction with: Principles of surgery. 6th edition c1994.

Companion handbook/associate editors, G. Tom Shires, Frank C. Spencer, with Wendy Cowles Husser. c1994.

Contributors Preface 1 Endocrine and Metabolic Responses to Injury 1 2 Fluid, Electrolytes, and Nutritional Support 17 3 Hemostasis 27 4 Shock 39 5 Infections 49 6 Trauma 69 7 Burns 105 8 Wound Care and Wound Healing 141 9 Oncology 155 10 Transplantation 177 11 Complications 207 12 Physiologic Monitoring of the Surgical Patient 221 13 Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue 231 14 Breast 243 15 Tumors of the Head and Neck 253 16 Chest Wall, Pleura, Lung, and Mediastinum 279 17 Congenital Heart Disease 305 18 Acquired Heart Disease 329 19 Diseases of Great Vessels 343 20 Peripheral Arterial Disease 351 21 Venous and Lymphatic Disease 359 22 Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Disease 365 23 Esophagus and Diaphragmatic Hernias 383 24 Stomach 425 25 Small Intestine 435 26 Colon, Rectum, Anus 445 27 Appendix 465 28 Liver 471 29 Gallbladder and Extrahepatic Biliary System 483 30 Pancreas 499 31 Spleen 509 32 Peritonitis and Intraabdominal Abscesses 519 33 Abdominal Wall, Omentum, Mesentery, and Retroperitoneum 525 34 Abdominal Wall Hernias 541 35 Pituitary and Adrenal 551 36 Thyroid and Parathyroid 569 37 Pediatric Surgery 589 38 Urology 613 39 Gynecology 637 40 Neurosurgery 661 41 Orthopaedics 685 42 Amputation 717 43 Hand 719 44 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 729 Index 737