Table of Contents
Dedication v
Editors vi
Preface vii
Figure Credits viii
Pre- and Post-Book Test: Top 100 Clinical Microvignettes for the Shelf Exam xiv
Section I Overview 1
1 Introduction 1
2 Surgical Syndromes 8
3 Surgical Most Commons 10
4 Surgical Percentages 11
5 Surgical Instruments 12
6 Sutures and Stitches 20
7 Surgical Knot Tying 26
8 Procedures for the Surgical Ward and Clinic 31
9 Incisions 38
10 Surgical Positions 42
11 Surgical Speak 43
12 Preoperative 101 44
13 Surgical Operations You Should Know 45
14 Wounds 54
15 Drains and Tubes 55
16 Surgical Anatomy Pearls 64
Section II Background Surgical Information 67
17 Fluids and Electrolytes 67
18 Blood and Blood Products 79
19 Surgical Hemostasis 83
20 Common Surgical Medications 84
21 Complications 89
22 Common Causes of Ward Emergencies 101
23 Surgical Respiratory Care 103
24 Surgical Nutrition 105
25 Shock 107
26 Surgical Infection 111
27 Fever 118
28 Surgical Prophylaxis 119
29 Surgical Radiology 120
30 Anesthesia 125
31 Surgical Ulcers 128
32 Surgical Oncology 129
Section III General Surgery 131
33 GI Hormomes and Physiology 131
34 Acute Abdomen and Referred Pain 133
35 Hernias 137
36 Laparoscopy 147
37 Trauma 148
38 Burns 168
39 Upper GI Bleeding 174
40 Stomach 184
41 Bariatric Surgery 190
42 Ostomies 193
43 Small Intestine 195
44 Appendix 200
45 Carcinoid Tumors 205
46 Fistulas 209
47 Colon and Rectum 212
48 Anus 226
49 Lower GI Bleeding 234
50 Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis 237
51 Liver 241
52 Portal Hypertension 249
53 Biliary Tract 253
54 Pancreas 268
55 Breast 280
56 Endocrine 296
57 Thyroid Gland 312
58 Parathyroid 323
59 Spleen and Splenectomy 328
60 Surgically Correctable HTN 332
61 Soft Tissue Sarcomas and Lymphomas 332
62 Skin Lesions 334
63 Melanoma 336
64 Surgical Intensive Care 339
65 Vascular Surgery 352
Section IV Subspecialty Surgery 369
66 Pediatric Surgery 369
67 Plastic Surgery 405
68 Hand Surgery 409
69 Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery 416
70 Thoracic Surgery 439
71 Cardiovascular Surgery 457
72 Transplant Surgery 477
73 Orthopedic Surgery 491
74 Neurosurgery 515
75 Urology 531
Time-Dimensional Surgical Vignette Chess 547
Index 569