Year Book of Surgery 2012

by Edward M. Copeland MD

Overview

The Year Book of Surgery brings you abstracts of the articles that reported the year's breakthrough developments in surgery, carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to your practice. There's no faster or easier way to stay informed! The Year Book of Surgery is published annually in September, and includes topics such as: Trauma; Burns; Critical Care; Transplantation; Surgical Infection; Would Healing; Oncology; Vascular Surgery; and General Thoracic Surgery.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323089791
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	08/01/2012
Series:	Year Books , #2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	480
File size:	7 MB

Table of Contents

Editorial Board vii

Journals Represented xi

Introduction xiii

1 General Considerations 1

2 Trauma 23

3 Burns 59

4 Critical Care 83

5 Transplantation 99

Introduction 99

6 Surgical Infections 127

Introduction 127

7 Endocrine 151

8 Nutrition 189

9 Gastrointestinal 217

10 Oncology 299

Breast 299

Colon 317

Hepatic Colorectal 318

Hepatocellular 337

Pancreatic 343

Miscellaneous 347

11 Vascular Surgery 357

Introduction 357

Aneurysm 359

Carotid 371

Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease 379

Access 386

Venous 390

Miscellaneous 395

12 General Thoracic Surgery 399

Esophageal Cancer 399

Lung Transplantation 400

Intra-Operative Concerns 402

Miscellaneous 410

Pre- and Postoperative Management 417

Staging of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer 427

Tumor Biology and Prognostic Variables 428

Article Index 433

Author Index 447