From the reviews: "During a period of numerous adventures into the textbook arena, this is different in focus and quality. Surgery: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence is reader friendly with excellent illustrations and 200 evidence-based tables. Both new and old topics are effectively covered to avoid redundancy." (Archives of Surgery) "Essential Practice of Surgery, comprises an edited version of the fifty-seven most critical chapters from the first edition of the textbook. These chapters provide concise, abbreviated formats of the material for quick reference. The level of information contained should be useful for student surgery courses and for board review. ... Evidence-based tables are included in many chapters. ... Each chapter concludes with a reference list. Recommended for medical students, surgeons and hospital and medical libraries." (Eileen Heaser, E-STREAMS, Vol. 7 (1), January, 2004)

• Care of the Surgical Patient.- Evidence-Based Surgery.- Nutrition.- Perioperative Fluids and Electrolytes.- Hemostasis and Coagulation.- Transfusion Therapy.- Diagnosis and Treatment of Infection.- Wounds: Biology, Pathology, and Management.- Trauma: Priorities, Controversies, and Special Situations.- Shock and Resuscitation.- Critical Care: A System-Oriented Approach.- Monitoring Techniques and Complications in Critical Care.- Burns.- Perioperative Management.- Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Disease.- Peritoneum and Acute Abdomen.- General Principles of Minimally Invasive Surgery.- Esophagus.- Stomach and Duodenum.- Pancreas.- Biliary System.- Liver.- Small Intestine.- Colon, Rectum, and Anus.- Spleen.- Hernias and Abdominal Wall Defects.- Abdominal Trauma.- Endocrine Surgery.- Parathyroid.- Thyroid.- Adrenal.- Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas and Gastrointestinal Tract and Carcinoid Disease.- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia.- Vascular Surgery.- Cerebrovascular Disease.- Diseases of the Thoracic Aorta and Great Vessels.- Diseases of the Abdominal Aorta and Its Branches.- Arterial Disease of the Lower Extremity.- Venous Disease and Pulmonary Embolism.- Vascular Trauma.- Minimally Invasive Approaches to Vascular Disease.- Cardiothoracic Surgery.- Lung Neoplasms.- Lung Infections and Trauma.- Pleura: Anatomy, Physiology, and Disorders.- Pericardium.- Mediastinum.- Congenital Heart Disease.- Adult Heart Disease.- Transplantation.- Immunology of Transplantation.- Principles of Organ Preservation.- Kidney Transplantation and Dialysis Access.- Pancreas Transplantation.- Transplantation of the Liver and Intestine.- Lung Transplantation.- Heart Transplantation.- Cancer.- Diseases of the Breast.- Melanoma and Other Cutaneous Malignancies.- Soft Tissue Sarcoma.- Head and Neck Malignancies.- Pediatric Surgery.- Pediatric Surgery.

From the reviews: "During a period of numerous adventures into the textbook arena, this is different in focus and quality. Surgery: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence is reader friendly with excellent illustrations and 200 evidence-based tables. Both new and old topics are effectively covered to avoid redundancy." (Archives of Surgery) "Essential Practice of Surgery, comprises an edited version of the fifty-seven most critical chapters from the first edition of the textbook. These chapters provide concise, abbreviated formats of the material for quick reference. The level of information contained should be useful for student surgery courses and for board review. ... Evidence-based tables are included in many chapters. ... Each chapter concludes with a reference list. Recommended for medical students, surgeons and hospital and medical libraries." (Eileen Heaser, E-STREAMS, Vol. 7 (1), January, 2004)

• Care of the Surgical Patient.- Evidence-Based Surgery.- Nutrition.- Perioperative Fluids and Electrolytes.- Hemostasis and Coagulation.- Transfusion Therapy.- Diagnosis and Treatment of Infection.- Wounds: Biology, Pathology, and Management.- Trauma: Priorities, Controversies, and Special Situations.- Shock and Resuscitation.- Critical Care: A System-Oriented Approach.- Monitoring Techniques and Complications in Critical Care.- Burns.- Perioperative Management.- Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Disease.- Peritoneum and Acute Abdomen.- General Principles of Minimally Invasive Surgery.- Esophagus.- Stomach and Duodenum.- Pancreas.- Biliary System.- Liver.- Small Intestine.- Colon, Rectum, and Anus.- Spleen.- Hernias and Abdominal Wall Defects.- Abdominal Trauma.- Endocrine Surgery.- Parathyroid.- Thyroid.- Adrenal.- Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas and Gastrointestinal Tract and Carcinoid Disease.- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia.- Vascular Surgery.- Cerebrovascular Disease.- Diseases of the Thoracic Aorta and Great Vessels.- Diseases of the Abdominal Aorta and Its Branches.- Arterial Disease of the Lower Extremity.- Venous Disease and Pulmonary Embolism.- Vascular Trauma.- Minimally Invasive Approaches to Vascular Disease.- Cardiothoracic Surgery.- Lung Neoplasms.- Lung Infections and Trauma.- Pleura: Anatomy, Physiology, and Disorders.- Pericardium.- Mediastinum.- Congenital Heart Disease.- Adult Heart Disease.- Transplantation.- Immunology of Transplantation.- Principles of Organ Preservation.- Kidney Transplantation and Dialysis Access.- Pancreas Transplantation.- Transplantation of the Liver and Intestine.- Lung Transplantation.- Heart Transplantation.- Cancer.- Diseases of the Breast.- Melanoma and Other Cutaneous Malignancies.- Soft Tissue Sarcoma.- Head and Neck Malignancies.- Pediatric Surgery.- Pediatric Surgery.

From the reviews: "During a period of numerous adventures into the textbook arena, this is different in focus and quality. Surgery: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence is reader friendly with excellent illustrations and 200 evidence-based tables. Both new and old topics are effectively covered to avoid redundancy." (Archives of Surgery) "Essential Practice of Surgery, comprises an edited version of the fifty-seven most critical chapters from the first edition of the textbook. These chapters provide concise, abbreviated formats of the material for quick reference. The level of information contained should be useful for student surgery courses and for board review. ... Evidence-based tables are included in many chapters. ... Each chapter concludes with a reference list. Recommended for medical students, surgeons and hospital and medical libraries." (Eileen Heaser, E-STREAMS, Vol. 7 (1), January, 2004)

• Care of the Surgical Patient.- Evidence-Based Surgery.- Nutrition.- Perioperative Fluids and Electrolytes.- Hemostasis and Coagulation.- Transfusion Therapy.- Diagnosis and Treatment of Infection.- Wounds: Biology, Pathology, and Management.- Trauma: Priorities, Controversies, and Special Situations.- Shock and Resuscitation.- Critical Care: A System-Oriented Approach.- Monitoring Techniques and Complications in Critical Care.- Burns.- Perioperative Management.- Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Disease.- Peritoneum and Acute Abdomen.- General Principles of Minimally Invasive Surgery.- Esophagus.- Stomach and Duodenum.- Pancreas.- Biliary System.- Liver.- Small Intestine.- Colon, Rectum, and Anus.- Spleen.- Hernias and Abdominal Wall Defects.- Abdominal Trauma.- Endocrine Surgery.- Parathyroid.- Thyroid.- Adrenal.- Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas and Gastrointestinal Tract and Carcinoid Disease.- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia.- Vascular Surgery.- Cerebrovascular Disease.- Diseases of the Thoracic Aorta and Great Vessels.- Diseases of the Abdominal Aorta and Its Branches.- Arterial Disease of the Lower Extremity.- Venous Disease and Pulmonary Embolism.- Vascular Trauma.- Minimally Invasive Approaches to Vascular Disease.- Cardiothoracic Surgery.- Lung Neoplasms.- Lung Infections and Trauma.- Pleura: Anatomy, Physiology, and Disorders.- Pericardium.- Mediastinum.- Congenital Heart Disease.- Adult Heart Disease.- Transplantation.- Immunology of Transplantation.- Principles of Organ Preservation.- Kidney Transplantation and Dialysis Access.- Pancreas Transplantation.- Transplantation of the Liver and Intestine.- Lung Transplantation.- Heart Transplantation.- Cancer.- Diseases of the Breast.- Melanoma and Other Cutaneous Malignancies.- Soft Tissue Sarcoma.- Head and Neck Malignancies.- Pediatric Surgery.- Pediatric Surgery.