From the reviews of the second edition: "This is a second edition of a comprehensive review of the basic science and the clinical evidence in surgery. ... This book will serve as a reference for many clinicians. This is a great reference for those in surgical training, residency or fellowship training, and in practice taking care of surgical patients or patients with surgical diseases. All the authors are clinically active experts. ... This book is worth reading for its comprehensive in-depth analysis and presentation of long established EBM." (Kent C. Choi, Doody's Review Service, December, 2008)

• Fundamentals of Surgical Care.- Origins of Modern Surgery.- Evidence-Based Surgery.- Cell Structure, Function, and Genetics.- Mediators of Inflammation and Injury.- Substrate Metabolism.- Nutrition.- Perioperative Fluids and Electrolytes.- Hemostasis and Coagulation.- Transfusion Therapy.- Wounds: Biology, Pathology, and Management.- Diagnosis and Treatment of Infection.- Infections of Skin and Soft Tissue.- Intraabdominal Infections.- Nosocomial Infections.- Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock.- Shock and Resuscitation.- Perioperative Management.- Anesthesia.- Management of Perioperative Pain.- Biology and Practice of Trauma and Critical Care.- Development of Trauma and Critical Care.- Trauma Systems, Triage, and Disaster Management.- Monitoring of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Function.- Imaging of the Critically Ill Patient.- Risk Prediction, Disease Stratification, and Outcome Description in Critical Surgical Illness.- Burns and Inhalation Injury.- Traumatic Brain Injury.- Trauma to the Torso.- Trauma to the Pelvis and Extremities.- Vascular Trauma.- Traumatic Injury of the Spine.- Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome.- Mechanical Ventilation.- Renal Replacement Therapy.- Open Abdomen.- Principles of Surgical Rehabilitation.- Care of Unique Populations.- Pediatric Surgery.- Surgery in the Immunocompromised Patient.- Evidence-Based Bariatric Surgery.- Surgical Care of the Pregnant Patient.- Palliative and End-of-Life Care.- Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Surgery.- History of Surgery of the Gastrointestinal Tract.- Assessment of Acute Abdominal Symptoms.- Principles of Minimally Invasive Surgery.- Esophagus Benign Diseases of the Esophagus.- Malignant Tumors of the Esophagus.- Stomach and Duodenum.- Pancreas.- Biliary System.- Liver.- Small Intestine.- Colon, Rectum, and Anus.- Spleen.- Hernias and Abdominal Wall Defects.- Endocrine Surgery.- History of Endocrine Surgery.- Parathyroid.- Thyroid.- Adrenal.- Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas and Gastrointestinal Tract and Carcinoid Disease.- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia.- Vascular Surgery.- History of Vascular Surgery.- Pathobiology of Vascular Disease.- Cerebrovascular Disease.- Diseases of the Thoracic Aorta.- Diseases of the Great Vessels and the Thoracic Outlet.- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms.- Arterial Disease of the Lower Extremity.- Venous Disease and Pulmonary Embolism.- Vascular Access for Dialysis, Chemotherapy, and Nutritional Support.- Thoracic Surgery.- History of Cardiac Surgery.- Preoperative and Postoperative Care of the Thoracic Surgery Patient.- Lung Neoplasms.- Thoracic and Pulmonary Infections.- Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery.- Pleura: Anatomy, Physiology, and Disorders.- Mediastinum.- Congenital Heart Disease.- Adult Heart Disease.- Cardiac Replacement Therapy.- Transplantation Surgery.- History of Clinical Transplantation.- Immunology of Transplantation.- Rejection.- Principles of Organ Preservation.- Kidney Transplantation.- Pancreas and Islet Transplantation.- Liver Transplantation.- Transplantation of the Intestine.- Lung Transplantation.- Heart Transplantation.- Cancer Surgery.- History of Surgical Oncology.- Genetics of Cancer.- Fundamentals of Cancer Genomics and Proteomics.- Fundamentals of Cancer Cell Biology and Molecular Targeting.- Immunology of Cancer.- Principles of Cancer Surgery.- Radiation as an Adjunct to Surgery.- Benign and Malignant Diseases of the Breast.- Melanoma and Other Cutaneous Malignancies.- Soft Tissue Sarcoma.- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors.- Head and Neck Malignancies.- Surgical Emergencies in the Cancer Patient.- Nutritional Care of Cancer Patients.- Regional Therapy of Cancer.- Associated Disciplines.- Urology.- Gynecology.- Neurosurgery.- Orthopaedic Surgery.- Plastic Surgery.- Modern Practice of Surgery.- Technology, the Surgeon, and Surgical Innovation: An Introduction.- Biomaterials and the Evolution of Hernia Repair I: The History of Biomaterials and the Permanent Meshes.- Biomaterials and the Evolution of Hernia Repair II: Composite Meshes.- Biomaterials and the Evolution of Hernia Repair III: Biologically Derived Prosthetic Meshes.- Injectable Biomaterials in Surgery.- Energy Transfer in the Practice of Surgery.- Robot-Assisted Surgery: Technology and Current Clinical Status.

From the reviews of the second edition: "This is a second edition of a comprehensive review of the basic science and the clinical evidence in surgery. ... This book will serve as a reference for many clinicians. This is a great reference for those in surgical training, residency or fellowship training, and in practice taking care of surgical patients or patients with surgical diseases. All the authors are clinically active experts. ... This book is worth reading for its comprehensive in-depth analysis and presentation of long established EBM." (Kent C. Choi, Doody's Review Service, December, 2008)

• Fundamentals of Surgical Care.- Origins of Modern Surgery.- Evidence-Based Surgery.- Cell Structure, Function, and Genetics.- Mediators of Inflammation and Injury.- Substrate Metabolism.- Nutrition.- Perioperative Fluids and Electrolytes.- Hemostasis and Coagulation.- Transfusion Therapy.- Wounds: Biology, Pathology, and Management.- Diagnosis and Treatment of Infection.- Infections of Skin and Soft Tissue.- Intraabdominal Infections.- Nosocomial Infections.- Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock.- Shock and Resuscitation.- Perioperative Management.- Anesthesia.- Management of Perioperative Pain.- Biology and Practice of Trauma and Critical Care.- Development of Trauma and Critical Care.- Trauma Systems, Triage, and Disaster Management.- Monitoring of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Function.- Imaging of the Critically Ill Patient.- Risk Prediction, Disease Stratification, and Outcome Description in Critical Surgical Illness.- Burns and Inhalation Injury.- Traumatic Brain Injury.- Trauma to the Torso.- Trauma to the Pelvis and Extremities.- Vascular Trauma.- Traumatic Injury of the Spine.- Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome.- Mechanical Ventilation.- Renal Replacement Therapy.- Open Abdomen.- Principles of Surgical Rehabilitation.- Care of Unique Populations.- Pediatric Surgery.- Surgery in the Immunocompromised Patient.- Evidence-Based Bariatric Surgery.- Surgical Care of the Pregnant Patient.- Palliative and End-of-Life Care.- Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Surgery.- History of Surgery of the Gastrointestinal Tract.- Assessment of Acute Abdominal Symptoms.- Principles of Minimally Invasive Surgery.- Esophagus Benign Diseases of the Esophagus.- Malignant Tumors of the Esophagus.- Stomach and Duodenum.- Pancreas.- Biliary System.- Liver.- Small Intestine.- Colon, Rectum, and Anus.- Spleen.- Hernias and Abdominal Wall Defects.- Endocrine Surgery.- History of Endocrine Surgery.- Parathyroid.- Thyroid.- Adrenal.- Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas and Gastrointestinal Tract and Carcinoid Disease.- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia.- Vascular Surgery.- History of Vascular Surgery.- Pathobiology of Vascular Disease.- Cerebrovascular Disease.- Diseases of the Thoracic Aorta.- Diseases of the Great Vessels and the Thoracic Outlet.- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms.- Arterial Disease of the Lower Extremity.- Venous Disease and Pulmonary Embolism.- Vascular Access for Dialysis, Chemotherapy, and Nutritional Support.- Thoracic Surgery.- History of Cardiac Surgery.- Preoperative and Postoperative Care of the Thoracic Surgery Patient.- Lung Neoplasms.- Thoracic and Pulmonary Infections.- Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery.- Pleura: Anatomy, Physiology, and Disorders.- Mediastinum.- Congenital Heart Disease.- Adult Heart Disease.- Cardiac Replacement Therapy.- Transplantation Surgery.- History of Clinical Transplantation.- Immunology of Transplantation.- Rejection.- Principles of Organ Preservation.- Kidney Transplantation.- Pancreas and Islet Transplantation.- Liver Transplantation.- Transplantation of the Intestine.- Lung Transplantation.- Heart Transplantation.- Cancer Surgery.- History of Surgical Oncology.- Genetics of Cancer.- Fundamentals of Cancer Genomics and Proteomics.- Fundamentals of Cancer Cell Biology and Molecular Targeting.- Immunology of Cancer.- Principles of Cancer Surgery.- Radiation as an Adjunct to Surgery.- Benign and Malignant Diseases of the Breast.- Melanoma and Other Cutaneous Malignancies.- Soft Tissue Sarcoma.- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors.- Head and Neck Malignancies.- Surgical Emergencies in the Cancer Patient.- Nutritional Care of Cancer Patients.- Regional Therapy of Cancer.- Associated Disciplines.- Urology.- Gynecology.- Neurosurgery.- Orthopaedic Surgery.- Plastic Surgery.- Modern Practice of Surgery.- Technology, the Surgeon, and Surgical Innovation: An Introduction.- Biomaterials and the Evolution of Hernia Repair I: The History of Biomaterials and the Permanent Meshes.- Biomaterials and the Evolution of Hernia Repair II: Composite Meshes.- Biomaterials and the Evolution of Hernia Repair III: Biologically Derived Prosthetic Meshes.- Injectable Biomaterials in Surgery.- Energy Transfer in the Practice of Surgery.- Robot-Assisted Surgery: Technology and Current Clinical Status.

From the reviews of the second edition: "This is a second edition of a comprehensive review of the basic science and the clinical evidence in surgery. ... This book will serve as a reference for many clinicians. This is a great reference for those in surgical training, residency or fellowship training, and in practice taking care of surgical patients or patients with surgical diseases. All the authors are clinically active experts. ... This book is worth reading for its comprehensive in-depth analysis and presentation of long established EBM." (Kent C. Choi, Doody's Review Service, December, 2008)

• Fundamentals of Surgical Care.- Origins of Modern Surgery.- Evidence-Based Surgery.- Cell Structure, Function, and Genetics.- Mediators of Inflammation and Injury.- Substrate Metabolism.- Nutrition.- Perioperative Fluids and Electrolytes.- Hemostasis and Coagulation.- Transfusion Therapy.- Wounds: Biology, Pathology, and Management.- Diagnosis and Treatment of Infection.- Infections of Skin and Soft Tissue.- Intraabdominal Infections.- Nosocomial Infections.- Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock.- Shock and Resuscitation.- Perioperative Management.- Anesthesia.- Management of Perioperative Pain.- Biology and Practice of Trauma and Critical Care.- Development of Trauma and Critical Care.- Trauma Systems, Triage, and Disaster Management.- Monitoring of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Function.- Imaging of the Critically Ill Patient.- Risk Prediction, Disease Stratification, and Outcome Description in Critical Surgical Illness.- Burns and Inhalation Injury.- Traumatic Brain Injury.- Trauma to the Torso.- Trauma to the Pelvis and Extremities.- Vascular Trauma.- Traumatic Injury of the Spine.- Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome.- Mechanical Ventilation.- Renal Replacement Therapy.- Open Abdomen.- Principles of Surgical Rehabilitation.- Care of Unique Populations.- Pediatric Surgery.- Surgery in the Immunocompromised Patient.- Evidence-Based Bariatric Surgery.- Surgical Care of the Pregnant Patient.- Palliative and End-of-Life Care.- Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Surgery.- History of Surgery of the Gastrointestinal Tract.- Assessment of Acute Abdominal Symptoms.- Principles of Minimally Invasive Surgery.- Esophagus Benign Diseases of the Esophagus.- Malignant Tumors of the Esophagus.- Stomach and Duodenum.- Pancreas.- Biliary System.- Liver.- Small Intestine.- Colon, Rectum, and Anus.- Spleen.- Hernias and Abdominal Wall Defects.- Endocrine Surgery.- History of Endocrine Surgery.- Parathyroid.- Thyroid.- Adrenal.- Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas and Gastrointestinal Tract and Carcinoid Disease.- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia.- Vascular Surgery.- History of Vascular Surgery.- Pathobiology of Vascular Disease.- Cerebrovascular Disease.- Diseases of the Thoracic Aorta.- Diseases of the Great Vessels and the Thoracic Outlet.- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms.- Arterial Disease of the Lower Extremity.- Venous Disease and Pulmonary Embolism.- Vascular Access for Dialysis, Chemotherapy, and Nutritional Support.- Thoracic Surgery.- History of Cardiac Surgery.- Preoperative and Postoperative Care of the Thoracic Surgery Patient.- Lung Neoplasms.- Thoracic and Pulmonary Infections.- Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery.- Pleura: Anatomy, Physiology, and Disorders.- Mediastinum.- Congenital Heart Disease.- Adult Heart Disease.- Cardiac Replacement Therapy.- Transplantation Surgery.- History of Clinical Transplantation.- Immunology of Transplantation.- Rejection.- Principles of Organ Preservation.- Kidney Transplantation.- Pancreas and Islet Transplantation.- Liver Transplantation.- Transplantation of the Intestine.- Lung Transplantation.- Heart Transplantation.- Cancer Surgery.- History of Surgical Oncology.- Genetics of Cancer.- Fundamentals of Cancer Genomics and Proteomics.- Fundamentals of Cancer Cell Biology and Molecular Targeting.- Immunology of Cancer.- Principles of Cancer Surgery.- Radiation as an Adjunct to Surgery.- Benign and Malignant Diseases of the Breast.- Melanoma and Other Cutaneous Malignancies.- Soft Tissue Sarcoma.- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors.- Head and Neck Malignancies.- Surgical Emergencies in the Cancer Patient.- Nutritional Care of Cancer Patients.- Regional Therapy of Cancer.- Associated Disciplines.- Urology.- Gynecology.- Neurosurgery.- Orthopaedic Surgery.- Plastic Surgery.- Modern Practice of Surgery.- Technology, the Surgeon, and Surgical Innovation: An Introduction.- Biomaterials and the Evolution of Hernia Repair I: The History of Biomaterials and the Permanent Meshes.- Biomaterials and the Evolution of Hernia Repair II: Composite Meshes.- Biomaterials and the Evolution of Hernia Repair III: Biologically Derived Prosthetic Meshes.- Injectable Biomaterials in Surgery.- Energy Transfer in the Practice of Surgery.- Robot-Assisted Surgery: Technology and Current Clinical Status.