CONTENTS PART 1 SECTION I BASIC CONSIDERATIONS 1 Chapter 1 Fundamental Principles of Leadership Training in Surgery 1 Chapter 2 Systemic Response to Injury and Metabolic Support 10 Chapter 3 Fluid and Electrolyte Management of the Surgical Patient 55 Chapter 4 Hemostasis, Surgical Bleeding, and Transfusion 74 Chapter 5 Shock 96 Chapter 6 Surgical Infections 121 Chapter 7 Trauma 145 Chapter 8 Burns 209 Chapter 9 Wound Healing 222 Chapter 10 Oncology 250 Chapter 11 Transplantation 299 Chapter 12 Patient Safety 339 Chapter 13 Physiologic Monitoring of the Surgical Patient 364 Chapter 14 Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotics, Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery, and Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery 375 Chapter 15 Molecular and Genomic Surgery 397 SECTION II SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS 427 Chapter 16 The Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue 427 Chapter 17 The Breast 446 Chapter 18 Disorders of the Head and Neck 507 Chapter 19 Chest Wall, Lung, Mediastinum, and Pleura 549 Chapter 20 Congenital Heart Disease 639 Chapter 21 Acquired Heart Disease 673 Chapter 22 Thoracic Aneurysms and Aortic Dissection 718 Chapter 23 Arterial Disease 754 Chapter 24 Venous and Lymphatic Disease 832 Chapter 25 Esophagus and Diaphragmatic Hernia 854 Chapter 26 Stomach 902 Chapter 27 The Surgical Management of Obesity 966 Chapter 28 Small Intestine 1001 Chapter 29 Colon, Rectum, and Anus 1038 Chapter 30 The Appendix 1103 Chapter 31 Liver 1119 Chapter 32 Gallbladder and the Extrahepatic Biliary System 1145 Chapter 33 Pancreas 1176 Chapter 34 Spleen 1254 Chapter 35 Abdominal Wall, Omentum, Mesentery, and Retroperitoneum 1277 Chapter 36 Soft Tissue Sarcomas 1292 Chapter 37 Inguinal Hernias 1309 Chapter 38 Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Adrenal 1332 Chapter 39 Pediatric Surgery 1409 Chapter 40 Urology 1466 Chapter 41 Gynecology 1486 Chapter 42 Neurosurgery 1522 Chapter 43 Orthopedic Surgery 1570 Chapter 44 Surgery of the Hand and Wrist 1598 Chapter 45 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 1638 Chapter 46 Anesthesia for the Surgical Patient 1689 Chapter 47 Surgical Considerations in the Elderly 1712 Chapter 48 Ethics, Palliative Care, and Care at the End of Life 1730 Chapter 49 Global Surgery 1742 Appendix Chinese-English Glossary 1762