全国高等学校教材英文版《外科学》是我国**本由卫生部规划的全英语外科学教材。全书共56章，包括外科学基础、普通外科、麻醉、神经外科、胸心外科、泌尿外科和骨科等章节。
本书主要以美国《Sabiston Textbook of Surgery》第17版原著为蓝本，结合由人民卫生出版社出版的全国高等学校教材《外科学》第6版的内容进行改编，既保证了原著的精髓及写作风格，又按照我国医学高等教育“外科学教学大纲”的要求进行了删减和补充。各章节的排列顺序按《外科学》第6版的章节顺序进行了调整，有利于医学生结合《外科学》第6版进行学习。本教材内容是五年制教材《外科学》第6版的补充和拓展，具有内容新颖、全面，英语应用规范，图文并茂等特点，是一部加强医学生对外科学的学习和理解、培养学习外科学的兴趣、开阔视野、提高医学英文水平的教材。
编写英语双语教材是提高我国医学生医学英语水平，促进我国医学教育与国际医学接轨，推动我国整体医学水平赶超世界先进水平的重要手段。来自全国二十多所大学的三十四位专家参与了该书的编写，他们精益求精、反复斟酌，对该书的编写工作倾注了大量的心血。在该书出版之际，对参与编写的各位专家

Chapter 1 History of Surgery
Chapter 2 Shock，Electrolytes and Fluid
Chapter 3 Hematologic Principles in Surgery
Chapter 4 Metabolism in Surgical Patients
Chapter 5 Anesthesia
Chapter 6 Surgical Critical Care
Chapter 7 Critical Assessment of Surgical Outcomes
Chapter 8 Principles of Preoperative and Operative Surgery
Chapter 9 Surgical Infections and Choice ofAntibiotics
Chapter 10 Management ofAcute Trauma
Chapter 11 The Surgeon’S Role in Unconventional Civilian Disasters
Chapter 12 Bums
Chapter 13 Wound Healing
Chapter 14 Surgical Complications
Chapter 15 Emerging Technology in Surgery：Informatics，Electronics，Robotics
Chapter 16 Transplantation Immunology and Immunosuppression
Chapter 17 Transplantation ofAbdominal Organs
Chapter 18 Tumor Biology and Tumor Markers
Chapter 19 Minimally Invasive Surgery
Chapter 20 Neurosurgery
Chapter 21 Thyroid
Chapter 22 Parathyroid Gland
Chapter 23 Diseases of the Breast
Chapter 24 Chest Wall and Pleura
Chapter 25 Lung(Including Pulmonary Embolism and Thoracic Outlet Syndrome)
Chapter 26 Esophagus
Chapter 27 The Mediastinum
CHapter 28 Congenital Heart Disease
Chapter 29 Surgical Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease
Chapter 30 Acquired Heart Disease：Valvular
Chapter 31 Thoracic Vasculature(with Emphasis on the Thoracic Aorta)
Chapter 32 Hernias
Chapter 33 Abdominal Wall，Umbilicus，Peritoneum，Mesenteries，Omentum，and Retroperitoneum
Chapter 34 Acute Abdomen
Chapter 35 Stomach
Chapter 36 Small Intestine
Chapter 37 Appendix
Chapter 38 Colon and Rectum
Chapter 39 Anus
Chapter 40 The Liver
Chapter 41 Surgical Complications of Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension
Chapter 42 Biliary Tract
Chapter 43 Pancreas
Chapter 44 Spleen
Chapter 45 Acute Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Chapter 46 Pediatric Surgery
Chapter 47 Vascular Trauma
Chapter 48 Endovascular Surgery
Chapter 49 Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease
Chapter 50 Venous Disease
Chapter 51 Aneurysmal Vascular Disease
Chapter 52 Urologic Surgery
Chapter 53 Emergency Care of Musculoskeletal Injuries
Chapter 54 Soft Tissue Sarcomas and Bone Tumors
Chapter 55 Hand Surgery
Chapter 56 Plastic Surgery