The authors wish to dedicate this edition of Operative Trauma Management: An Alas to our surgical Heitage. Specifically we will be forever indebted to our mentors, teachers, colleagues, house officers, students, and patients, from whom we continue to learn as we practice the art and science of surgey.
To our parents and specifically our spouses, Carina, and Sue we owe our most sincdere gratitude for their love, support,and companionship that have allowed us to pursue our intellectual curiositie

Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1 Airway Management
Chapter 2 Intravenous Access and Emergency Thoracotomy
Chapter 3 Diagnostic Procedures Used to Estabilish Priorities
Chapter 4 General Surgery Principles: Wound Management and Closure
Chapter 5 Scalp and Face Trauma
Chapter 6 Cranial Neurotrauma
Chapter 7 Vascular Injuries of the Neck
Chapter 8 The Nonoperative Management of Cervical
Chapter 9 Cervical Exophagus
Chapter 10 Tracheal Injury
Chapter 11 Thoracic Inlet and Mediastinal Injuries
Chapter 12 Chest Wall, Lung, and Pleura
Chapter 13 Heart
Chapter 14 Diaphragmatic Injury
Chapter 15 Stomach and Distal Esophageus
Chapter 16 Duodenum
Chapter 17 Small Intestine
Chapter 18 Colon and Rectal Injuries
Chapter 19 Parenchymal Liver Injuries
Chapter 20 Perihepatic Venous Injuries
Chapter 21 Gallbladder and Biliary Tract
Chapter 22 Pancreas
Chapter 23 Spleen
Chapter 24 Abdominal Aorta
Chapter 25 Injuries to the Inferior Vena Cava
Chapter 26 Mesenteric Vascular Trauma
Chapter 27 Abdominal Wall
Chapter 28 Renal Trauma
Chapter 29 Ureter and Bladder
Chapter 30 Perineum and External Genitalia
Chapter 31 Uterine and Ovarian Injuries
Chapter 32 Upper Extremity Bascular Injures
Chapter 33 Lower Extremity Vascular Injuries
Chapter 34 Amputations in Trauma
Chapter 35 Intensive Care Unit
Index