Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic Considerations --- Leadership in Surgery --- Systemic Response to Injury and Metabolic Support --- Fluid and Electrolyte Management of the Surgical Patient --- Hemostasis, Surgical Bleeding, and Transfusion --- Shock --- Surgical Infections --- Trauma --- Burns --- Wound Healing --- Oncology --- Transplantation --- Quality, Patient Safety, Assessments of Care, and Complications --- Physiologic Monitoring of the Surgical Patient --- Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotics, Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery, and Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery --- Molecular Biology, The Atomic Theory of Disease, and Precision Surgery --- Specific Considerations --- The Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue --- The Breast --- Disorders of the Head and Neck --- Chest Wall, Lung, Mediastinum, and Pleura --- Congenital Heart Disease --- Acquired Heart Disease --- Thoracic Aneurysms and Aortic Dissection --- Arterial Disease --- Venous and Lymphatic Disease --- Esophagus and Diaphragmatic Hernia --- Stomach --- The Surgical Management of Obesity --- Small Intestine --- Colon, Rectum, and Anus --- The Appendix --- Liver --- Gallbladder and the Extrahepatic Biliary System --- Pancreas --- The Spleen --- Abdominal Wall, Omentum, Mesentery, and Retroperitoneum --- Soft Tissue Sarcomas --- Inguinal Hernias --- Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Adrenal --- Pediatric Surgery --- Urology --- Gynecology --- Neurosurgery --- Orthopedic Surgery --- Surgery of the Hand and Wrist --- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery --- Anesthesia for Surgical Patients --- Surgical Considerations in Older Adults --- Ethics, Palliative Care, and Care at the End of Life --- Global Surgery --- Optimizing Perioperative Care: Enhanced Recovery and Chinese Medicine --- Understanding, Evaluating, and Using Evidence for Surgical Practice --- Ambulatory Surgery --- Skills and Simulation --- Web-Based Education and Implications of Social Media