Schwartz's Principles of Surgery

Schwartz's Principles of Surgery is a textbook of surgery. The first edition was published in 1969 by the McGraw-Hill. It is in tenth edition in 2014. It is one of the main textbooks for medical students and junior surgical residents.

Contents

Its ninth edition has 48 chapters.

1. Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Core Competences
2. Systemic Response to Injury and Metabolic Support
3. Fluid and Electrolyte Management of the Surgical Patient
4. Hemostasis, Surgical Bleeding and Transfusion
5. Shock
6. Surgical Infection
7. Trauma
8. Burns
9. Wound Healing
10. Oncology
11. Transplantation
12. Patient Safety
13. Physiologic Monitoring of the Surgical Patient
14. Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotics, and Natural Office Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery
15. Molecular and Genomic Surgery
16. The Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue
17. The Breast
18. Disorders of the Head and Neck
19. Chest Wall, Lung, Mediastinum, and Pleura
20. Congenital Heart Disease
21. Acquired Heart Disease
22. Thoracic Aneurysms and Aortic Dissection
23. Arterial Disease
24. Venous and Lymphatic Disease
25. Esophagus and Diaphragmatic Hernia
26. Stomach
27. The Surgical Management of Obesity
28. Small Intestine
29. Colon, Rectum, and Anus
30. The Appendix
31. Liver
32. Gallbladder and the Extrahepatic Biliary System
33. Pancreas
34. Spleen
35. Abdominal Wall, Omentum, Mesentery, and Retroperitoneum
36. Soft Tissue Sarcomas
37. Inguinal Hernias
38. Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Adrenal
39. Pediatric Surgery
40. Urology
41. Gynecology
42. Neurosurgery
43. Orthopedic Surgery
44. Surgery of the Hand and Wrist
45. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
46. Surgical Considerations in the Elderly
47. Anesthesia of the Surgical Patient
48. Ethics, Palliative Care, and Care at the End of Life

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