This title offers to-the-point information on more than 1000 diseases and disorders surgeons are most likely to encounter. For more than 70 years, professors, students, and clinicians have trusted LANGE for high-quality, current, concise medical information in a convenient, affordable, portable format. Whether for coursework, clerkships, USMLE prep, specialty board review, or patient care, there's a LANGE book that guarantees success. This is a Doody's Core Title for 2011! "This is an excellent source of updated, authoritative, and concise information on diseases encountered in general surgery and the surgical subspecialties of otolaryngology, urology, gynecology, orthopedics, plastic and reconstructive surgery, and pediatrics...This is a wonderful resource for all levels of surgical practitioners as well as nonsurgical practitioners. In my experience, it has provided me with a framework to prepare for both oral and written boards. 3 Stars." (Doody's Review Service). Authoritative, concise, and completely up-to-date, CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Surgery features: wide-ranging coverage that encompasses general surgery and all the important subspecialties including otolaryngology, urology, gynecology, orthopedics, plastic and reconstructive surgery, and pediatrics; references linked to recent journal articles; logical quick-find organization made even more accessible by a comprehensive index; more than 600 informative photographs and illustrations; detailed treatment algorithms; NEW CD-ROM with content from Quick Answers: Surgery to speed diagnosis of symptoms and signs; NEW Chapter on Training, Communication, Professionalism, and Systems-Based Practice; and, completely rewritten chapters on Wound Healing, Anesthesia, Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, The Heart, Neurosurgery, Gynecology, and Orthopedics.
Authors Preface 1. Approach to the Surgical Patient, J. Englebert Dunphy, Lawrence W. Way 2. Training, Communication, Professionalism, and Systems-Based Practice, Gerard M. Doherty 3. Preoperative Care, Gerard M. Doherty 4. Postoperative Care, Gerard M. Doherty 5. Postoperative Complications, Gerard M. Doherty 6. Wound Healing, Michael G. Franz 7. Power Sources in Surgery, K. Barrett Deatrick, Gerard M. Doherty 8. Inflammation, Infection, & Antimicrobial Therapy, Linda M. Mundy, Gerard M. Doherty 9. Fluid & Electrolyte Management, Gerard M. Doherty 10. Surgical Metabolism & Nutrition, John R. Barbour, English F. Barbour, and Virginia M. Hermann 11. Anesthesia, Theodore J. Sanford, Jr. 12. Shock & Acute Pulmonary Failure in Surgical Patients, James W. Holcroft, John T. Anderson, Matthew J. Sena 13. Management of the Injured Patient, Mark R. Mehhila, Wendy L. Wahl 14. Burns & Other Thermal Injuries, Robert H. Demling 15. Otolaryngology--Head & Neck Surgery, Paul M. Weinberger, David J. Terris 16. Thyroid & Parathyroid, Orlo H. Clark 17. Breast Disorders, Armando E. Giuliano 18. Thoracic Wall, Pleura, Mediastinum, & Lung, Pierre R. Theodore, David Jablons 19. The Heart I. Surgical Treatment of Acquired Cardiac Disease, Jonathan W. Haft II: Congenital Heart Disease, Jennifer C. Hirsch, Eric J. Devaney, Richard G. Ohye, Edward L. Bove 20. Esophagus & Diaphragm, Marco G. Patti, Piero M. Fisichella 21. The Acute Abdomen, Gerard M. Doherty 22. Peritoneal Cavity, Gerard M. Doherty 23. Stomach & Duodenum, Gerard M. Doherty, Lawrence W. Way 24. Liver & Portal Venous System, William R. Jarnagin 25. Biliary Tract, Gerard M. Doherty 26. Pancreas, Gerard M. Doherty, Lawrence W. Way 27. Spleen, Douglas L. Fraker 28. Appendix, Gerard M. Doherty 29. Small Intestine, Andrew A. Shelton, George J. Chang, Mark L. Welton 30. Large Intestine, George J. Chang, Andrew A. Shelton, Mark L. Welton 31. Anorectum, Mark L. Welton, Carlos E. Pineda, George J. Chang, Andrew A. Shelton 32. Hernias & Other Lesions of the Abdominal Wall, Karen E. Deveney 33. Adrenals, quan-Yang Duh, Chienying Liu, J. Blake Tyrrell 34. Arteries, Joseph H. Rapp, Jason MacTaggart 35. Veins & Lymphatics, Thomas W. Wakefield, John R. Rectenwald, Louis M. Messina 36. Neurosurgery, John A. Cowan, Jr., B. Gregory Thompson 37. The Eye & Ocular Adnexa, Linda M. Tsai, Stephen A. Kamenetzky 38. Urology, Christopher S. Cooper, Fadi N. Joudi, Richard D. Williams 39. Gynecology, R. Kevin Reynolds, Paul V. Loar III 40. Orthopedic Surgery, Ramesh C. Srinivasan, Stephen Tolhurst, Kelly L. Vanderhave 41. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Henry C. Vasconez, Ameen Habash 42. Hand Surgery, David M. Young, Scott L. Hansen 43. Pediatric Surgery, Craig T. Albanese, Karl G. Sylvester 44. Oncology, Michael S. Sabel 45. Organ Transplantation, Jeffrey D. Punch Index
