Bone Tumors
Chapter 34 Bone Tumors Herbert S. Schwartz, Ginger E. Holt ONCOLOGIC RESECTION SKELETAL RECONSTRUCTION GENETICS BENIGN BONE TUMORS SKELETAL SARCOMAS SKELETAL METASTASES FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS Orthopedic oncology is a complex surgical…
Molecular and Cell Biology
Chapter 3 Molecular and Cell Biology Tien C. Ko HUMAN GENOME RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY CELL SIGNALING CELL DIVISION CYCLE CELL DEATH HUMAN GENOME PROJECT NOVEL TREATMENT STRATEGIES ETHICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND…
The Lymphatics
Chapter 66 The Lymphatics Iraklis I. Pipinos, B. Timothy Baxter EMBRYOLOGY AND ANATOMY FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND STAGING DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS CLASSIFICATION DIAGNOSTIC TESTS TREATMENT LYMPHATIC DISORDERS Embryology and Anatomy…
The Spleen
Chapter 57 The Spleen Julie Shelton, Michael D. Holzman SPLENIC ANATOMY SPLENIC FUNCTION SPLENECTOMY LATE MORBIDITY AFTER SPLENECTOMY PROPHYLACTIC TREATMENT OF SPLENECTOMIZED PATIENTS Splenic Anatomy The spleen is an 80-…
Bites and Stings
Chapter 22 Bites and Stings Robert L. Norris, Paul S. Auerbach, Elaine E. Nelson, Ronald M. Stewart SNAKEBITES MAMMALIAN BITES ARTHROPOD BITES AND STINGS MARINE BITES AND STINGS Snakebites Epidemiology…
Liver Transplantation
Chapter 27 Liver Transplantation Nancy L. Ascher HISTORY INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS LIVE DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION TECHNICAL ASPECTS EARLY COMPLICATIONS EXTENDED CRITERIA DONORS EVALUATION OF ABNORMAL LIVER FUNCTION TEST RESULTS IMMUNOSUPPRESSION…
The Inflammatory Response
Chapter 4 The Inflammatory Response Mitchell P. Fink THE DANGER HYPOTHESIS: DANGER-ASSOCIATED MOLECULAR PATTERNS, PATHOGEN-ASSOCIATED MOLECULAR PATTERNS, AND ALARMINS CYTOKINES AND CHEMOKINES NEUROENDOCRINE CONTROL OF THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE Celsus is…
Small Bowel Transplantation
Chapter 29 Small Bowel Transplantation Abigail E. Martin, Debra L. Sudan HISTORY NONTRANSPLANTATION THERAPIES FOR SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME INDICATIONS FOR INTESTINAL TRANSPLANTATION EVALUATION ANATOMIC CONSIDERATIONS IMMUNOSUPPRESSION MONITORING AND REJECTION COMPLICATIONS…
Surgery in the Pregnant Patient
Chapter 72 Surgery in the Pregnant Patient Dean J. Mikami, Paul R. Beery, E. Christopher Ellison PHYSIOLOGIC CHANGES OF PREGNANCY SAFETY CONCERNS IN PREGNANCY PREVENTION OF PRETERM LABOR ABDOMINAL PAIN…
The Difficult Abdominal Wall
Chapter 19 The Difficult Abdominal Wall Jose J. Diaz, William D. Dutton, Richard S. Miller ACUTE PRESENTATION TEMPORARY ABDOMINAL CLOSURE ABDOMINAL CLOSURE OR PLANNED VENTRAL HERNIA? ELECTIVE PLANNED VENTRAL HERNIA…
