Endocrine Pancreas
Chapter 40 Endocrine Pancreas Taylor S. Riall, Courtney M. Townsend, Jr. HISTOMORPHOLOGY OF ISLETS EMBRYOLOGY OF THE ENDOCRINE PANCREAS ENDOCRINE PHYSIOLOGY SURGICAL TREATMENT OF DIABETES ISLET CELL TUMORS SUMMARY The…
Tumor Biology and Tumor Markers
Chapter 30 Tumor Biology and Tumor Markers Marcus C.B. Tan, S. Peter Goedegebuure, Timothy J. Eberlein EPIDEMIOLOGY TUMOR BIOLOGY CARCINOGENESIS TUMOR MARKERS Neoplasia (literally meaning “new growth”) is the uncontrolled…
Plastic Surgery
Chapter 69 Plastic Surgery Mary H. McGrath, Jason Pomerantz RECONSTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUES PEDIATRIC PLASTIC SURGERY PLASTIC SURGERY OF THE HEAD AND NECK PLASTIC SURGERY OF THE TRUNK PRESSURE SORES RECONSTRUCTION OF…
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes
Chapter 42 Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes Terry C. Lairmore, Jeffrey F. Moley MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 1 MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 2 SYNDROMES Genetic changes in a tumor suppressor gene…
Wound Healing
Chapter 7 Wound Healing Mimi Leong, Linda G. Phillips TISSUE INJURY AND RESPONSE WOUND-HEALING PHASES ABNORMAL WOUND HEALING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IMMUNITY AND WOUND HEALING OR REGENERATION FETAL WOUND HEALING…
Principles of Preoperative and Operative Surgery
Chapter 11 Principles of Preoperative and Operative Surgery Leigh Neumayer, Daniel Vargo PREOPERATIVE PREPARATION OF THE PATIENT SYSTEMS APPROACH TO PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION ADDITIONAL PREOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS PREOPERATIVE CHECKLIST POTENTIAL CAUSES OF…
Venous Disease
Chapter 65 Venous Disease Julie A. Freischlag, Jennifer A. Heller ANATOMY VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS CONCLUSION An understanding of venous physiology provides the surgeon with valuable information with which…
The Parathyroid Glands
Chapter 39 The Parathyroid Glands Julie Ann Sosa, Robert Udelsman HISTORY CALCIUM PHYSIOLOGY ANATOMY DIAGNOSIS AND CLINICAL FEATURES HYPERCALCEMIC CRISIS HYPOPARATHYROIDISM HYPERPARATHYROIDISM INHERITED PARATHYROID DISEASE PARATHYROID CARCINOMA The clinical features,…
Emerging Technology in Surgery: Informatics, Robotics, and Electronics
Chapter 17 Emerging Technology in Surgery Informatics, Robotics, and Electronics Gerald M. Fried MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY CATHETER–BASED THERAPIES IMAGE–GUIDED ABLATIVE THERAPIES MINIMALLY INVASIVE ROBOTIC SURGERY FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE AS A SURGICAL…
Surgery in the Geriatric Patient
Chapter 14 Surgery in the Geriatric Patient Alan Dardik, David H. Berger, Ronnie A. Rosenthal AGING AND SURGERY SETTING GOALS FOR TREATMENT PHYSIOLOGIC DECLINE PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT SPECIFIC POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS SURGERY…
