Chapter 71 Gynecologic Surgery Howard W. Jones, III PELVIC EMBRYOLOGY AND ANATOMY REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY CLINICAL EVALUATION ALTERNATIVES TO SURGICAL INTERVENTION TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF SURGICAL OPTIONS SURGERY DURING PREGNANCY Gynecologic surgery…
Chapter 64 Vascular Trauma Michael J. Sise, Steven R. Shackford GENERAL APPROACH TO VASCULAR TRAUMA SPECIFIC INJURIES OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR EXTREMITY FASCIOTOMY POSTOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OUTCOMES AND FOLLOW–UP Vascular trauma remains…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
