Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. A focused history of surgery / Seymour I. Schwartz -- 2. Preoperative and postoperative management / Zara Cooper and Edward Kelly -- 3. Endoscopy and endoscopic intervention / Edward Lin and Aaron S. Fink -- 4. Incisions, closures, and management of the abdominal wound / Bryan M. Burt, Ali Tavakkolizadeh and Stephen J. Ferzoco -- 5. Hernias / Patrick J. Javid and David C. Brooks -- 6. Intestinal stomas / Ira J. Kodner and Thomas E. Read -- 7. Abdominal abscess and enteric fistula / Amy R. Evenson, Gautam Shrikhande and Josef E. Fischer -- 8. Benign esophageal disorders / Todd Woltman and Brant K. Oelschlager -- 8A. Gastroesophageal reflux disease / Thadeus L. Trus and Jeffrey H. Peters -- 9. Cancer of the esophagus / Simon Law and John Wong -- 10. Surgical procedures to resect and replace the esophagus / Philip A. Linden and David J. Sugarbaker -- 11. Benign gastric disorders / Michael W. Mulholland and Diane M. Simeone -- 12. Ulcer complications / Timothy J. Broderick and Jeffrey B. Matthews -- 13. Stomach and duodenum : operative procedures / Subroto Paul, David I. Soybel and Michael J. Zinner -- 14. Gastric adenocarcinoma / Murray F. Brennan -- 15. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors / Monica M. Bertagnolli -- 16. Morbid obesity and operations for morbid obesity / Danny O. Jacobs and Malcolm K. Robinson -- 17. Bowel obstruction / Scott G. Houghton, Antonio Ramos De la Medina and Michael G. Sarr -- 18. Diverticular disease of the colon / Angus J. M. Watson and Frank A. Frizelle -- 19. Crohn's disease / Fabrizio Michelassi, Roger D. Hurst and Alessandro Fichera -- 20. Ulcerative colitis / James M. Becker and Arthur F. Stucchi -- 21. Appendix and appendectomy / Douglas S. Smink and David I. Soybel -- 22. Tumors of the small intestine / Douglas Turner and Barbara Lee Bass -- 23. Tumors of the colon / Andreas M. Kaiser, Joseph W. Nunoo-Mensah and Robert W. Beart, Jr. -- 24. Benign disorders of the anorectum (pelvic floor, fissures, hemorrhoids, fistulas) / Jennifer K. Lowney and James W. Fleshman, Jr. -- 25. Cancer of the rectum / Kimberly Moore Dalal and Ronald Bleday -- 26. Cancer of the anus / Najjia N. Mahmoud and Robert D. Fry -- 27. Complications following anorectal surgery / Mark Lane Welton and Andrew A. Shelton -- 28. Hepatic abscess and cystic disease of the liver / Kathleen K. Christians and Henry A. Pitt -- 29. Benign and malignant primary liver neoplasms / Peter J. Allen and Yuman Fong -- 30. Colorectal metastasis (resection, pumps, radiofrequency ablation, and cryoablation) / Richard S. Swanson -- 31. Portal hypertension / J. Michael Henderson -- 32. Cholecystectomy (open and laparoscopic) / Alexander P. Nagle, Nathaniel J. Soper and James R. Hines -- 33. Choledocholithiasis and cholangitis / David W. McFadden and Ankesh Nigam -- 34. Choledochal cyst and biliary strictures / Genevieve B. Melton and Keith D. Lillemoe -- 35. Cancer of the gallbladder and bile ducts / Edward E. Whang and Michael J. Zinner -- 36. Management of acute pancreatitis / Thomas E. Clancy and Stanley W. Ashley -- 37. Complications of acute pancreatitis (including pseudocysts) / John A. Windsor and Patrick Schweder -- 38. Chronic pancreatitis / Oscar Joe Hines and Howard A. Reber -- 39. Disorders of the duodenal ampullae / Michael Rosen and Andrew L. Warshaw -- 40. Cystic neoplasms of the pancreas / Christopher J. Sonnenday, Michael R. Marohn, Ralph H. Hruban and Charles J. Yeo -- 41. Cancer of the pancreas and other periampullary cancers / Richard D. Schulick and John L. Cameron -- 42. Endocrine tumors of the pancreas / Buckminster J. Farrow, James C. Thompson, Courtney M. Townsend, Jr. and B. Mark Evers -- 43. The spleen / Gina Adrales and Thomas R. Gadacz -- 44. Fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery / Ashley Haralson Vernon and John G. Hunter -- 45. Biliary tract / Ketan R. Sheth, Ricardo M. Bonnor and Theodore N. Pappas -- 46. Hernia repair / Bardia Amirlak, Sumeet K. Mittal and Robert J. Fitzgibbons, Jr. -- 47. Small bowel/colon resection / Michael M. Davies and Heidi Nelson -- 48. Hiatal hernia repair and Heller myotomy / Ashley Haralson Vernon and John G. Hunter -- 49. Laparoscopic splenectomy / Caprice C. Greenberg, Ali Tavakkolizadeh and David C. Brooks -- 50. Video-assisted thoracic surgery of the esophagus / Michael S. Kent and James D. Luketich -- 51. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy / Atul A. Gawande and Francis D. Moore, Jr. -- 52. Laparoscopic surgery for morbid obesity / Stacy A. Brethauer, Bipan Chand and Philip R. Schauer -- 53. Laparoscopic staging and bypass / Kevin C. P. Conlon and Angela T. Riga.

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