ELEMENTS OF CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE

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1. PROFESSIONALISM IN SURGERY
   Wiley W. Souba, M.D., Sc.D., F.A.C.S., Ohio State University College of Medicine, and Steven M. Steinberg, M.D., F.A.C.S., Ohio State University College of Medicine
         
   
   
2. PERFORMANCE MEASURES IN SURGICAL PRACTICE
   John D. Birkmeyer, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Michigan Medical School, and Justin B. Dimick, M.D., University of Michigan Medical School
         
   
   
3. BENCHMARKING SURGICAL OUTCOMES
   Emily V. A. Finlayson, M.D., M.S., University of Michigan Medical School, and John D. Birkmeyer, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Michigan Medical School
         
4. EVIDENCE-BASED SURGERY
   Samuel R. G. Finlayson, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., Dartmouth Medical School
         
   
   
5. PATIENT SAFETY IN SURGICAL CARE: A SYSTEMS APPROACH
   Robert S. Rhodes, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and American Board of Surgery
         
   
   
6. RISK STRATIFICATION, PREOPERATIVE TESTING AND OPERATIVE PLANNING
   Cyrus J. Parsa, M.D., Duke University School of Medicine, Andrew E. Luckey, M.D., Southern California Advanced Laparo-Endoscopic Surgery, Nicolas V. Christou, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., McGill University Faculty of Medicine, and Alden H. Harken, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, East Bay Surgery Program
         
   
   
7. ELEMENTS OF COST-EFFECTIVE NONEMERGENCY SURGICAL CARE
   Robert S. Rhodes, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and American Board of Surgery, and Charles L. Rice, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center
         
   
   
8. HEALTH CARE ECONOMICS: THE LARGER CONTEXT
   Robert S. Rhodes, M.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and American Board of Surgery, and Charles L. Rice, M.D., University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center
         
   
   
9. MINIMIZING VULNERABILITY TO MALPRACTICE CLAIMS
   Grant Fleming, Esq., McQuaide, Blasko, Schwartz, Fleming, and Faulkner, and Wiley W. Souba, M.D., Sc.D., F.A.C.S., Ohio State University College of Medicine
         
   
   
   

1. BASIC SURGICAL AND PERIOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS

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1. PREVENTION OF POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION
   Jonathan L. Meakins, M.D., D.Sc., F.A.C.S., University of Oxford, and Byron J. Masterson, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Florida College of Medicine and University of South Florida (courtesy)
         
   
   
2. INFECTION CONTROL IN SURGICAL PRACTICE
   Vivian G. Loo, M.D., M.Sc.A., McGill University Faculty of Medicine, and A. Peter McLean, M.D., F.A.C.S., McGill University Faculty of Medicine.
         
   
   
3. PERIOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS FOR ANESTHESIA
   Steven B. Backman, M.D.C.M., Ph.D., McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Richard M. Bondy, M.D.C.M., McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Alain Deschamps, M.D., Ph.D., McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Anne Moore, M.D., McGill University Faculty of Medicine, and Thomas Schricker, M.D., Ph.D., McGill University Faculty of Medicine
         
   
   
4. BLEEDING AND TRANSFUSION
   John T. Owings, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Garth H. Utter, M.D., M.Sc., University of California, Davis, School of Medicine and Robert C. Gosselin, M.T., University of California, Davis, Medical Center
         
   
   
5. POSTOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF THE HOSPITALIZED PATIENT
   Deborah L. Marquardt, M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine, Roger P. Tatum, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Washington School of Medicine, and Dana C. Lynge, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Washington School of Medicine
         
   
   
6. POSTOPERATIVE PAIN
   Henrik Kehlet, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.(Hon.), University of Copenhagen School of Medicine
         


7. ACUTE WOUND CARE
   Stephen R. Sullivan, M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine, Loren H. Engrav, M.D., F.A.C.S. University of Washington School of Medicine, and Matthew B. Klein, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Washington School of Medicine
         
   
   
8. PREPARING THE OPERATING ROOM
   Rene Lafreniere, M.D., C.M., F.A.C.S., University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, Ramon Berguer, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Patricia C. Seifert, R.N., George Mason University School of Nursing, Michael Belkin, M.D., F.A.C.S., Harvard Medical School, Stuart Roth, M.D., Ph.D., Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, Karen Williams, M.D., St. Agnes Healthcare, Baltimore, Eric J. DeMaria, M.D., F.A.C.S., Duke University School of Medicine, and Lena M. Napolitano, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Michigan Health System
         
   
   
9. OUTPATIENT SURGERY
   Richard B. Reiling, M.D., F.A.C.S., Wright State University School of Medicine, and Daniel P. McKellar, M.D., F.A.C.S., Wright State University School of Medicine
         
   
   
10. FAST TRACK SURGERY
    Henrik Kehlet, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S. (Hon.), University of Copenhagen School of Medicine, and Douglas W. Wilmore, M.D., F.A.C.S., Harvard Medical School
          
    
    

2. HEAD AND NECK

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1. ORAL CAVITY LESIONS
   David P. Goldstein, M.D., University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Henry T. Hoffman, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, John W. Hellstein, D.D.S., F.A.C.S., University of Iowa College of Dentistry, and Gerry F. Funk, M.D., University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
         
   
   
2. PAROTID MASS
   Ashok R. Shaha, M.D., F.A.C.S., Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
         
   
   
3. NECK MASS
   Barry J. Roseman, M.D., F.A.C.S., Roseman and Budayr, M.D., P.C., Maryville, Tennessee, and Orlo H. Clark, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
         
   
   
4. HEAD AND NECK DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES
   Adam S. Jacobson, M.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Mark L. Urken, M.D., F.A.C.S., Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and Marita S. Teng, M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine
         
   
   
5. ORAL CAVITY PROCEDURES
   Carol R. Bradford, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Michigan Medical School, and Mark E. P. Prince, M.D., F.R.C.S.C., University of Michigan Medical School
         
   
   
6. PAROTIDECTOMY
   Leonard R. Henry, M.D., Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and John A. Ridge, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., , Fox Chase Cancer Center
         
   
   
7. NECK DISSECTION
   Miriam N. Lango, M.D., Fox Chase Cancer Center, Bert W. O'Malley, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Ara A. Chalian, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
         
   
   
8. TRACHEOSTOMY
   Ara A. Chalian, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
         
   
   
9. THYROID AND PARATHYROID PROCEDURES
   Gregg H. Jossart, M.D., F.A.C.S., California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, and Orlo H. Clark, M.D., University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
         
   

3. BREAST, SKIN, AND SOFT TISSUE

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1. BREAST CANCER
   Doreen M. Agnese, M.D., F.A.C.S., Stephen P. Povoski, M.D., F.A.C.S., and Wiley W. Souba, M.D., Sc.D., F.A.C.S.,Ohio State University College of Medicine
         
   
   
2. SOFT TISSUE INFECTION
   Mark A. Malangoni, M.D., F.A.C.S., Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and Christopher R. McHenry, M.D., F.A.C.S., Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
         
   
   
3. OPEN WOUND REQUIRING RECONSTRUCTION
   Joseph J. Disa, M.D., F.A.C.S., Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Eric G. Halvorson, M.D.,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, and David A. Hidalgo, M.D., F.A.C.S., Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
         
   
   
4. MALIGNANT SKIN LESIONS
   Jennifer A. Wargo, M.D., Harvard Medical School, and Kenneth Tanabe, M.D., F.A.C.S., Harvard Medical School
         
   
   
5. BREAST PROCEDURES
   Rena B. Kass, M.D., F.A.C.S., Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, D. Scott Lind, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Florida College of Medicine, and Wiley W. Souba, M.D., Sc.D., F.A.C.S., Ohio State University College of Medicine
         
   
   
6. LYMPHATIC MAPPING AND SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY
   Seth P. Harlow, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Vermont College of Medicine, David N. Krag, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Vermont College of Medicine, Douglas Reintgen, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of South Florida College of Medicine, Frederick L. Moffat, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Miami School of Medicine, and Thomas G. Frazier, M.D., F.A.C.S., Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
         
   
   
7. SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION PROCEDURES
   Joseph J. Disa, M.D., F.A.C.S., Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Eric G. Halvorson, M.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, and Himansu R. Shah, M.D., University of Nevada School of Medicine.
         
   
   
8. SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA
   Eric Kimchi, M.D., Penn State College of Medicine, Herbert Zeh, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Yixing Jiang, M.D., Ph.D., Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, and Kevin Staveley-O’Carroll, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., Penn State College of Medicine.
         
   
   
9. BENIGN BREAST DISEASE
   Doreen M. Agnese, M.D., F.A.C.S., Stephen P. Povoski, M.D., F.A.C.S., and Wiley W. Souba, M.D., Sc.D., F.A.C.S., Ohio State University College of Medicine
         
   
   

4. THORAX

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1. DYSPHAGIA
   Ahmad S. Ashrafi, M.D., F.R.C.S.C., University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and R. Sudhir Sundaresan, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.C., University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine
         
   
   
2. COUGH AND HEMOPTYSIS
   Raphael Bueno, M.D., F.A.C.S., Harvard Medical School, and Subroto Paul, M.D., Harvard Medical School
         
   
   
3. CHEST WALL MASS
   John C. Kucharczuk, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
         


4. PLEURAL EFFUSION
   Rafael S. Andrade, M.D., University of Minnesota Medical School, and Michael Maddaus, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Minnesota Medical School
         
   
   
5. SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE
   Shamus R. Carr, M.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Taine T. V. Pechet, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
         
   
   
6. PARALYZED DIAPHRAGM
   Bryan F. Meyers, M.D., F.A.C.S., Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and Benjamin D. Kozower, M.D., Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
         
   
   
7. OPEN ESOPHAGEAL PROCEDURES
   John Yee, M.D., F.R.C.S.C., University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, and Richard J. Finley, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.C., University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine
         
   
   
8. MINIMALLY INVASIVE ESOPHAGEAL PROCEDURES
   Marco G. Patti, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
         
   
   
9. CHEST WALL PROCEDURES
   Seth D. Force, M.D., Emory University School of Medicine
         
   
   
10. VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY
    Raja M. Flores, M.D., F.A.C.S., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Bernard Park, M.D., F.A.C.S., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and Valerie W. Rusch, M.D., F.A.C.S., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
          


11. MEDIASTINAL PROCEDURES
    Joseph B. Shrager, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Vivek Patel, M.B.B.S., University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
          
    
    
12. PERICARDIAL PROCEDURES
    Shari L. Meyerson, M.D., Duke University Medical Center, and Thomas A. D’Amico, M.D., F.A.C.S., Duke University School of Medicine
          


13. DECORTICATION AND PLEURECTOMY
    Eric S. Lambright, M.D., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
          
    
    
14. PULMONARY RESECTION
    Ara A. Vaporciyan, M.D., B.S., F.A.C.S., University of Texas Medical School at Houston
          
    
    
15. DIAPHRAGMATIC PROCEDURES
    Ayesha S. Bryant, M.D., M.S.P.H., University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, and Robert James Cerfolio, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.C.C.P., University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
          
    
    

5. GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT AND ABDOMEN

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1. ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN
   David I. Soybel, M.D., F.A.C.S., Harvard Medical School, and Romano Delcore, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Kansas Medical Center
         
   
   
2. ABDOMINAL MASS
   Wilber B. Bowne, M.D., State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine, and Michael E. Zenilman, M.D., F.A.C.S., State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine
         
   
   
3. JAUNDICE
   Jeffrey S. Barkun, M.D., F.A.C.S., McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Prosanto Chaudhury, M.D., McGill University Faculty of Medicine, and Alan N. Barkun, M.D., McGill University Faculty of Medicine
         
   
   
4. INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION
   W. Scott Helton, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, and Piero M. Fisichella, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
         
   
   
5. UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
   Eric S. Hungness, M.D., F.A.C.S., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
         
   
   
6. LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
   Michael J. Rosen, M.D., The Cleveland Clinic, and Jeffrey L. Ponsky, M.D., F.A.C.S., Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
         
   
   
7. MORBID OBESITY
   Harvey J. Sugerman, M.D., F.A.C.S., Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College of Virginia
         
   
   
8. TUMORS OF THE STOMACH, DUODENUM, AND SMALL BOWEL
   Jeffrey D. Wayne, M.D., F.A.C.S., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and Mark S. Talamonti, M.D., F.A.C.S., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
   
   
      


9. TUMORS OF THE PANCREAS, BILIARY TRACT, AND LIVER
   Steven M. Strasberg, M.D., F.A.C.S., Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and David C. Linehan, M.D., F.A.C.S., Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
         
   
   
10. PORTAL HYPERTENSION
    Clifford S. Cho, M.D., University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, and Layton F. Rikkers, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
          
    
    
11. CROHN DISEASE
    Susan Galandiuk, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.R.S., University of Louisville School of Medicine
          
    
    
12. DIVERTICULITIS
    John P. Welch, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Connecticut School of Medicine, and Jeffrey L. Cohen, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.R.S., University of Connecticut School of Medicine
          
    
    
13. FULMINANT ULCERATIVE COLITIS
    Roger D. Hurst, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.Ed., F.C.S.H.K., University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, and Fabrizio Michelassi, M.D., F.A.C.S., Weill Medical College of Cornell University
          
    
    
14. HEREDITARY COLORECTAL CANCER AND POLYPOSIS SYNDROMES
    Jose G. Guillem, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and Harvey G. Moore, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.R.S., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
          
    
    
15. ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE COLON AND RECTUM
    Bruce M. Brenner, M.D., F.A.C.S., Medical College of Wisconsin, and David M. Ota, M.D., F.A.C.S., American College of Surgeons Oncology Group
          
    
    
16. MOTILITY DISORDERS
    Nancy N. Baxter, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.S.C., F.A.S.C.R.S., University of Minnesota Medical School, and Robert D. Madoff, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.R.S., University of Minnesota Medical School
          
    
    
17. BENIGN RECTAL, ANAL, AND PERINEAL PROBLEMS
    David E. Beck, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.R.S., Ochsner Clinic Foundation
          
    
    
18. GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY
    Alicia Fanning, M.D., Cleveland Clinic, and Jeffrey L. Ponsky, M.D., F.A.C.S., Cleveland Clinic Health Sciences Center of the Ohio State University
          
    
    
19. BARIATRIC PROCEDURES
    Eric J. DeMaria, M.D., F.A.C.S., Duke University School of Medicine
          
    
    
20. PROCEDURES FOR BENIGN AND MALIGNANT GASTRIC AND DUODENAL DISEASE
    Thomas E. Clancy, M.D., Harvard Medical School, and Stanley W. Ashley, M.D., F.A.C.S., Harvard Medical School
          
    
    
21. CHOLECYSTECTOMY AND COMMON BILE DUCT EXPLORATION
    Gerald M. Fried, M.D., F.A.C.S., McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Liane S. Feldman, M.D., F.A.C.S., McGill University Faculty of Medicine, and Dennis R. Klassen, M.D., F.R.C.S.C., Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine
          
    
    
22. PROCEDURES FOR BENIGN AND MALIGNANT BILIARY TRACT DISEASE
    Bryce R. Taylor, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.C., University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, and Bernard Langer, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.C., University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
          
    
    
23. HEPATIC RESECTION
    Clifford S. Cho, M.D., University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, James Park, M.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and Yuman Fong, M.D., F.A.C.S., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,
          
    
    
24. PROCEDURES FOR BENIGN AND MALIGNANT PANCREATIC DISEASE
    Keith D. Lillemoe, M.D., F.A.C.S., Indiana University School of Medicine, Attila Nakeeb, M.D., F.A.C.S., Indiana University School of Medicine, and John L. Cameron, M.D., F.A.C.S., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
          
    
    
25. SPLENECTOMY
    Eric C. Poulin, M.D., M.Sc., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.C., University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Christopher M. Schlachta, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, and Joseph Mamazza, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.C., University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
          
    
    
26. ADRENALECTOMY
    Abdelrahman A. Nimeri, M.D.,University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine and L. Michael Brunt, M.D., F.A.C.S.,Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
          
    
    
27. OPEN HERNIA REPAIR
    Robert J. Fitzgibbons, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S., Creighton University School of Medicine, Alan T. Richards, M.D., F.A.C.S., Creighton University Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Thomas H. Quinn, Ph.D., Creighton University School of Medicine
          
    
    
28. LAPAROSCOPIC HERNIA REPAIR
    Liane S. Feldman, M.D., F.A.C.S., McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Marvin J. Wexler, M.D., F.A.C.S., McGill University Faculty of Medicine, and Shannon A. Fraser, M.D., McGill University Faculty of Medicine
          
    
    
29. INTESTINAL ANASTOMOSIS
    Julian Britton, M.S., F.R.C.S., University of Oxford
          
    
    
30. INTESTINAL STOMAS
    J. Graham Williams, M.Ch., F.R.C.S., Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK
          
    
    
31. APPENDECTOMY
    Hung S. Ho, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
          
    
    
32. PROCEDURES FOR DIVERTICULAR DISEASE
    Jeffrey L. Cohen, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.R.S., University of Connecticut School of Medicine, and John P. Welch, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Connecticut School of Medicine
          
    
    
33. PROCEDURES FOR ULCERATIVE COLITIS
    Robert R. Cima, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.R.S., Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Tonia M. Young-Fadok, M.D., M.S. F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.R.S., Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, and John H. Pemberton, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.R.S., Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
          
    
    
34. SEGMENTAL COLON RESECTION
    Toyooki Sonoda, M.D., Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and Jeffrey W. Milsom, M.D., F.A.C.S., Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
          
    
    
35. PROCEDURES FOR RECTAL CANCER
    David A. Rothenberger, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.R.S., University of Minnesota Medical School, and Rocco Ricciardi, M.D., University of Minnesota Medical School
          
    
    
36. PROCEDURES FOR RECTAL PROLAPSE
    Steven D. Wexner, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.R.S., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.Ed., Cleveland Clinic Florida, and Susan M. Cera, M.D., Cleveland Clinic Florida
          
    
    
37. ANAL PROCEDURES FOR BENIGN DISEASE
    Ira J. Kodner, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.R.S., Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
          
    
    
38. DISORDERS OF THE ADRENAL GLANDS
    L. Michael Brunt, M.D., F.A.C.S., Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
          
    
    

6. VASCULAR SYSTEM

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1. STROKE AND TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK
   Thomas S. Maldonado, M.D., New York University School of Medicine, and Thomas S. Riles, M.D., F.A.C.S., New York University School of Medicine
         
   
   
2. ASYMPTOMATIC CAROTID BRUIT
   Claudio S. Cinà, M.D., Sp. Chir. (It.), M.Sc., F.R.C.S.C., McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Catherine M. Clase, M.B., B.Chir., M.Sc., McMaster University Faculty of Medicine, and Aleksandar Radan, M.D., B.Sc., B.F.A., McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences
         
   
   
3. PULSATILE ABDOMINAL MASS
   Timothy A. Schaub, M.D, University of Michigan Medical Center, and Gilbert R. Upchurch, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Michigan Medical School
         
   
   
4. ACUTE MESENTERIC ISCHEMIA
   Melina R. Kibbe, M.D., F.A.C.S., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and Heitham T. Hassoun, M.D., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
         
   
   
5. PULSELESS EXTREMITY AND ATHEROEMBOLISM
   Sonny W. Tucker, Jr., M.D., Duke University School of Medicine, Vicken N. Pamoukian, M.D., F.A.C.S., Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, and Cynthia K. Shortell, M.D., F.A.C.S., Duke University School of Medicine
         
   
   
6. VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM
   John T. Owings, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
         
   
   
7. DIABETIC FOOT
   Cameron M. Akbari, M.D., F.A.C.S., Georgetown University School of Medicine, and Frank W. LoGerfo, M.D., F.A.C.S., Harvard Medical School
         
   
   
8. FUNDAMENTALS OF ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY
   Jon Matsumura, M.D., F.A.C.S., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and Joseph Vijungco, M.D., General and Vascular Associates, Reno, Nevada
         
   
   
9. SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE
   Wesley S. Moore, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
         
   
   
10. CAROTID ANGIOPLASTY AND STENTING
    Timothy M. Sullivan, M.D., F.A.C.S., Mayo Medical School
          
    
    
11. REPAIR OF INFRARENAL ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS
    Frank R. Arko, M.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Stephen T. Smith, M.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, and Christopher K. Zarins, M.D., F.A.C.S., Stanford University School of Medicine
          
    
    
12. AORTOILIAC RECONSTRUCTION
    Mark K. Eskandari, M.D., F.A.C.S., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
          
    
    
13. SURGICAL TREATMENT OF THE INFECTED AORTIC GRAFT
    Victor J. D'Addio, M.D., F.A.C.S., Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg, Virginia, and G. Patrick Clagett, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
          
    
    
14. MESENTERIC REVASCULARIZATION PROCEDURES
    Scott E. Musicant, M.D., Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine, Gregory L. Moneta, M.D., F.A.C.S., Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine, and Lloyd M. Taylor, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S., Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine
          
    
    
15. UPPER-EXTREMITY REVASCULARIZATION PROCEDURES
    John Byrne, M.Ch., F.R.C.S.I.(Gen.), Albany Medical College, Philip S. K. Paty, M.D., F.A.C.S., Albany Medical College, and R. Clement Darling III, M.D., F.A.C.S., Albany Medical College,
          
    
    
16. REPAIR OF FEMORAL AND POPLITEAL ARTERY ANEURYSMS
    Amir Kaviani, M.D., Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and Patrick J. O'Hara, M.D., F.A.C.S., Cleveland Clinic Foundation
          
    
    
17. INFRAINGUINAL ARTERIAL PROCEDURES
    William D. Suggs, M.D., F.A.C.S., Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, and Frank J. Veith, M.D., F.A.C.S., Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
          
    
    
18. VARICOSE VEIN SURGERY
    John F. Golan, M.D., F.A.C.S., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Donald M. Glenn, P.A.-C., Northshore Vascular Associates, John J. Bergan, M.D., F.A.C.S.,University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, and Luigi Pascarella, M.D., University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine
          
    
    
19. ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES FOR LOWER-EXTREMITY DISEASE
    Heather Y. Wolford, M.D., University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, and Mark G. Davies, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
          
    
    
20. LOWER-EXTREMITY AMPUTATION FOR ISCHEMIA
    William C. Pevec, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
          
    
    
21. RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION AND STENOSIS
    Michael T. Watkins, M.D., F.A.C.S., Harvard Medical School, and Marvin D. Atkins, M.D., Harvard Medical School
          
    
    
22. OPEN PROCEDURES FOR RENOVASCULAR DISEASE
    Matthew S. Edwards, M.D., F.A.C.S., Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Juan Ayerdi, M.D., Wake Forest University School of Medicine, and Kimberley J. Hansen, M.D., F.A.C.S., Wake Forest University School of Medicine
          
    
    
23. ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES FOR RENOVASCULAR DISEASE
    Juan Ayerdi, M.D., Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Matthew S. Edwards, M.D., F.A.C.S., Wake Forest University School of Medicine,, and Kimberley J. Hansen, M.D., F.A.C.S., Wake Forest University School of Medicine
          
    
    
24. RAYNAUD PHENOMENON
    Tina R. Desai, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, and Ryan Headley, M.D., University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
          
    
    
25. SCLEROTHERAPY
    William R. Finkelmeier, M.D., F.A.C.S., VeinSolutions, Indianapolis
          
    
    
26. VASCULAR AND PERITONEAL ACCESS
    Bernard Montreuil, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Montreal Faculty of Medicine, and Martine Leblanc, M.D., Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal, Canada
          
    
    
27. LOWER-EXTREMITY ULCERS
    Robert D. Galiano, M.D., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
          
    

7. TRAUMA AND THERMAL INJURY

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1. INITIAL MANAGEMENT OF LIFE-THREATENING TRAUMA
   Frederick A. Moore, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Texas Medical School at Houston, and Ernest E. Moore, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
         
   
   
2. INJURIES TO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
   Marike Zwienenberg-Lee, M.D., University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Kee D. Kim, M.D., University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, and J. Paul Muizelaar, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
         
   
   
3. INJURIES TO THE FACE AND JAW
   Seth Thaller, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Miami School of Medicine, and F. William Blaisdell, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
         
   
   
4. INJURIES TO THE NECK
   David H. Wisner, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, and Robert C. Jacoby, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
         
   
   
   
5. INJURIES TO THE CHEST
   Edward H. Kincaid, M.D., F.A.C.S., Wake Forest University School of Medicine, and J. Wayne Meredith, M.D., F.A.C.S., Wake Forest University School of Medicine
         


6. OPERATIVE EXPOSURE OF ABDOMINAL INJURIES AND CLOSURE OF THE ABDOMEN
   Erwin R. Thal, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, and Terence O'Keeffe, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S.Ed., University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas
         
   
   
7. INJURIES TO THE LIVER, BILIARY TRACT, SPLEEN AND DIAPHRAGM
   Jon M. Burch, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and Ernest E. Moore, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
         
   
   
8. INJURIES TO THE STOMACH, SMALL BOWEL, COLON AND RECTUM
   Jordan A. Weinberg, M.D., F.R.C.S.C., University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, and Timothy C. Fabian, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
         
   
   
9. INJURIES TO THE PANCREAS AND DUODENUM
   Gregory J. Jurkovich, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Washington School of Medicine
         


10. INJURIES TO THE GREAT VESSELS OF THE ABDOMEN
    David V. Feliciano, M.D., F.A.C.S., Emory University School of Medicine
          
    
    
11. INJURIES TO THE UROGENITAL TRACT
    Hunter Wessells, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Washington School of Medicine
          
    
    
12. INJURIES TO THE PELVIS AND EXTREMITIES
    J. C. Goslings, M.D., Ph.D., University of Amsterdam Academic Medical Center, K.J. Ponsen, M.D., University of Amsterdam Academic Medical Center, and O.M. van Delden, M.D., Ph.D., University of Amsterdam Academic Medical Center
          
    
    
13. INJURIES TO THE PERIPHERAL BLOOD VESSELS
    Todd R. Vogel, M.D., M.P.H., University of Washington School of Medicine, and Gregory J. Jurkovich, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Washington School of Medicine
          
    
    
14. MANAGEMENT OF THE PATIENT WITH THERMAL INJURIES
    Nicole S. Gibran, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Washington School of Medicine, and David M. Heimbach, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Washington School of Medicine
          
    
    
15. MANAGEMENT OF THE BURN WOUND
    Matthew B. Klein, M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine, David M. Heimbach, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Washington School of Medicine, and Nicole S. Gibran, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Washington School of Medicine
          
    
    
16. MISCELLANEOUS BURNS AND COLD INJURIES
    David M. Heimbach, M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine, and Nicole S. Gibran, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Washington School of Medicine
          
    
    
17. REHABILITATION OF THE BURN PATIENT
    Lee D. Faucher, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
          
    
    

8. CRITICAL CARE

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1. CARDIAC RESUSCITATION
   Terry J. Mengert, M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine
         
   
   
2. ACUTE CARDIAC DYSRHYTHMIA
   Caesar Ursic, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, East Bay Surgery Program, and Alden H. Harken, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, East Bay Surgery Program
         
   
   
3. SHOCK
   James W. Holcroft, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, John T. Anderson, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, and Matthew J. Sena, M.D., University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
         
   
   
4. The information in this subsection has been incorporated into Chapter 3, Shock.
   
   
5. PULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY
   Robert H. Bartlett, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Michigan Medical School, and Preston B. Rich, M.D, F.A.C.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
         
   
   
6. MECHANICAL VENTILATION
   Matthew J. Sena, M.D., University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, and Avery B. Nathens, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., University of Washington School of Medicine
         
   
   
7. ACUTE RENAL FAILURE
   Sean M. Bagshaw, M.D., M.Sc., F.R.C.P.C., Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Australia, and Rinaldo Bellomo, M.D., F.R.A.C.P., F.J.F.I.C.M., University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine and Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Australia
         
   
   
   
8. ACID-BASE DISORDERS
   John A. Kellum, M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Juan Carlos Puyana, M.D., F.A.C.S., Javeriana University School of Medicine, Bogotá, Columbia
         
   
   
9. HEPATIC FAILURE
   Juan R. Sanabria, M.D., M.Sc., F.A.C.S., Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and Achilles A. Demetriou, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., University Hospitals Health System, Cleveland
         
   
   
10. ENDOCRINE PROBLEMS
    Robert H. Bartlett, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Michigan Medical School, and Preston B. Rich, M.D, F.A.C.S., University of North Carolina School of Medicine
          
    
    
11. COMA, COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT, AND SEIZURES
    Maxim D. Hammer, M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
          
    
    
12. BRAIN FAILURE AND BRAIN DEATH
    David Crippen, M.D., F.C.C.M., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
          
    
    
13. MULTIPLE ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME
    John C. Marshall, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.C., University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
          
    
    
14. CLINICAL AND LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTION
    David C. Evans, M.D., F.A.C.S., McGill University Faculty of Medicine, and Jonathan L. Meakins, M.D., D.Sc., F.A.C.S., University of Oxford
          
    
    
15. ANTIBIOTICS
    Nicolas V. Christou, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., McGill University Faculty of Medicine
          
    
    
16. NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION
    E. Patchen Dellinger, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Washington School of Medicine
          
    
    
17. POSTOPERATIVE AND VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA
    Craig M. Coopersmith, M.D., F.A.C.S., Washington University School of Medicine, and Marin H. Kollef, M.D., Washington University School of Medicine
          
    
    
18. INTRA-ABDOMINAL INFECTION
    Robert G. Sawyer, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Virginia School of Medicine, Jeffrey S. Barkun, M.D., F.A.C.S., McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Robert L. Smith, M.D., University of Virginia School of Medicine, Tae Chong, M.D., University of Virginia School of Medicine, and George Tzimas, M.D., Kypselis General Hospital, Athens, Greece
          
    
    
19. FUNGAL INFECTION
    Pamela Lipsett, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.C.C.M, John Hopkins University School of Medicine
          
    
    
20. VIRAL INFECTION
    Jennifer W. Janelle, M.D., University of Florida College of Medicine, and Richard J. Howard, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., University of Florida College of Medicine
          
    
    
21. ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME
    Kathleen Casey, M.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and John Mihran Davis, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
          
    
    
22. NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT
    Rolando H. Rolandelli, M.D., F.A.C.S., Temple University Hospital, Dipin Gupta, M.D., F.A.C.S., Temple University School of Medicine, and Douglas W. Wilmore, M.D., F.A.C.S., Harvard Medical School
          
    
    
23. CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
    Jennifer J. Bonner, Pharm.D., University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Robert R. Bies, Pharm.D., Ph.D, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, Robert Weber, M.S., F.A.S.H.P., University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, and Samuel A. Tisherman, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.C.C.M., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine