A new edition of the leading surgery resource for medical students, residents and surgeons. The extensively updated volume provides coverage of both general surgery and all surgical specialties. Epidemiology, pathophysiology, pathology and general medical and surgical topics are incorporated and chapters are grouped by organ system as well as by topics such as preparation, postoperative care and surgical complications.

Gerard M. Doherty, MD
N.W. Thompson Professor of Endocrine Surgery
Chief, Division of Endocrine Surgery
Section Head, General Surgery
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Lawrence W. Way, MD
Professor &Vice Chair
Department of Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California