A Focused history of surgery -- Preoperative and postoperative management -- Endoscopy and endoscopic intervention -- Fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery -- Laparoscopic staging and approaches to cancer -- Incisions, closures, and management of the abdominal wound -- Hernias -- Perspective on hernias -- Intestinal stomas -- Abdominal abscess and enteric fistulae -- Gastrointestinal bleeding -- Management of abdominal trauma -- Abdominal vascular emergencies -- Benign esophageal disorders -- Gastroesophageal reflux disease and hiatal hernia (Including paraesophageal) -- Perspective on benign esophageal disease -- Cancer of the esophagus -- Surgical procedures to resect and replace the esophagus -- Video-assisted thoracic surgery of the esophagus -- Perspective on malignant esophageal disease -- Benign gastric disorders -- Gastric adenocarcinoma and other gastric neoplasms (Except gastrointestinal stromal tumors) -- Perspective on gastric cancer -- Gastrointestinal stromal tumors -- Perspective on gastrointestinal stromal tumors -- Stomach and duodenum: operative procedures -- Morbid obesity and its surgical treatment -- Perspective on morbid obesity and its surgical treatment -- Small bowel obstruction -- Tumors of the small intestine -- Appendix, Meckel's, and other small bowel diverticula -- Diverticular disease and colonic volvulus -- Crohn's disease -- Ulcerative colitis -- Perspective on inflammatory bowel disease -- Tumors of the colon -- Laparoscopic colorectal procedures -- Perspective on colonic neoplasms -- Benign disorders of the anorectum (Pelvic floor, fissures, hemorrhoids, and fistulas) -- Cancer of the rectum -- Perspective on rectal cancer -- Cancer of the anus -- Hepatic abscess and cystic disease of the liver -- Benign and malignant primary liver neoplasms -- Hepatic colorectal metastases: resection, pumps, and ablation -- Perspective on liver surgery -- Portal hypertension -- Cholecystitis and cholelithiasis -- Choledocholithiasis and cholangitis -- Choledochal cyst and benign biliary strictures -- Cancer of the gallbladder and bile ducts -- Laparoscopic biliary procedures -- Perspective on biliary diseases -- Management of acute pancreatitis -- Complications of acute pancreatitis (Including pseudocysts) -- Chronic pancreatitis -- Perspective on management of patients with severe acute pancreatitis -- Cystic neoplasms of the pancreas -- Cancers of the periampullary region and the pancreas -- Endocrine tumors of the pancreas -- Perspective on pancreatic neoplasms -- The Spleen -- Adrenalectomy.
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The twelfth edition includes thirteen new "Perspective" chapters which feature expert commentary and alternative viewpoints on the the most clinicall relevant topics, as wel as added chapters on gastrointestinal belleding, abdominal trauma, and abdominal vascular emergencies - along with minimally invasive suregry chapters woven throughout the text - present current, ready-to-use insights designed to enhance surgical care and recovery - BOOK COVER.