Review of Surgery

Contents The Cell * Cytokines * Growth Factors * Neutrophiles * Macrophages * Lymphocytes * Nitrous Oxide * Normal Wound Healing * Abnormal Wound Healing * Chronic Wounds * Oncogenes * Tumor Suppressor Genes * Cancer Growth & Spread * Biopsy * Radiotherapy * Chemotherpy * Immunotherapy * Tumor Markers * Cancer Screening * The Sentinel Node * Surgical Ultrasound * CT & MRI * Isotope Scans * PET Scan * Angiography * Laser * Electrocautery * Statistical Tests * Clinical Trials * Surgical Pharmacology * Operative Risk * General Anesthesia * Regional Anesthesia * Local Anesthesia * Sedation & Analgesia * Neuromuscular Blockade * Surgical Microbes * Nosocomial Infections * Antibiotics * Soft Tissue Infections * Abdominal Sepsis * Metabolic Principles * Starvation & Stress * Response to Injury * Initial Trauma Evaluation * Nutrition * Coagulation * Anticoagulation * Coagulopathy * Hypercoagulable States * Transfusion * Shock Overview* Monitoring * Cardiovascular Medications * Compartment Syndromes * Thermal Injuries * Cold Injuries * Electrical Burns * Sodium * Potassium * Magnesium * Calcium * Phosphorus * Acidosis * Alkalosis * Renal Failure * Basic Immunology * Rejection * Therapeutic Immunosupprssion * Kidney Transplant * Liver Transplant *Pancreas Transplant * Heart/Lung Transplant * Immunocompromised Host * Head & Neck Cancer * Salivary Glands * Neck Trauma * Neck Dissection * Neck Masses * Thoracic Anatomy* Pulmonary Physiology * Pulmonary Function Tests * Respiratory Failure * Mechanical Ventilation * Congenital lung lesions * Lung cancer * The Pleura * Mediastinal Masses * The Chest Wall * Thoracic Outlet Syndrome * Chest Injuries * Cardiac Physiology * Congenital Heart Lesions * Myocardial Ischemia * Anatomy of the Breast * Breast Complaints * Benign Breast Lesions * In-Situ Breast Carcinoma * Invasive Breast Cancer * Inflammatory Breast Cancer * Phyllodes Tumors * The Male Breast * Skin Malignancy * Melanoma * Soft Tissue Sarcoma Lymphoma * Gastrointestinal Embryology * Gastrointestinal Symptoms * Esophageal Anatomy & Physiology * Esophageal Function Tests * Esophageal Motor Disorders * GERD * Esophageal Perforation & Injury * Esophageal Diverticula * Esophageal Tumors * Esophagectomy * Gastric Anatomy * Gastric Physiology * H. Pylori * Peptic Ulcers * Gastric Polyps * Gastric Cancer * Gastrointestinal Lymphoma * Gastroduodenal Surgery * Intestinal Anatomy * Digestion Gut Hormones * Intestinal Motility * Colorectal Physiology* Crohn’s Disease * Ulcerative Colitis * Small Bowel Neoplasms * Colonic Polyps * Colon Cancer * Rectal Cancer * Bowel Obstruction * Meckel’s Diverticulum * Liver Anatomy * Liver Functions * Hepatobiliary Imaging * Jaundice * Liver Masses * Liver Abscesses * Benign Liver Tumors * Malignant Liver Tumors * Hepatitis * Portal Hypertension * Liver Failure * Hepatectomy * Biliary Anatomy & Physiology * Biliary Infections * Biliary Dyskinesia * Biliary Strictures * Choledochal Cysts * Gallbladder Cancer * Pancreatic Anatomy * Pancreatic Anomalies * Pancreatic Physiology* Acute Pancreatitis * Chronic Pancreatitis * Pancreatic Pseudocysts * Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors * Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma * Pancreatic Surgery * The Spleen * Anatomy of Abdominal Wall Hernias * Physiology of Laparoscopy * Abdominal Trauma * Vascular Anatomy of the Lower Extremities* Vascular Anatomy of the Upper Extremities * Arterial Physiology * Venous Physiology* Noninvasive Vascular Testing * Acute Ischemia * Chronic Ischemia * Aneurysms * Renal Hypertension * Cerebrovascular Insufficiency * Mesenteric Ischemia * The Diabetic Foot * Chronic Venous Insufficiency * Vascular Trauma * Lymphatic System * The Newborn * Neonatal Abdomen * Neonatal Chest * Pyloric Stenosis * Pediatric Solid Tumors * Abdominal Wall Defect * Pediatric Trauma * Intussusception * Pediatric Hernia * Embryology of the Neck * Thyroid & Parathyroid Anatomy* Thyroid Physiology * Hyperthyoidism * Thyroid Nodules *