Surgery

Fundamentals of Surgical Care.- Origins of Modern Surgery.- Evidence-Based Surgery.- Cell Structure, Function, and Genetics.- Mediators of Inflammation and Injury.- Substrate Metabolism.- Nutrition.- Perioperative Fluids and Electrolytes.- Hemostasis and Coagulation.- Transfusion Therapy.- Wounds: Biology, Pathology, and Management.- Diagnosis and Treatment of Infection.- Infections of Skin and Soft Tissue.- Intraabdominal Infections.- Nosocomial Infections.- Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock.- Shock and Resuscitation.- Perioperative Management.- Anesthesia.- Management of Perioperative Pain.- Biology and Practice of Trauma and Critical Care.- Development of Trauma and Critical Care.- Trauma Systems, Triage, and Disaster Management.- Monitoring of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Function.- Imaging of the Critically Ill Patient.- Risk Prediction, Disease Stratification, and Outcome Description in Critical Surgical Illness.- Burns and Inhalation Injury.- Traumatic Brain Injury.- Trauma to the Torso.- Trauma to the Pelvis and Extremities.- Vascular Trauma.- Traumatic Injury of the Spine.- Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome.- Mechanical Ventilation.- Renal Replacement Therapy.- Open Abdomen.- Principles of Surgical Rehabilitation.- Care of Unique Populations.- Pediatric Surgery.- Surgery in the Immunocompromised Patient.- Evidence-Based Bariatric Surgery.- Surgical Care of the Pregnant Patient.- Palliative and End-of-Life Care.- Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Surgery.- History of Surgery of the Gastrointestinal Tract.- Assessment of Acute Abdominal Symptoms.- Principles of Minimally Invasive Surgery.- Esophagus Benign Diseases of the Esophagus.- Malignant Tumors of the Esophagus.- Stomach and Duodenum.- Pancreas.- Biliary System.- Liver.- Small Intestine.- Colon, Rectum, and Anus.- Spleen.- Hernias and Abdominal Wall Defects.- Endocrine Surgery.- History of Endocrine Surgery.- Parathyroid.- Thyroid.- Adrenal.- Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas and Gastrointestinal Tract and Carcinoid Disease.- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia.- Vascular Surgery.- History of Vascular Surgery.- Pathobiology of Vascular Disease.- Cerebrovascular Disease.- Diseases of the Thoracic Aorta.- Diseases of the Great Vessels and the Thoracic Outlet.- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms.- Arterial Disease of the Lower Extremity.- Venous Disease and Pulmonary Embolism.- Vascular Access for Dialysis, Chemotherapy, and Nutritional Support.- Thoracic Surgery.- History of Cardiac Surgery.- Preoperative and Postoperative Care of the Thoracic Surgery Patient.- Lung Neoplasms.- Thoracic and Pulmonary Infections.- Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery.- Pleura: Anatomy, Physiology, and Disorders.- Mediastinum.- Congenital Heart Disease.- Adult Heart Disease.- Cardiac Replacement Therapy.- Transplantation Surgery.- History of Clinical Transplantation.- Immunology of Transplantation.- Rejection.- Principles of Organ Preservation.- Kidney Transplantation.- Pancreas and Islet Transplantation.- Liver Transplantation.- Transplantation of the Intestine.- Lung Transplantation.- Heart Transplantation.- Cancer Surgery.- History of Surgical Oncology.- Genetics of Cancer.- Fundamentals of Cancer Genomics and Proteomics.- Fundamentals of Cancer Cell Biology and Molecular Targeting.- Immunology of Cancer.- Principles of Cancer Surgery.- Radiation as an Adjunct to Surgery.- Benign and Malignant Diseases of the Breast.- Melanoma and Other Cutaneous Malignancies.- Soft Tissue Sarcoma.- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors.- Head and Neck Malignancies.- Surgical Emergencies in the Cancer Patient.- Nutritional Care of Cancer Patients.- Regional Therapy of Cancer.- Associated Disciplines.- Urology.- Gynecology.- Neurosurgery.- Orthopaedic Surgery.- Plastic Surgery.- Modern Practice of Surgery.- Technology, the Surgeon, and Surgical Innovation: An Introduction.- Biomaterials and the Evolution of Hernia Repair I: The History of Biomaterials and the Permanent Meshes.- Biomaterials and the Evolution of Hernia Repair II: Composite Meshes.- Biomaterials and the Evolution of Hernia Repair III: Biologically Derived Prosthetic Meshes.- Injectable Biomaterials in Surgery.- Energy Transfer in the Practice of Surgery.- Robot-Assisted Surgery: Technology and Current Clinical Status.