Year Book of Surgery 2004

"The Year Book of Surgery" brings you abstracts of the articles that reported the year's breakthrough developments in surgery, carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to your practice. There's no faster or easier way to stay informed! Hot topics in the "2003 Year Book" include: advances in wound healing, changes in medical education and surgical practice, new innovations in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases, longitudinal follow-up of innovative therapies for malignant disease, advances in critical care, advances in the treatment of benign and malignant diseases of the lung, review of the developments in solid organ transplantation, vascular surgical diseases of special interest to general surgeons, longitudinal follow-up of the treatment of endocrine disease by surgical techniques, perioperative nutrition in surgical patients, and peritoneal adhesions after surgery. "The Year Book of Surgery" is published annually in September.