From the acute abdomen to the Whipple: general surgery, explained and organized for the way you decide and operate.General Surgery 2027 explains the disease biology, anatomy and evidence behind every surgical decision and connects them to what happens before, during and after the operation. In 42 chapters across 9 parts, it covers perioperative and critical care, trauma and emergency surgery, the entire gastrointestinal tract, hepatopancreatobiliary, breast, endocrine, vascular, thoracic and pediatric surgery. Every chapter closes with five board-style questions and full explanations, making it both a working textbook and a structured review for the ABSITE and the ABS Qualifying Examination.Inside this edition28 precision diagrams: the critical view of safety and Strasberg bile duct injuries, Couinaud liver segments, groin anatomy from the laparoscopic view, colon blood supply and Hinchey stages, the TME plane, Parks fistula types, recurrent laryngeal nerve anatomy, axillary levels, EVAR endoleaks and Gross esophageal atresia types.Principles: safety and ethics, preoperative risk, fluids and electrolytes, nutrition, hemostasis and transfusion, surgical infections and antimicrobial prophylaxis.Perioperative and critical care: wound healing, analgesia and enhanced recovery, shock and sepsis, postoperative complications, minimally invasive and robotic surgery.Trauma and emergency surgery: the primary survey and damage control, thoracic, neck, abdominal and pelvic trauma, burns, the acute abdomen.Gastrointestinal and HPB: esophagus, stomach, bariatric surgery, small bowel, appendix, colon, colorectal cancer, anorectal disease, liver, biliary tree, pancreas and spleen.Abdominal wall to vascular: hernia, breast, thyroid and parathyroid, adrenal, melanoma and sarcoma, arterial, aortic and venous disease, thoracic surgery and surgical oncology.Special populations: pediatric surgery, transplantation, pregnancy, older adults, cirrhosis, and urologic, gynecologic and hand emergencies.Decision algorithms, classification and staging tables, dosing boxes, red flags, clinical pearls and a teaching case in every chapter.210 board-style questions with explanations for the ABSITE and board certification.Written for surgical residents, general surgeons, medical students and surgical physician assistants and nurse practitioners who want the reasoning behind contemporary general surgery in a single volume.Available in paperback, hardcover and Kindle editions, with identical content in every format.Educational reference. Verify all drug doses and recommendations against current guidelines, prescribing information and institutional protocols. Read more
