This second edition features fully revised and updated information on the evidence-based practice of surgery. It includes significant new sections on trauma and critical care on the often challenging surgical care of unique populations, such as the elderly, pediatric, immunocompromised, and obese patients. The second edition also adds new chapters on the pre- and post-operative care of the cardiac surgery patient, intestinal transplantation, surgical infections, the fundamentals of cancer genetics and proteomics, and discussions of electrosurgical instruments, robotics, imaging modalities, and other emerging technologies influencing the modern practice of surgery.

The text is enhanced by more than 1,000 illustrations and hundreds of the signature evidence-based tables that made the first edition of Surgery an instant classic.

From a review of the first edition:

"Has something for everyone, from the newest surgical resident to the established surgeon in practice." –-JAMA