Sabiston Textbook of Surgery 19/e 2012 The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice (Expert Consult Premium Edition

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"Must be on the bookshelf of everyone who is or aspires to be a surgeon." - JAMA, review of the last edition

Author Information

By Courtney M. Townsend, Jr., MD, Professor and John Woods Harris Distinguished Chairman, Robertson-Poth Distinguished Chair in General Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; Courtney M. Townsend, Jr., MD, Professor and John Woods Harris Distinguished Chairman, Robertson-Poth Distinguished Chair in General Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; R. Daniel Beauchamp, MD, J. C. Foshee Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Chairman, Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Surgeon-in-Chief, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, TN; B. Mark Evers, MD, Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Surgery, Director, Lucille P. Markey Cancer Center, Markey Cancer Foundation Endowed Chair, Physician-in-Chief, Oncology Service Line UK Healthcare, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky ; R. Daniel Beauchamp, MD, J. C. Foshee Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Chairman, Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Surgeon-in-Chief, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, TN; Kenneth L. Mattox, MD, Professor and Vice Chairman, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Chief of Staff and Chief of Surgery, BenTaub General Hospital, Houston, TX; B. Mark Evers, MD, Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Surgery, Director, Lucille P. Markey Cancer Center, Markey Cancer Foundation Endowed Chair, Physician-in-Chief, Oncology Service Line UK Healthcare, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky and Kenneth L. Mattox, MD, Professor and Vice Chairman, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Chief of Staff and Chief of Surgery, BenTaub General Hospital, Houston, TX