General concepts -- Wound healing / Joseph Harari -- Control of infection / Joseph Harari -- Shock / Steven L. Marks -- Anesthesia / Leigh A. Lamont -- Perioperative pain management / Leigh A. Lamont -- Acupuncture / Andrea L. Looney -- Physical therapy / Lin McGonagle -- Perioperative nutrition / Sheila M. McCullough -- Dressings and external coaptation / Joseph Harari -- Monitoring the postoperative patient / Steven L. Marks -- Minimally invasive surgery / Timothy C. McCarthy -- Arthroscopy / Timothy C. McCarthy -- Sutures and staples / Brad R. Coolman -- Laser surgery / Tom R. Fry and Kenneth E. Bartels -- Reconstructive microsurgery / J. David Fowler -- Soft tissue surgery -- Skin grafts / Steven F. Swaim -- Skin flaps / J. David Fowler -- Management of burn wounds / J. David Fowler -- Ear canal resection, ablation, and bulla osteotomy / Elizabeth J. Laing -- Salivary gland diseases / Marie-Eve Nadeau -- Brachycephalic syndrome / Holly S. Mullen -- Laryngeal paralysis / Robert M. Radasch -- Tracheostomy / D. Michael Tillson -- Tracheal resection and anastomosis / D. Michael Tillson -- Pulmonary lobectomy / Robin H. Holtsinger -- Chylothorax / Dianne Dunning -- Thoracic wall resection and reconstruction / D. Michael Tillson -- Patent ductus arteriosus / Cathy L. Greenfield -- Cardiac valvular surgeries / Dianne Dunning -- Persistent right aortic arch / Cathy L. Greenfield -- Pericardectomy / Cathy L. Greenfield -- Esophageal foreign bodies / Douglas M. MacCoy -- Diaphragmatic hernias / D. Michael Tillson -- Hepatic lobectomy / Sheldon L. Padgett -- Portosystemic shunts / Sheldon L. Padgett -- Biliary surgery / Sheldon L. Padgett -- Gastric dilation-volvulus / Brad R. Coolman -- Gastric outflow obstruction / Cathy L. Greenfield -- Gastrointestinal foreign bodies / Brad R. Coolman -- Intussusception / Douglas M. MacCoy -- Intestinal volvulus / Joseph Harari -- Open peritoneal drainage / Cathy L. Greenfield -- Megacolon / Giselle Hosgood -- Rectal tumors / Giselle Hosgood -- Perianal fistulae / Giselle Hosgood -- Perineal hernia / John T. Silbernagel -- Anal sac disease / John T. Silbernagel -- Adrenalectomy / Elaine Caplan -- Pancreatectomy / Elaine Caplan -- Splenectomy / Joseph Harari -- Thyroid and parathyroid hyperplasia and neoplasia / Sheldon L. Padgett -- Renal neoplasia and calculi / Dennis E. Olsen -- Ectopic ureters / C. W. Smith -- Ureteral tears and calculi / Dennis E. Olsen -- Urinary bladder calculi and neoplasia / Trevor N. Bebchuk -- Urethrostomies / C. W. Smith -- Pyometra / Robin H. Holtsinger -- Episiotomy and episioplasty / Robin H. Holtsinger -- Mastectomy / Elaine Caplan -- Prostatic diseases / MaryAnn Radlinsky -- Ectopic and neoplastic testicles / Holly S. Mullen -- Orthopedic surgery -- Principles of fracture repair / Robert M. Radasch -- Mandible and maxilla fractures / Kristi M. Sandman -- Fractures of the scapula / Joseph Harari -- Fractures of the humerus / Spencer A. Johnston -- Fractures of a radius and ulna / Joseph Harari -- Traumatic injuries of the carpus and metacarpus / Joseph Harari -- Pelvic fractures / C. W. Smith -- Fractures of the femur / Spencer A. Johnston -- Fractures of the tibia and fibula / Joseph Harari -- Traumatic injuries of the tarsus and metatarsus / Joseph Harari -- Physeal fractures / Randy J. Boudrieau -- Orthopedic complications / Joseph Harari -- Growth deformities / Ann L. Johnson -- Bone grafting / Ann L. Johnson -- Developmental bone diseases / Joseph Harari -- Osteochondrosis / Joseph Harari -- Elbow dysplasia / Mary K. Quinn -- Hip dysplasia / Ronald M. McLaughlin -- Traumatic joint luxations / Ronald M. McLaughlin -- Patellar luxations / C. W. Smith -- Cruciate ligament injuries and treatments / Robert M. Radasch -- Meniscectomy / Elizabeth J. Laing -- Tendon injuries / Ronald M. McLaughlin -- Traumatic myopathies / Randall B. Fitch -- Arthrodesis / Trevor N. Bebchuk -- Osteomyelitis / Joseph Harari -- Osteoarthritis / Spencer A. Johnston -- Neurosurgery -- Intervertebral disc disease / Ron McLaughlin -- Vertebral fractures and luxations / Otto Lanz -- Neoplasms of the spine / Otto Lanz -- Cervical Vertebral instability / Tom Fry -- Lumbosacral disease / Lisa S. Klopp -- Peripheral nerve surgery / Curtis W. Dewey -- Brain injury / Curtis W. Dewey -- Brain tumors / Curtis W. Dewey -- Oncologic surgery -- Principles of oncologic surgery / Nicole Ehrhart -- Bone tumors / Nicole Ehrhart -- Soft tissue sarcomas / Nicole Ehrhart -- Oral tumors / Bernard Seguin -- Cutaneous and subcutaneous tumors / Bernard Seguin -- Dental surgery -- Exodontia / Sandra Manfra Marretta -- Palatal defects / Sandra Manfra Marretta -- Veterinary surgery as a specialty -- Academic versus private practice / Joseph Harari -- Surgeons in industry / Lynetta Freeman.