Part 1 book “The ABSITE review” has contents: Cell biology, blood products, medicines and pharmacology, fluids and electrolytes, wound healing, critical care, head and neck, plastics, skin, and soft tissues, trauma, nutrition, and other contents. | Acquisitions Editor: Keith Donnellan Product Manager: Brendan Huffman Production Project Manager: David Orzechowski Senior Manufacturing Coordinator: Beth Welsh Marketing Manager: Lisa Lawrence Senior Design Coordinator: Teresa Mallon Production Service: Absolute Service, Inc. © 2014 by LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, a WOLTERS KLUWER business Two Commerce Square 2001 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 USA Third edition ©2010 Second edition ©2008 First edition ©2004 All rights reserved. This book is protected by copyright. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means, including photocopying, or utilized by any information storage and retrieval system without written permission from the copyright owner, except for brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Materials appearing in this book prepared by individuals as part of their official duties as . government employees are not covered by the above-mentioned copyright. Printed in China ABSITE is a trademark of the American Board of Surgery, Inc., which neither sponsors nor endorses this book. Information contained in this book was obtained from vigorous review of general surgery textbooks and review books, from conferences, and from expert opinions. The ABSITE was not systematically reviewed, nor was it used as an outline for this manual. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fiser, Steven M., 1971The ABSITE review / Steven M. Fiser.—4th ed. p. ; cm. American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination review Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4511-8690-1 I. Title. II. Title: American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination review. [DNLM: 1. Surgical Procedures, Operative—Outlines. 2. Clinical Medicine—Outlines. WO ] —dc23 2013008038 Care has been taken to confirm the accuracy of the information presented and to describe generally accepted practices. However, the authors, editors, and publisher are not .