Schwartz's Principles of Surgery, Ninth Edition

W.B. SAUNDERS COMPANY A Harcourt Health Sciences Comharcv Now, all 2,100 pages and 1,725 illustrations of the standardsetting Principles of Surgery are always right at your fingertips-with this versatile, easy-to-navigate CD-ROM. Whether you're a resident gearing up for board exams or a practitioner who needs at-a-glance answers to surgical questions, this rapid access electronic teaching tool is absolutely ideal. Reflected here are all the updates of the text's seventh edition; leading-edge insights on the science and practice of surgery from a host of new contributors; and new chapters on transplantation, surgical oncology, trauma, and more. You'll also discover: • More than 700 PreTest® self-assessment questions and answers with detailed explanations • Videos of 27 surgical procedures including the latest laparoscopic techniques • Quick-access, hyperlinked text for easy and extensive cross-referencing • Bookmarks and "sticky note" features that customize the database to your needs MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Windows System Requirements • Windows 95, 98 or NT 4.0 • Pentium 120 processor or better • 32 MB RAM • 30 MB free disk space • VGA monitor, 256 colors (800 x 600, 16-bit color recommended) • 4X CD-ROM • Netscape 4 or Internet Explorer required for PreTest® (Netscape 4 is included) Macintosh System Requirements: • Mac OS 7.6.1 or higher • 603e 100 MHz PowerPC processor or better • 40 MB RAM (64 MB RAM recommended) • 20 MB free disk space • VGA monitor, thousands of colors (800x 600 recommended) • 4X CD-ROM • Netscape 4 or Internet Explorer required for PreTest• (Netscape 4 is included)

About the Author

Editor-in-Chief F. Charles Brunicardi, MD, FACS DeBakey/Bard Professor and Chairman, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Associate Editors: Dana K. Andersen, MD, FACS Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Surgeon-in-Chief, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Baltimore, MD Timothy R. Billiar, MD, FACS George Vance Foster Professor and Chairman of Surgery Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA David L. Dunn, MD, PhD, FACS Vice President for Health Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, Buffalo, NY John G. Hunter, MD, FACS Mackenzie Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR Jeffrey B. Matthews, MD, FACS Dallas B. Phemister Professor and Chairman Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD, FACS Head, Divisin of Surgery, Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgical Oncology, Senator A.M. Aiken, Jr., Distinguished Chair, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX