title: Schwartz's Principles of Surgery
text: # Schwartz's Principles of Surgery
  
  Schwartz's Principles of Surgery is a seminal textbook of surgery originally written by Seymour Schwartz, MD. The first edition was published in 1969 by the McGraw-Hill. Latest edition has published in 2019 as the 11th edition in textbook's 50th anniversary. Publication years, from newest to the oldest editions, are 2019, 2015, 2010, 2005, 1999, 1994, 1989, 1984, 1979, 1974, 1969. It is one of the main textbooks for medical students and junior surgical residents.
  
  ## Contents
  
  Its ninth edition has 48 chapters.
  
  * Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Core Competences
  * Systemic Response to Injury and Metabolic Support
  * Fluid and Electrolyte Management of the Surgical Patient
  * Hemostasis, Surgical Bleeding and Transfusion
  * Shock
  * Surgical Infection
  * Trauma
  * Burns
  * Wound Healing
  * Oncology
  * Transplantation
  * Patient Safety
  * Physiologic Monitoring of the Surgical Patient
  * Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotics, and Natural Office Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery
  * Molecular and Genomic Surgery
  * The Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue
  * The Breast
  * Disorders of the Head and Neck
  * Chest Wall, Lung, Mediastinum, and Pleura
  * Congenital Heart Disease
  * Acquired Heart Disease
  * Thoracic Aneurysms and Aortic Dissection
  * Arterial Disease
  * Venous and Lymphatic Disease
  * Esophagus and Diaphragmatic Hernia
  * Stomach
  * The Surgical Management of Obesity
  * Small Intestine
  * Colon, Rectum, and Anus
  * The Appendix
  * Liver
  * Gallbladder and the Extrahepatic Biliary System
  * Pancreas
  * Spleen
  * Abdominal Wall, Omentum, Mesentery, and Retroperitoneum
  * Soft Tissue Sarcomas
  * Inguinal Hernias
  * Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Adrenal
  * Pediatric Surgery
  * Urology
  * Gynecology
  * Neurosurgery
  * Orthopedic Surgery
  * Surgery of the Hand and Wrist
  * Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  * Surgical Considerations in the Elderly
  * Anesthesia of the Surgical Patient
  * Ethics, Palliative Care, and Care at the End of Life
  