Amazon.com description: Product Description: Gastrointestinal Surgery: Pathophysiology and Management is an invaluable reference for medical students and surgical trainees. Written by Haile Debas, this book provides the unified approach found only in a single-authored text. Based on the three pillars of understanding particular disease processes – fundamental anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, and clinical correlations – surgical treatment of GI disease is presented as the means to correct abnormal physiology and restore health. Using an integrated approach of basic science and clinical practice, Dr. Debas allows for the student of surgery to gain a solid understanding of disease processes that minimizes the need for rote memorization. Thirteen lavishly illustrated chapters cover the GI system as well as gastrointestinal peptides and peptide-secreting tumors, abdominal trauma, the abdominal wall, surgery for morbid obesity, the liver, spleen and retroperitoneum, and perioperative care. Dozens of summary tables throughout each chapter condense "essentials" for quick reference. Comprehensive discussions of clinical disorders review the surgical treatment options. With 400 illustrations and tables, Gastrointestinal Surgery provides a clinical and therapeutic approach to surgical diseases which will prove invaluable to medical students, surgical trainees, and practitioners preparing for recertification.