The physiologic approach to surgical therapy enables the reader to better understand not only the cause of clinical symptoms and signs, but also the physiologic... » 

The physiologic approach to surgical therapy enables the reader to better understand not only the cause of clinical symptoms and signs, but also the physiologic insult that invariably results when organs or portions of them are removed. Further, the altered pathophysiology imposed by certain surgical procedures and the adaptive physiologic processes that are brought into play are discussed. «