Mulholland & Greenfield's Surgery: Scientific Principles and Practice

Editors

Justin B. Dimick (Editor), Hasan B. Alam, MD (Editor), Timothy M. Pawlik, MD, MPH, MTS, PhD (Editor), Mary T. Hawn (Editor), Julie Ann Sosa, MD (Editor), and Dawn Marie Coleman, MD (Editor)

ISBN: 9781975243555

Published: June 1, 2026

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Description

With its emphasis on quick-access, easy-to-digest content, Mulholland & Greenfield's Surgery: Scientific Principles and Practice, Eighth Edition, is a gold-standard text for today's residents and practicing surgeons. Edited by Drs. Justin B. Dimick, Hasan B. Alam, Timothy M. Pawlik, Mary Hawn, Julie Ann Sosa, and new co-editor Dr. Dawn M. Coleman, it balances scientific advances with clinical practice, reflecting rapid changes, new technologies, and innovative techniques in current surgical care.

Key Features

• Covers general scientific principles such as inflammation, shock, nutrition, and pain management, followed by surgical practice chapters arranged by organ system, so residents can move from foundational physiology directly into the operative approach for that system.
• Features over 2,000 full-color illustrations, anatomic drawings, and intraoperative photographs across 1,984 pages, making it usable as a working operative reference, not just a study text.
• Lists decision-making algorithms at the front of the book, with Key Points and margin numbering in every chapter for fast intraoperative or on-call reference.

Coverage

Scientific Principles of Surgery, Inflammation and Immunity, Shock and Resuscitation, Nutrition in Surgical Patients, Pain Management, Organ-System Surgical Practice, Perioperative Care, Surgical Technology and Innovation, Operative Decision-Making

About the Authors

This eighth edition is edited by a team of leading academic surgeons: Justin B. Dimick, Hasan B. Alam, MD, Timothy M. Pawlik, MD, MPH, MTS, PhD, Mary T. Hawn, Julie Ann Sosa, MD, and new co-editor Dawn Marie Coleman, MD, bringing together expertise across general surgery, surgical oncology, trauma and critical care, and vascular surgery.

Table of Contents

Organized in two major sections: general scientific principles of surgery (inflammation, shock, nutrition, pain management, and related foundational topics), followed by surgical practice chapters arranged by organ system, with decision-making algorithms collected at the front of the book for fast reference. A detailed chapter-by-chapter listing is available on request from the publisher.

Why buy this book?

At nearly 2,000 pages and nine editions of refinement (this is the 8th), Mulholland & Greenfield's has earned its place as a gold-standard reference rather than just another survey text — the kind of book a surgical library needs one current edition of, not several outdated ones. The organ-system organization paired with over 2,000 illustrations and front-of-book decision algorithms makes it as usable in daily clinical reference as it is in resident training, which is why it remains a staple across both academic and hospital library surgery collections.

Keywords

general surgery textbook, surgical principles and practice, surgery resident reference, operative decision-making, surgical scientific principles, organ-system surgery, surgical illustrations atlas

Target Audience

General surgeons, surgical residents, academic medical libraries, surgical trainees

Genre

Surgery

Q&A

What is the difference between the scientific principles and practice sections of this book?
The book opens with general scientific principles of surgery — inflammation, shock, nutrition, pain management — before moving into surgical practice chapters organized by organ system.

Who edits this edition?
Justin B. Dimick, Hasan B. Alam, Timothy M. Pawlik, Mary T. Hawn, and Julie Ann Sosa return as editors, joined by new co-editor Dawn Marie Coleman for the 8th edition.

Is this book useful as a clinical reference, or only for training?
Both — the front-of-book decision-making algorithms and margin Key Points are designed for quick clinical reference, while the organ-system structure supports resident training.

How is the book illustrated?
With over 2,000 full-color illustrations, anatomic drawings, and intraoperative photographs throughout its 1,984 pages.

Where can I buy Mulholland & Greenfield's Surgery?
This title is available directly from CLNZ Books, with worldwide shipping and secure payment.

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