By Courtney Townsend, MD, Professor and John Woods Harris Distinguished Chairman, Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX R. Daniel Beauchamp, MD, J. C. Foshee Distinguished Professor of Surgery, Chairman, Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University Schoolof Medicine; Surgeon-in-Chief, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, TN B. Mark Evers, MD, Professor and Robertson-Poth Distinguished Chair in General Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Kenneth Mattox, MD, Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Chief of Surgery, BenTaub General Hospital, Houston, TX Edited by R. Daniel Beauchamp, MD, J. C. Foshee Distinguished Professor of Surgery, Chairman, Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University Schoolof Medicine; Surgeon-in-Chief, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, TN B. Mark Evers, MD, Professor and Robertson-Poth Distinguished Chair in General Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Kenneth Mattox, MD, Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Chief of Surgery, BenTaub General Hospital, Houston, TX
By Courtney Townsend, MD, Professor and John Woods Harris Distinguished Chairman, Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX R. Daniel Beauchamp, MD, J. C. Foshee Distinguished Professor of Surgery, Chairman, Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University Schoolof Medicine; Surgeon-in-Chief, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, TN B. Mark Evers, MD, Professor and Robertson-Poth Distinguished Chair in General Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Kenneth Mattox, MD, Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Chief of Surgery, BenTaub General Hospital, Houston, TX Edited by R. Daniel Beauchamp, MD, J. C. Foshee Distinguished Professor of Surgery, Chairman, Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University Schoolof Medicine; Surgeon-in-Chief, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, TN B. Mark Evers, MD, Professor and Robertson-Poth Distinguished Chair in General Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Kenneth Mattox, MD, Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Chief of Surgery, BenTaub General Hospital, Houston, TX