Sabiston textbook of surgery :  the biological basis of modern surgical practic /   Textbook of surgery.  Courtney M. Townsend, Jr, MD, Professor, Robertson-Poth Distinguished Chair in General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, R. Daniel Beauchamp, MD, J.C. Foshee Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Section of Surgical Sciences, Professor of Surgery and Cell and developmental Biology and Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Surgen-in Chief, Vanerbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee, B. Mark Evers, MD, Professor and Vice-Chair for research, Department of Surgery, Director, Lucille P. Markey Cancer Center, Markey Cancer Foundation Endowed Chair, Physician-in Chief, Oncology Service Line UK Healthcare, University of Kentucky, Kenneth L. Mattox, MD, Professor and Vice Chairman, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Chief of Staff and Chief Surgery, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas.   - 20th edition.   - xxv, 2146 pages :  illustrations, portraits ;  29 cm.