Gray's Surgical Anatomy
- 2nd Edition - August 21, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Peter A. Brennan, Susan Standring, Sam M. Wiseman
- Language: English
Written and edited by expert surgeons in collaboration with a world-renowned anatomist, this exquisitely illustrated reference consolidates surgical, anatomical, and technical kn… Read more
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Gray's Surgical Anatomy is especially appropriate for surgeons in training and has become the “go-to” five-star text for postgraduate examinations where candidates are required to demonstrate a knowledge of applied surgical anatomy.
- Expert content written by surgeons for surgeons, overseen by co-editors and internationally recognised surgeons Peter A. Brennan and Sam Wiseman, with all anatomical detail quality assured by co-editor and Gray's Anatomy Editor-in-Chief, Susan Standring; section editors and contributors are global leaders in areas such as head and neck surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, and general surgery
- Features superb colour photographs from the operating theatre, accompanied by detailed explanatory artwork and figures from the latest imaging modalities, plus summary tables, dozens of cadaveric and intra-operative videos, up-to-date self-assessment questions, and case-based scenarios—making it an ideal reference and learning package for surgeons and trainees at all levels
- Reflects contemporary practice with chapters logically organised by anatomical region, designed for relevance to surgeons across a wide range of subspecialties, practice types, and clinical settings, and aligned with the requirements of current surgical training curricula
- Contains new sections on Surgical Anatomy Teaching: Evidenced Based Approaches; Moral Injury/Moral Damage; Endovascular Surgery; and Gender Reassignment Surgery/Transgender Surgery; as well as enhanced coverage of human factors and minimising error; the root of the neck; vascular anatomy; considerations relevant to robotic surgery; and much more
- Maximises day-to-day practical application with depictions of key anatomical features and relationships that are essential for safe surgical practice throughout, as well as clearly signposted “Tips and Anatomical Hazards”
- Integrates essential anatomy for robotic and minimal access approaches, including laparoscopic and endoscopic techniques
- Provides online access to supplementary operative and cadaveric dissections videos and self-assessment material to bring content to life, add further clarity, and test your understanding of key surgical anatomy concepts
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Section 1: Introduction
1. A short history of surgery
2. Understanding Human factors to improve patient safety and team performance
Peter A. Brennan, Umar Rehman, Mohammad S. Sarwar, Elizabeth S. Brennan, Mike Davidson and Stephen Jarvis
3. Beyond Location and Function: The Evolution of Anatomy Education for Surgeons
Lucas Streith, Faizal Aminmohamed Haji and Sam M. Wiseman
4. Moral Injury – the concept and its implications
Danë Goodsman
Section 2: Head and Neck
5. Overview of the head and neck
Susan Standring, Rabindra P. Singh and Peter A. Brennan
6. Facial bone osteology and naso-ethmoidal complex
Nabeela Ahmed
7. Face and scalp
Velupillai Ilankovan and Tian Ee Seah
8. Orbital anatomy
Daniel van Gijn
9. Orbit and Eye
Daniel Ezra and Laxmi Raja
10. Nose and paranasal sinuses
Claire Hopkins
11. Infratemporal fossa and pterygopalatine fossa
Madan Ethunandan
12. Temporomandibular joint
Ajoy Roychoudhury, Krushna Bhatt and Kamalpreet Kaur
13. Mouth
Niall M H McLeod, Niall Mark Hamilton Mcleod and Elizabeth A. Gruber
14. Salivary glands
Adal Mirza and Emma King
15. External and middle ear
EYTAN A. DAVID
16. Surgical anatomy of the temporal bone
Zachary Kons, Obinna I. Nwosu and Matthew G. Crowson
17. Neck
Peter A. Brennan, Susan Standring and Rabindra P. Singh
18. Pharynx
Eitan Prisman and Cornelius Kürten
19. Larynx
Nicholas Gibbins
20. Thyroid and parathyroid glands
Sam M. Wiseman
Section 3: Neuroanatomy
21. Neurosurgical anatomy
Peter C. Whitfield
22. Surgical Anatomy of the Sellar and Parasellar Regions
Kumar Abhinav, Mustafa Motiwala, Yujiro Obikane and Juan Carlos Fernandez-Miranda
23. Surgical anatomy of the cerebellopontine angle
David Bennett, Aditaya Kumar and William Taylor
24. Surgical Anatomy of the foramen magnum and inferior clivus
Kumar Abhinav, Mustafa Motiwala, Yujiro Obikane, Wei-Hsin Wang and Juan Carlos Fernandez-Miranda
25. Ventricular system
Greg James and Nishchit Hegde
26. Cerebral hemispheres and white matter tracts
Sandip Panesar, Kumar Abhinav, Mustafa Motiwala and Juan Carlos Fernandez-Miranda
27. Cerebral vasculature
Adrian Zammit and Peter C. Whitfield
28. Basal ganglia and thalamus
Erlick A.C. Pereira and Rahul S. Shah
29. Surgical anatomy of the brainstem and pineal region
Kristian Aquilina, Matthew A. Kirkman and Julia Sharma
30. Surgical anatomy of the spinal cord
Erlick A.C. Pereira and Aswin Chari
Section 4: Back and Spine
31. Surgical overview of the back and spine
Aniruddh Agrawal and Jason M. Cuéllar
32. Intervertebral joints, foramina and ligaments
Eli M. Baron and Corey T. Walker
33. Cervical spine
Jason Harvey and Sushmith Ramakrishna Gowda
34. Thoracic spine
Aniruddh Agrawal
35. Lumbar spine, Sacrum and Coccyx
Ronald A. Lehman Jr., Lee A. Tan and Samer Zammar
36. Anatomy of lumbar puncture and epidural analgesia
Christopher Zarembinski
Section 5: Upper Limb
37. Overview of the upper limb
Alistair Charles Ross
38. Supraclavicular and infraclavicular regions
Chye Yew Ng
39. Axilla
Cristian David Valenzuela and John Vetto
40. Shoulder girdle and upper arm
Gev Bhabra, Chetan S. Modi and Neal Rupani
41. Elbow and forearm
Adam C. Watts and Dafydd Edwards
42. Wrist and hand
Grey Giddins and David Joseph Shewring
Section 6: Thorax
43. Overview of the thorax and diaphragm and surgical anatomy of the chest wall
Donna Eaton and Maninder Kalkat
44. Great vessels: ascending aorta, arch, descending aorta, great veins, access
Mark Field, Ahmed Othman, Deborah Harrington, Manoj Kuduvalli and George Gradinariu
45. Oesophagus, thoracic duct and lymphatics
Ravinder Singh Vohra, ASHRAF TOKHI and Neil Welch
46. Pleura and thoracic sympathetic trunk
Sridhar Rathinam and Michael Shackcloth
47. Lungs, bronchi and trachea
Tom Routledge and Carol Tan
48. Thymus
Karen Christina Redmond and Mohammad A. Aladaileh
49. Pericardium, pericardial drainage
Cha Rajakaruna and Neil Cartwright
50. Heart: echocardiographic anatomy for surgeons
Madalina Garbi and Narain Moorjani
51. Mitral and tricuspid valves
Narain Moorjani
52. Aortic valve, aortic root, left ventricular outflow tract and pulmonary valve
Rana Sayeed and Nigel Edward Drury
53. Ventricles, coronary vessels and access to conduits for grafting
Sunil Ohri and Attilio Andrea Lotto
54. Breast, structure and development, lymphatic drainage etc
Doctor Nathalie George Johnson
55. Endovascular surgery
Colin Bicknell and Safa Salim
Section 7: Abdomen
56. Overview of the abdomen
Akie Watanabe and Sam M. Wiseman
57. Anterior Abdominal Wall
Duncan Stephen George Scrimgeour, Sam M. Wiseman and James Noyes
58. Inguinal Region
Daphne Lu, Denise Tami Yamashita and Sam M. Wiseman
59. Posterior abdominal wall and retroperitoneum
Elliot Mitmaker, Rajam Raghunathan and Amin Madani
60. The mesentery, peritoneum and peritoneal cavity
John Calvin Coffey, Peter Dockery and Dara Walsh
61. Abdominal Oesophagus and Stomach
Peter Joseph DiPasco, Erich Matthew Wessel, Luke Vail Selby, Corey Hounschell and Mazin Al-Kasspooles
62. Small intestine
Todd McMullen
63. Colon, rectum and anus
Scott R. Steele, Ayman Khan and Michael Goldenshluger
64. Liver
Elijah Dixon, Amar Gupta and Aaron Dinerman
65. Liver biopsy, resections and brief overview of transplantation
Pilar Leal-Leyte, Daniel Zamora-Valdes and Peter Kim
66. Pancreas, Gall bladder and biliary tree
Jane Wang, Makda Getachew Zewde, Jennifer C. Felix and Adnan Alseidi
67. Spleen
Dimitrios Stefanidis, Wendy Li and Dimitrios I. Athanasiadis
68. Adrenal glands
Adrienne Melck and Aiya Amery
69. Development and congenital anomalies of the gastrointestinal tract and its adnexae
Nathan Wiseman
70. Endoscopic anatomy of the gastrointestinal tract
Adam Veres Weizman, Kyle J. Fortinsky, Youstina Hanna and Jeffrey D. Mosko
Section 8: Pelvic Viscera: Urogenital System
71. Overview of pelvic viscera
Alex Hampson, Oussama Elhage, Charlotte Foley, Timothy Lane, Ben Challacombe and Nikhil Vasdev
72. Urinary tract (kidneys, ureters, bladder)
Ben Challacombe, Ben Pullar, Joris Vangeneugden and Karel Decaestecker
73. Bladder and urethra
Jonathan Kam, Brian Andrew Parsons, Karthik Rajan, Bhavan Prasad Rai, Nikhil Vasdev and Ramesh Thurairaja
74. Pelvic inlet, pelvic floor and perineum
Arun Sahai, Rajesh Nair and Alexis Schizas
75. Male reproductive system
Anthony Emmanuel, Asif Muneer and Majid Shabbir
76. Prostate
Ross Warner, Nikhil Vasdev, Jeremy Teoh and Prokar Dasgupta
77. Female reproductive system
Ahmad and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Sayasneh and Narin Suleyman
78. Gender Reassignment Surgery/Transgender Surgery
Giulio Garaffa, Luca Ongaro, Francesco Claps and Carlo Trombetta
79. Development and congenital anomalies of Urogenital system
Arash K. Taghizadeh and Shabnam Undre
Section 9: Bony Pelvis and Lower Limb
80. Overview of the pelvis and lower limb
R Shane Tubbs
81. Vascular anatomy of the lower limb
Rachael Olivia Forsythe and Robert J. Hinchliffe
82. Innervation of the lower limb and nerve blockade techniques
Andrew Carlos Vivas, Juan S. Uribe and Juan Pedro Giraldo Sr.
83. Pelvic girdle
R Shane Tubbs
84. Hip
Florence Unno, James Learned and Keith Mayo
85. Thigh
Karen Kim Evans, Marissa Suchyta, Samir Mardini, Christian Lava, Yunsoo Lee, Michael V. Carter and Mike McCurdy
86. Popliteal fossa
Mazin Fageir
87. Knee
Mazin Fageir
88. Compartments of the leg
Keishiro Kikuchi and Kosuke Tabuchi
89. Ankle
Alastair Younger and Husam Alrumaih
90. Foot
Alastair Younger and Husam Alrumaih
Appendices: Online
Eponyms
Susan Standring and Sam M. Wiseman
"This book is well done and I will recommend it highly to my colleagues. It is well written without being overly wordy and has high quality images and good clinical correlations." -Abhishek Kashyap, MD (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics) Doody's Review Score: 94-4 Stars!
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: August 21, 2026
- Language: English
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