Translational Surgery is a surgery-specific instructional guide to translational medical research that serves as a practical, step-by-step roadmap for taking a biomedical device, potential therapeutic agent, or research question from idea through demonstrated clinical benefit. Fundamentally, the volume bridges the gap between current research and practice. Written by a team of expert medical, biomedical engineering, and clinical research experts in general surgery, this book provides a clear process for understanding, designing, executing and analyzing clinical and translational research within the field.