Essential Surgery

PRINCIPLES OF SURGICAL CARE Mechanisms of surgical disease and surgery in practice Managing physiological change in the surgical patient Immunology, inflammation and infection Shock and resuscitation Imaging and interventional techniques in surgery Screening for adult disease PERIOPERATIVE CARE Preoperative assessment Medical problems Blood transfusion Diagnosis and management of common postoperative problems Principles of operative surgery Complications of surgery Principles of cancer management Principles of transplantation surgery PRINCIPLES OF ACCIDENT SURGERY Major injuries Head and maxillofacial injuries Soft tissue injuries and burns SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT Non-acute abdominal pain and other abdominal symptoms and signs The acute abdomen and acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage Gallstone diseases and related disorders Peptic ulceration and related disorders Disorders of the oesophagus Tumours of the stomach and small intestine Tumours of the pancreas and hepatobiliary system Pancreatitis Appendicitis Colorectal polyps and carcinoma Chronic inflammatory disorders of the bowel Disorders of large bowel motility, structure and perfusion. Anal and perianal disorders Thoracic surgery Hernias and other groin problems Disorders of the male genitalia Symptoms and signs and investigation of urinary tract disorders Disorders of the prostate Tumours of the kidney and urinary tract Stone disease of the urinary tract Urinary tract infections Congenital disorders and diseases secondarily involving the urinary tract Pathophysiology, clinical features and diagnosis of vascular disease affecting the limbs Managing lower limb arterial insufficiency, the diabetic foot and major amputations Aneurysms and other peripheral arterial diseases Venous disorders of the lower limb Cardiac surgery Disorders of the breast Disorders of the skin Lumps in the head and neck and salivary calculi Disorders of the mouth Disorders

Awarded First Prize British Medical Association Book Awards 2008 "This is the best undergraduate surgical textbook I have seen for a long time. It may contain less detail than some of the classic texts but it is well-balanced for the current medical course. This is a book to be read and studied rather than a synopsis or aide m?moire to surgery to be carried in the pocket. There is of course a market for both but I would see this as being the more useful especially as the purchase price includes web access to the book. This is the book I will now be recommending to my students!" "The Fourth edition has been revised extensively. There is an excellent new chapter on screening...The book is divided into four major sections, the largest of which describes the symptoms, diagnosis and management of surgical problems in a traditional disease-based approach. The individual chapters are consistently well written and superbly illustrated." British Journal of Surgery 2009; 95; 535