Description
Essential Surgery is well-established as one of the leading textbooks of surgery for medical students, core surgical
trainees and those in professions allied to medicine. Covering general surgery, trauma, orthopaedics, vascular surgery,
urology, paediatric surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, maxillofacial surgery and ENT, it also incorporates
appropriate levels of basic science throughout.
The book is ideal to accompany clinical courses, as well as being a practical manual for readers at more advanced
levels requiring a revision aid for exams. Its main aim is to stimulate the reader to a greater enjoyment and
understanding of the practice of surgery.
emphasis on the principles of surgery will enable a real understanding of the subject matter.
particular treatments are used.
between basic medical sciences and clinical problems.
emphasises important concepts and will promote easy revision of topics.
common operations, enabling students and trainee surgeons to properly understand procedures and to participate
intelligently in the operating department.
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includes new scientific and clinical concepts that have advanced medical understanding.
in the addition of new topics including an emphasis on peri-operative care optimisation, enhanced recovery programmes,
antibiotic use and resistance, updated cancer staging, minimally invasive surgery, and the evolving role of
interventional radiology.
communication, consent, clinical audit and principles of research.
specialist expertise, have brought a contemporary perspective on the book’s contents and its presentation.
including major haemorrhage management pathways and trauma.
Section A. Principles of Surgical Care
1. Mechanisms of Surgical Disease and Surgery in Practice
2. Managing Physiological Change in the Surgical Patient
3. Immunity, Inflammation and Infection
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4. Shock and Resuscitation
5. Imaging and Interventional Techniques in Radiology and Surgery
6. Screening for Adult Disease
Section B. Perioperative Care
7. Preoperative Assessment and Management of Postoperative Problems
8. Medical Problems
9. Blood Transfusion
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10. Principles and Techniques of Operative Surgery Including Neurosurgery
11. Elective Orthopaedics
12. Complications of Surgery
13. Principles of Cancer Management
14. Principles of Transplantation Surgery
Section C. Principles of Trauma Surgery
15. Major Trauma
16. Head and Maxillofacial Injuries
17. Soft Tissue Injuries and Burns
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18. Nonacute Abdominal Pain and Other Abdominal Symptoms and Signs
19. The Acute Abdomen and Acute Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage
20. Gallstone Diseases and Related Disorders
21. Peptic Ulceration and Related Disorders
22. Disorders of the Oesophagus
23. Tumours of the Stomach and Small Intestine
24. Tumours of the Pancreas and Hepatobiliary System; the Spleen
25. Pancreatitis
26. Appendicitis
27. Colorectal Polyps and Carcinoma
28. Chronic Inflammatory Disorders of the Bowel
29. Disorders of Large Bowel Motility, Structure and Perfusion
30. Anal and Perianal Disorders
31. Thoracic Surgery
32. Hernias and Other Groin Problems
33. Disorders of the Male Genitalia
34. Symptoms, Signs and Investigation of Urinary Tract Disorders
35. Disorders of the Prostate
36. Tumours of the Kidney and Urinary Tract
37. Stone Disease of the Urinary Tract
38. Urinary Tract Infections
39. Congenital Disorders and Diseases Secondarily Involving the Urinary Tract
40. Pathophysiology, Clinical Features and Diagnosis of Vascular Disease Affecting the Limbs
41. Managing Lower Limb Arterial Insufficiency, the Diabetic Foot and Major Amputations
42. Aneurysms and Other Peripheral Arterial Disorders
43. Venous Disorders of the Lower Limb
44. Cardiac Surgery
45. Disorders of the Breast
46. Disorders of the Skin
47. Lumps in the Head and Neck and Salivary Calculi
48. Disorders of the Mouth
49. Disorders of the Thyroid, Parathyroid and Adrenal Glands
50. Acute Surgical Problems in Children
51. Nonacute Abdominal and Urological Problems in Children
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