Main description:

The previous edition won first Prize (Surgery category) at the BMA Awards 2005. The judges' comment:

'A comprehensive and attractively presented 4-colour textbook of surgery aimed primarily at medical students but also of use to junior doctors and surgical technicians. The book has two key features: firstly, it provides students with coverage of every aspect of surgery; secondly, it has been designed and written to be the 'surgical companion' to Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine. This new edition will also offer an online version to all purchasers of the book - the first surgical textbook in the UK to make an electronic version available.'

A comprehensive account of surgery - students only need to buy one text
Covers general issues such as wound healing and pain control in the first section. By grouping these issues into one section at the beginning, students are immediately given an overview of what makes surgery different
A regional approach is adopted for the largest section - section 2 - this reflects the way in which surgeons talk about surgery to each other
The third section covers surgical specialities - paediatrics, endocrinology, urology - and also includes specialities such as ophthalmology, ENT and orthopaedics. These are often omitted from competing books to save space
The logical arrangement of the three sections makes the book easy to use and refer to in clinical practice
The arrangement of contents is straightforward and easily understood
Text boxes are used throughout to highlight and isolate important information
Includes over 350 four-colour images and line drawings original to this book and greatly praised by students
Also includes over 100 black and white and approximately 50 full-colour clinical photographs, X-rays and scans
Designed to complement Kumar and Clark's highly successful Clinical Medicine textbook so that students can have 'matching' texts in these complementary areas
Written by an expert team of contributors
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New edition of a prize-winning textbook.
Completely revised throughout to reflect recent changes in surgical practice.
New chapter on bariatric surgery for the treatment of morbidly obese patients.
Covers the increasing use of minimally invasive surgical techniques, including robotic surgery.
Emphasises the increasing impact of multimodality therapy, in particular for the treatment of cancer.
Covers improvements in imaging technology and impact on surgical decision making.

Contents:

SECTION 1 - GENERAL ISSUES

1. Surgery -- what it is and what a surgeon does
2. Legal and ethical issues, and organisation of surgical services
3. Accident and emergency
4. Investigation of the surgical patient
5. The operation
6. Anaesthesia and pain control
7. Perioperative management and postoperative complications
8. Wound healing and management
9. Surgical infection
10. The seriously ill and injured patient
11. Practical procedures
12. Principles of surgical oncology
13. Organ transplantation

SECTION 2 - REGIONAL SURGERY

14. The neck and upper aerodigestive tract
15. Ear and nose
16. Chest and lungs
17. Cardiac surgery
18. Oesophagus, stomach and duodenum
19. Liver and biliary tree
20. The spleen
21. The pancreas
22. Acute abdominal conditions
23. Small-bowel disease and intestinal obstruction
24. Large bowel, including appendix
25. Anal and related disorders
26. Hernia
27. Breast disease
28. Arterial surgery
29. Venous and lymphatic disorders

SECTION 3 - SURGICAL SPECIALTIES

30. Neurosurgery
31. Surgery of the endocrine glands
32. Urology
33. Principles of orthopaedics
34. Principles of management of fractures, joint injuries and peripheral nerve injuries
35. Principles of paediatric surgery
36. Ophthalmology in clinical surgery
37. Principles of plastic surgery
38. Skin disorders
39. Surgery in the tropics

Index