Clinical Surgery

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. Michael M. Henry MB, FRCS, Consultant Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK Jeremy N. Thompson MA, MB, MChir, FRCS, Consultant Surgeon, Chelsea and Westminister Hospital and Royal Martsden Hospital, London, UK Features - comprehensive account of surgery - students only need to buy one text - covers general issues - wound healing, pain control, etc - 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 is the classic 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 the chapters that are often omitted from competing books , in the interests of saving 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 conventional - a 'plus' in comparison to other texts which can be somewhat idiosyncratic in their approach - information and practical boxes are used throughout to enhance the text - these are features that students are familiar with from Kumar and Clark - they help break up the text and also highlight and isolate important information from the main text - includes approximately 240 four-colour line drawings - these drawings are original to the have been 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 - students like having two 'matching' texts in these complementary areas - written by an expert team of contributors from all the major London teaching hospitals and many other major centres in the UK - the contributor team lends authority to the text - now comes with access to online version to all purchasers of the book - the first UK surgical textbook to make this facility available to readers Contents SECTION 1 - GENERAL ISSUES - 1. Surgery -- what it is and what a surgeon does - 2. Organisation of surgical services including legal and ethical issues - 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. Surgical Aspects of pancreatic disease - 22. Acute abdominal conditions - surgical aspects - 23. Small bowel 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. Surgical principles - skin disorders - 39. Surgery in the tropics - Index