Full Description
The ideal reference and revision aid for postgraduate examinations in general surgery. Contains essential information on approximately 100 carefully selected topics pertinent to modern practice in clinical general surgery. Wherever possible the information is presented in a uniform manner, with focus on diagnosis and management. This new edition features several new topics and update to any of the existing topics.
Contents
Abdominal trauma. Acute appendicitis. Acute pancreatitis. Adrenal tumors. AIDS. Amputations. Aneurysm. Anorectal investigation. Anorectal sepsis and fissure. Antibiotics and bacterial resistance. Assessment of the acute abdomen. Benign breast disease. Bladder outflow obstruction. Blood transfusion. Breast cancer. Burns. Calf pump failure and venous ulceration. Carcinoma of the bladder. Carcinoma of the prostate. Cerebrovascular disease. Chest trauma. Chronic pancreatitis. Clinical governance. Colorectal carcinoma. Common pediatric conditions. Critical leg ischaemia. Crohn's disease. Cushing's syndrome. Day case surgery. Deep vein thrombosis. Diverticular disease. Endoscopy. Endovascular techniques. Femoral hernia. Fluid replacement. Gall stones and their complications. Gastric cancer. Gastrointestinal fistulae. Gastrointestinal polyps. Gastro-oesophageal reflux. Goitre. Haemorrhoids. Head injury. Hepatic tumors and biliary cancer.Hyperparathyroidism. Hyperthyroidism - treatment. Incisional and other abdominal hernias. Intensive care. Intermittent claudication. Intestinal obstruction. Intestinal pseudo-obstruction and ileus. Irritable bowel syndrome. Jaundice - investigation. Lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Lymphoedema and the management of the swollen limb. Malignant melanoma. Meckel's diverticulum. Minimal access surgery. Multiple organ failure. Non-specific abdominal pain. Nutrition in the surgical patient. Oesophageal cancer. Oesophageal dysmotility. Pancreatic cancer. Penile conditions and scrotal swellings. Peptic ulceration. Pilonidal sinus disease. Portal hypertension. Postoperative care and complications. Postoperative pain relief. Pre-operative assessment. Renal access surgery. Renal tumors. Renovascular surgery. Salivary gland calculi. Salivary gland tumors. Screenin. Sentinel node biops. Skin cover. The skin and subcutaneous tissues. Small bowel tumors. Soft tissue swellings. The spleen. Testicular tumors. Thyroglossal tract abnormalities. Thyroid neoplasms. Trauma management. Ulcerative colitis. Undescended testes. Upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Urinary calculi. Varicose veins. Vascular imaging and investigatio. Vascular malformations and tumors. Vascular trauma. Vasomotor and vasculitic conditions. Wounds: healing, closure and sutures.
