Clinical Surgery: A Practical Guide

Summary:

Clinical Surgery: A Practical Guide is a handbook for all trainees in surgery, providing an invaluable and expert guide to all aspects of clinical surgery that the trainee will encounter during their day to day work. General chapters on clinical examination, pre-operative, peri-operative and post-operative care are accompanied by expert guidance on how to deal with specific surgical problems, such as respiratory failure, wound healing, MRSA infection, tropical surgery and acute ischaemia. Further chapters provide invaluable information on topics including nutrition, anaesthsia, sutures and surgical incisions. The special problems associated with the surgical management of elderly patients are discussed, and the reader is introduced to the principles of surgical oncology and laparoscopic surgery.

With its concise and easy-to read layout, Clinical Surgery: A Practical Guide is written by a team of expert surgeons, some of whom are also examiners for the Royal College of Surgeons. It is an invaluable on-the-job guide for Foundation level doctors on surgical rotation, as well as for those studying for the MRCS, FRCS and equivalent examinations.

• A concise handbook designed for rapid reference in the clinical environment
• Written by senior specialists in a variety of surgical areas, providing expert guidance on each subject
• Several of the authors have links to the Royal College of Surgeons, either as examiners or as trainers
• High quality images to demonstrate features of clinical importance

Table of Contents:

1 Preoperative care
2 Perioperative care
3 Postoperative care
4 Cardiovascular monitoring
5 Shock, blood transfusion and coagulation
6 Management of acute kidney injury in surgical patients
7 Respiratory failure and acid–base balance
8 Wound healing and the metabolic response to surgery
9 Systemic inflammatory response syndrome and sepsis
10 Management of intestinal fistulae and enteral and parenteral nutrition
11 Management of surgical jaundice
12 Upper gastrointestinal bleeding
13 Lower gastrointestinal bleeding
14 Management of severely injured patients
15 Management of abdominal trauma
16 Management of acute abdomen
17 Chronic critical limb ischaemia and the diabetic foot
18 Laparoscopic surgery
19 Management of surgery in obese patients
20 Management of surgery in elderly patients
21 Day surgery
22 Antimicrobial prophylaxis, meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile-associated infection
23 Viral hepatitis and HIV infection in surgical practice
24 Medical therapy for surgical patients
25 Principles of surgical oncology
26 Sutures, surgical incisions and surgical anastomoses
27 Principles of anaesthesia
28 Surgical considerations in hydatid disease
29 Surgical considerations in schistosomiasis and filariasis
30 Surgical considerations in tuberculosis
31 Surgical considerations in typhoid

About the Author(s):

Qassim Baker, General and Breast Surgeon, Tameside General Hospital, UK; previously Consultant Surgeon, Baghdad Teaching Hospital and Assistant Professor, Dept. of Surgery, Baghdad College of Medicine and Examiner in surgery for Iraqi Committee for Medical Specializations

Munther Aldoori, Consultant General and Vascular Surgeon, Huddersfield Royal Infirmary; Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Leeds; Examiner for MRCS and FRCS since 1990

Foreword by Professor Sir Alfred Cuschieri.

Readership: UK Foundation level doctors on surgical rotation - all F1& F2 doctors have to do a surgical placement. At present there are 26 Foundation schools in the UK, designed to accomodate a maximum of 7800 tr