Essential Surgical Practice. Higher Surgical Training in General Surgery

Description

Significant changes in surgical training have occurred over the past decade, with the inevitable progress towards specialization in the various surgical specialties. The current edition of Essential Surgical Practice: Higher Surgical Training in General Surgery reflects these latest developments with a new structure that accurately mirrors current surgical training. This new edition excludes surgical specialties that are distinct from general surgery, allowing an increased focus on topics of direct relevance to trainees in higher surgical training.

Over 31 chapters, the book provides detailed information on those specialties of which the general surgeon is required to have a working knowledge, and highlights core information for revision and quick reference. Topics include:

· Surgical biology and pathology
· Surgical craft approaches and technologies
· Perioperative care
· Cardiovascular, pulmonary and renal pathophysiology
· Surgical infections
· Interventional radiology
· Trauma and head injuries
· Disorders of the thyroid and adrenal glands
· Disorders of the stomach, liver, spleen, colon and pancreas
· Bariatric surgery

This book can be used with confidence by those enrolled in local courses and is also consistent with the scope and level of information required for international postgraduate examinations, such as the Joint Surgical Colleges’ Fellowship Examination. To enhance the book’s utility, the print edition includes complimentary access to a VitalSource ebook online and offline on your PC or Mac, iPhone®/iPod Touch®/ iPad®, Kindle Fire or Android™ device.

Features

• Provides detailed information on those specialties of which the general surgeon is required to have a working knowledge
• Employs a new structure that accurately mirrors current surgical training
• Includes more than 500 detailed colour illustrations explaining surgical principles and procedures
• Describes cardiovascular, pulmonary and renal pathophysiology
• Discusses perioperative care, trauma and head injuries
• Addresses surgical infections, interventional radiology and bariatric surgery
• Explains disorders of the thyroid, adrenal glands, stomach, liver, spleen, colon and pancreas

Table of Contents

Part 1: General Section
Surgical biology and pathology; Sir Alfred Cuschieri
Surgical craft approaches and technologies; Sir Alfred Cuschieri
Risk assessment and prognostic indices in surgery; Omar Faiz
Care of the patient in the perioperative period; Helgi Johannsson and Vafa Mansoubi
Patient-reported outcomes to evaluate surgery; Jane M. Blazeby
Intensive and high dependency care; Arup Chakraborty, Nicolas Price and Martin Stotz
Anaemia, hypovolaemia and oedema; Sir Alfred Cuschieri
Cardiovascular pathophysiology; P. George, J. George and Allan D. Struthers
Pulmonary insufficiency; Elizabeth Starren, William Oldfield and Onn Min Kon
Renal insufficiency; Neill Duncan and R.W. Corbett
Surgical infections and infestations; Sir Alfred Cuschieri
Surgical nutrition; Sir Alfred Cuschieri
Interventional radiology in general surgery; Mohamad S. Hamady
Trauma and the injured patient; Leslie Kobayashi, Raul Coimbra and David Hoyt
Head injuries: pathophysiology and management; Sam Eljamel

Part 2: Specialist General Surgery
Disorders of the skin and soft tissues; Sir Alfred Cuschieri
Disorders of the breast; Alistair M. Thompson, Stacy L. Moulder-Thompson, Andrew Evans and John A. Dewar
Disorders of the thyroid gland; S.P. Balasubramanian and David Smith
Disorders of the parathyroid gland; Paul R. Maddox
Disorders of the adrenal glands; G.P. Sadler
Disorders of the abdominal wall, peritoneal cavity and retroperitoneum; Sir Alfred Cuschieri
Disorders of the oesophagus; George B. Hanna, Sami M. Shimi and Sir Alfred Cuschieri
Disorders of the stomach and duodenum; Sir Alfred Cuschieri and George B. Hanna
Disorders of the liver; Francesco M. Polignano, John F. Dillon, Ian A. Zealley, Aaron J. Quyn, Aileen Smith and Sir Alfred Cuschieri
Disorders of the biliary tract; Sir Alfred Cuschieri
Disorders of the spleen and lymph nodes; Sir Alfred Cuschieri
Disorders of the pancreas; Sir Alfred Cuschieri and Abdool Rahim Moossa
Bariatric surgery; Ahmed R. Ahmed and Carel L.G. Roux
Disorders of the small intestine and vermiform appendix; Sir Alfred Cuschieri
Disorders of the colon and rectum; Paris Tekkis, Panagiotis Georgiou, Edward Fitzgerald and Emil Tan
Disorders of the anal canal; Ken Campbell

Author(s) Bio

Professor Sir Alfred Cuschieri MD(Hon), FRCSEd., FRCSEng, Director of the Institute of Medical Science and Technology, Universities of Dundee and St Andrews, Scotland, UK

Professor George B Hanna PhD FRCS, Professor of Surgical Sciences, Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, UK