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Textbook of Surgery

by Julian A. Smith, Andrew H. Kaye, Christopher Christophi

4th Edition

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Book Details

Print ISBN9781119468080
eText ISBN9781119468165
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Publishing Year2019
Edition4th Edition
LanguageEnglish
Pages816

Textbook of Surgery, 4th Edition, serves as a core textbook for medical and surgical students. Published by Wiley-Blackwell, this volume provides a broad survey of general and specialty surgery, with individual subjects authored by clinical experts in each field.

The content focuses on the essential principles and operative techniques used in the surgical management of common conditions. Broad areas of coverage include perioperative fundamentals, systemic conditions such as gastrointestinal disease, and key surgical specialties.

Throughout the volume, significant emphasis is placed on clinical problem-solving. This educational focus is designed to assist medical students and junior doctors as they progress through their surgical training.

Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1: Preoperative management

  2. Chapter 2: Assessment of surgical risk

  3. Chapter 3: Anaesthesia and pain medicine

  4. Chapter 4: Postoperative management

  5. Chapter 5: Surgical techniques

  6. Chapter 6: Management of surgical wounds

  7. Chapter 7: Nutrition and the surgical patient

  8. Chapter 8: Care of the critically ill patient

  9. Chapter 9: Surgical infection

  10. Chapter 10: Transplantation surgery

  11. Chapter 11: Principles of surgical oncology

  12. Chapter 12: Introduction to the operating theatre

  13. Chapter 13: Emergency general surgery

  14. Chapter 14: Gastro‐oesophageal reflux disease and hiatus hernias

  15. Chapter 15: Tumours of the oesophagus

  16. Chapter 16: Peptic ulcer disease

  17. Chapter 17: Gastric neoplasms

  18. Chapter 18: Obesity and bariatric surgery

  19. Chapter 19: Gallstones

  20. Chapter 20: Malignant diseases of the hepatobiliary system

  21. Chapter 21: Liver infections

  22. Chapter 22: Pancreatitis

  23. Chapter 23: Pancreatic tumours

  24. Chapter 24: Portal hypertension and surgery on the patient with cirrhosis

  25. Chapter 25: Principles of colorectal and small bowel surgery

  26. Chapter 26: Physiology of small and large bowel: alterations due to surgery and disease

  27. Chapter 27: Small bowel obstruction and ischaemia

  28. Chapter 28: The appendix and Meckel’s diverticulum

  29. Chapter 29: Inflammatory bowel disease

  30. Chapter 30: Diverticular disease of the colon

  31. Chapter 31: Colorectal cancer

  32. Chapter 32: Large bowel obstruction

  33. Chapter 33: Perianal disorders I: excluding sepsis

  34. Chapter 34: Perianal disorders II: sepsis

  35. Chapter 35: Breast assessment and benign breast disease

  36. Chapter 36: Malignant breast disease and surgery

  37. Chapter 37: Thyroid

  38. Chapter 38: Parathyroid

  39. Chapter 39: Tumours of the adrenal gland

  40. Chapter 40: Eye injuries and infections

  41. Chapter 41: Otorhinolaryngology

  42. Chapter 42: Tumours of the head and neck

  43. Chapter 43: Hernias

  44. Chapter 44: Tumours and cysts of the skin

  45. Chapter 45: Soft tissue tumours

  46. Chapter 46: Infection of the extremities

  47. Chapter 47: Principles of plastic surgery

  48. Chapter 48: Principles of trauma management

  49. Chapter 49: Burns

  50. Chapter 50: Fractures and dislocations

  51. Chapter 51: Diseases of bone and joints

  52. Chapter 52: Head injuries

  53. Chapter 53: Intracranial tumours, infection and aneurysms

  54. Chapter 54: Nerve injuries, peripheral nerve entrapments and spinal cord compression

  55. Chapter 55: Disorders of the arterial system

  56. Chapter 56: Extracranial vascular disease

  57. Chapter 57: Venous and lymphatic diseases of the limbs

  58. Chapter 58: Endovascular therapies

  59. Chapter 59: Benign urological conditions

  60. Chapter 60: Genitourinary oncology

  61. Chapter 61: Principles and practice of cardiac surgery

  62. Chapter 62: Common topics in thoracic surgery

  63. Chapter 63: Chronic constipation

  64. Chapter 64: Faecal incontinence

  65. Chapter 65: Rectal bleeding

  66. Chapter 66: Haematemesis and melaena

  67. Chapter 67: Obstructive jaundice

  68. Chapter 68: The acute abdomen, peritonitis and intra‐abdominal abscesses

  69. Chapter 69: Ascites

  70. Chapter 70: Neck swellings

  71. Chapter 71: Acute airway problems

  72. Chapter 72: Dysphagia

  73. Chapter 73: Leg swelling and ulcers

  74. Chapter 74: Haematuria

  75. Chapter 75: Postoperative complications

  76. Chapter 76: Massive haemoptysis

  77. Chapter 77: Epistaxis

  78. Chapter 78: Low back and leg pain

  79. Chapter 79: Acute scrotal pain

  80. Chapter 80: Post‐traumatic confusion

  81. Chapter 81: Sudden‐onset severe headache

  82. Chapter 82: The red eye

  83. Chapter 83: Double vision

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