Hospital Surgery

Combining key surgical principles with modern practical knowledge, and packaged in a clear and concise format, Hospital Surgery is an invaluable tool for those studying for exams and managing patients on the wards. Divided into logical sections covering the major stages in the journey of the surgical patient, the reader will have ready access to the key information required to guide clinical management. Major sections of the book on procedures, investigations and operations are structured to provide stepwise and methodical accounts of how to perform surgical interventions. The text is supported by a superb set of surgical and anatomical drawings. This is essential reading for all junior doctors and foundation-level trainees seeking to build their surgical expertise. - Quick reference guide when making treatment decisions - Can be used as a practical guide or revision resource - Written and edited by doctors of both practice and delivery of surgical education Contents Dedication; List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; Part I. Peri-operative Care: Part II. Surgical Emergencies: Part III. Surgical Disease: Part IV. Surgical Oncology: Part V. Practical Procedures, Investigations and Operations: Part VI. Radiology: Part VII. Clinical Examination: Appendices. Review 'Certainly this … volume achieves [its] goal … the text is a clear, concise and up-to-date overview of the surgical process. … while this book is aimed at medical students and junior doctors, I believe it is an excellent overview of hospital surgical management that perioperative practitioners as professionals intimately involved with surgical care on a daily basis, will find entirely relevant and applicable to their practice. Journal of Advanced Perioperative Care Contributors Ara Darzi, Nakul Talwar, Angharad Ruttley, Steven Reid, Susanna Walker, David Lomax, Daniel Leff, Paul Ziprin, Sanjay Purkayastha, Abdul Shlebak, James Uprichard, Rachel Massey, Paraskevas Paraskeva, Andrew Hartle, Michele Hendricks, Matt Jarrett, Mike Platt, David Walker, Huw J. W. Thomas, Richard Leonard, Serene Shashaa, Anisha Tanna, David James, Omer Aziz, Tim Brown, Elaine Cronin, Abosede Ajayi, Patricia Ward, Priya Bhangoo, Andreas Demetriades, Joan Grieve, George Krasopoulos, Thanos Athanasiou, Ros Jacklin, Ben Ardehali, Greg Williams, Henry Tillney, Alexander G. Heriot, Danny Yakoub, George Hanna, Andre Chow, Piers A. C. Gatenby, Pawan Mathur, James Kinross, Lai Pun Tong, Avril Chang, Caroline D. Rodd, Richard Gibbs, Robert Brightwell, Nicholas Cheshire, Anurag Patel, Neil S. Tolley, Ed Rowe, Erik Mayer, Justin Vale, Umraz Khan, Ravi Sastry, Jai Relwani, Sudipta Purkayastha, Stephen Ward, Teo Teo, Alex C. H. Lee, Munther Haddad, Marios Nicolaou, David Floyd, Mark Thursz, Andrew J. Healey, Long R. Jiao, Richard Lovegrove, Paris Tekkis, Ravul Jindal, Michael Jenkins, James Arbuckle, Bill Fleming, Neil Walker, Mathew Rollin, Tess Cann, Susan Cleator, Emma J. Alexander, Danielle Power, Veni Ezhil, Imran Hamid, Johann Emmanuel, Sharleet Mahal, Mohammed Shamim Rahman, Tim Brown, Ziad Alyan, Shahid A. Khan, Rupert Negus, Jonathan Hoare, Julian Teare, Peter Butler, Ann Anstee, Marc Pelling, Reza Mirnezami, Sukhmeet S. Panesar, Thanos Athanasiou, Mei Nortley, Helen Mandefield