General Surgery

THE 'GOLDEN JUBILEE' EDITION OF A CLASSIC TEXTBOOK, FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1965Highly Commended at the British Medical Association Book Awards 2016 General Surgery Lecture Notes continues to be an invaluable, appealing and approachable resource for thousands of medical students and surgical trainees throughout the world. This comprehensive guide focuses on the fundamentals of general surgery, and systematically covers all the clinical surgical problems that a student may encounter and about which they need to know. Fully revised and updated to reflect the rapid changes which are taking place in surgical practice, this 50th anniversary edition: Includes principles of treatment written at student level to aid understanding Features full colour illustrations throughout Includes electronic access to a range of extra material including case studies, images and photographs, and biographies Includes free access to the Wiley E-Text Is a perfect review text for medical students as well as junior surgeons taking the MRCS examination and other postgraduate surgical examinations Trusted by generations of medical students, the clinical emphasis of General Surgery Lecture Notes makes this an essential purchase for all those wishing to learn more about general surgery.

THE 'GOLDEN JUBILEE' EDITION OF A CLASSIC TEXTBOOK, FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1965Highly Commended at the British Medical Association Book Awards 2016General Surgery Lecture Notes continues to be an invaluable, appealing and approachable resource for thousands of medical students and surgical trainees throughout the world. This comprehensive guide focuses on the fundamentals of general surgery, and systematically covers all the clinical surgical problems that a student may encounter and about which they need to know.Fully revised and updated to reflect the rapid changes which are taking place in surgical practice, this 50th anniversary edition:* Includes principles of treatment written at student level to aid understanding* Features full colour illustrations throughout* Includes electronic access to a range of extra material including case studies, images and photographs, and biographies* Includes free access to the Wiley E-Text* Is a perfect review text for medical students as well as junior surgeons taking the MRCS examination and other postgraduate surgical examinationsTrusted by generations of medical students, the clinical emphasis of General Surgery Lecture Notes makes this an essential purchase for all those wishing to learn more about general surgery.

Preface ivAcknowledgements vAbbreviations viThe anytime anywhere textbook viiiAbout the companion website x1 Surgical strategy 12 Fluid and nutrition management 53 Preoperative assessment 114 Postoperative complications 165 Acute infections 276 Tumours 327 Shock 388 Burns 439 The skin and its adnexae 4910 The chest and lungs 6111 The heart and thoracic aorta 7012 Arterial disease 7913 Venous disorders of the lower limb 9714 The brain and meninges 10415 Head injury 11316 The spine 12617 Peripheral nerve injuries 13718 The oral cavity 14319 The salivary glands 15320 The oesophagus 15721 The stomach and duodenum 16622 Mechanical intestinal obstruction 18323 Paralytic ileus 19324 The small intestine 19625 Acute appendicitis 20126 The colon 20627 The rectum and anal canal 22028 Peritonitis 23329 Hernia 23930 The liver 25031 The gallbladder and bile ducts 26632 The pancreas 27633 The spleen 28934 The lymph nodes and lymphatics 29235 The breast 29536 The neck 31037 The thyroid 31338 The parathyroids 32539 The thymus 33040 The adrenal glands 33241 The kidney and ureter 33942 The bladder 35643 The prostate 36144 The male urethra 37045 The penis 37346 The testis and scrotum 37747 Transplantation surgery 387Index 394