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A Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice

  • 4th Edition - September 17, 2009
  • Latest edition
  • Author: J. Michael Dixon
  • Editor: J. Michael Dixon
  • Language: English

Ever since the publication of the first edition in 1997, the Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice series has met the needs of surgeons in higher training and practising co… Read more

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Ever since the publication of the first edition in 1997, the Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice series has met the needs of surgeons in higher training and practising consultants by providing contemporary, evidence-based information on the sub-specialist areas relevant to their general surgical practice. All eight volumes are thoroughly edited and supported by evidence-based references to support key recommendations. This new Fourth Edition brings together the relevant state-of-the-art specialist information that the editors and authors consider important for the practising sub-specialist general surgeon. Purchase of a print book also includes a downloadable version of the eBook.

Key features

  • A standardised approach is used across the series to provide up-to-date information in a way that will be consistent and familiar to the reader.

  • Each volume gives a current and concise summary of the key topics within each major surgical sub-specialty.

  • Each volume highlights evidence-based practice both in the text and by also identifying the key papers in the extensive list of references at the end of every chapter.

Readership

• Higher surgical trainees preparing for their final examinations.
• Surgical residents preparing for the board exams in specific specialties.
• Busy surgeons in practice who wish to keep up-to-date with the latest developments and evidence-based practice in their specialty.

Table of contents

• The role of imaging in breast diagnosis including screening and excision of impalpable lesions
• Pathology and biology of breast cancer
• Ductoscopy and the intraductal approach to breast cancer
• Breast-conserving surgery: the balance between good cosmesis and local control
• Techniques of mastectomy – tips and pitfalls
• Oncoplastic procedures to allow breast conservation and a satisfactory cosmetic outcome
• The axilla: current management including sentinel node and lymphoedema
• Prevention of breast cancer: the genetics of breast cancer and risk-reducing surgery
• Breast reconstruction
• Breast cancer treatments of uncommon diseases
• Treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ
• The role of systemic therapy in patients with operable breast cancer
• Locally advanced breast cancer
• Metastatic disease and palliative care
• Adjuvant radiotherapy in the management of breast cancer
• Psychosocial issues in breast cancer
• Benign breast disease
• Litigation in breast disease
• Index

Review quotes

***2010 BMA Book Awards - Highly Commended Surgical specialties category***

“Concise, relevant information for any higher surgical trainee interested in breast surgery. The legal section will be extremely useful for trainee surgeons. This book contains information every aspiring breast surgeon should know.” Judges quote

Product details

  • Edition: 4
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 5, 2009
  • Language: English

About the editor

JD

J. Michael Dixon

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Surgery, University of Edinburgh; Clinical Director, Edinburgh Breakthrough Unit; Consultant Surgeon, NHS Lothian Edinburgh Breast Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK

About the author

JD

J. Michael Dixon

Affiliations and expertise
Honorary Senior Lecturer, Clinical and Surgical Sciences (Surgery), University of Edinburgh and Consultant Surgeon, Edinburgh Breast Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK