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Core Topics in General & Emergency Surgery

A Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice

  • 6th Edition - April 25, 2018
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Simon Paterson-Brown, Hugh M. Paterson
  • Language: English

Core Topics in General and Emergency Surgery meets the needs of surgeons in higher training and practising consultants for a contemporary and evidence-based account of general su… Read more

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Description

Core Topics in General and Emergency Surgery meets the needs of surgeons in higher training and practising consultants for a contemporary and evidence-based account of general surgery in both elective and emergency situations. It is a practical reference source incorporating the most current information on recent developments, management issues and operative procedures. The text is thoroughly referenced and supported by evidence-based recommendations wherever possible, distinguishing between strong evidence to support a conclusion, and evidence suggesting that a recommendation can be reached on the balance of probabilities.

For this Sixth Edition the authorship team across the series has been expanded to include additional European and World experts, with an increased emphasis on global practice. Throughout all six volumes the contents have been extensively revised in line with recently published evidence. Detailed supportive key references are provided and are also included within the comprehensive list of references in the accompanying ebook. Links to recommended online videos have been added where appropriate.

Key features

  • The Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice series provides a current and concise summary of the key topics within the major sub-specialties of general surgery
  • Each volume highlights evidence-based practice both in the text and within the extensive list of references at the end of every chapter

Readership

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

Table of contents

1. Evaluation of surgical evidence

2. Perioperative care and enhanced recovery

3. Organisation of emergency general surgical services

4. Patient assessment and surgical risk

5. Perioperative and intensive care management of the surgical patient

6. Surgical nutrition

7. Abdominal hernias

8. Neck surgery for the general surgeon

9. Human factors and patient safety in surgery

10. Principles of organ donation and general surgery in the transplant patient

11. Early assessment of the acute abdomen

12. Perforation of the upper gastrointestinal tract

13. Acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding

14. Pancreaticobiliary emergencies

15. Acute conditions of the small bowel and appendix

16. Colonic emergencies

17. Anorectal emergencies

18. Paediatric surgical emergencies

19. Management of trauma for the general surgeon

20. Abdominal sepsis and abdominal compartment syndrome

21. Complications of bariatric surgery presenting to the general surgeon and considerations for the general surgeon when operating on the obese patient

Product details

  • Edition: 6
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 30, 2018
  • Language: English

About the editors

SP

Simon Paterson-Brown

Affiliations and expertise
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Clinical Surgery, The University of Edinburgh; Consultant General and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

HP

Hugh M. Paterson

Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Senior Lecturer Coloproctology, University of Edinburgh; Honorary Consultant Colorectal Surgeon,Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK