Crash Course Surgery
For UKMLA and Medical Exams
- 4th Edition - March 23, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Hester Lacey
- Editor: Giles Davies
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 5 7 1 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 8 1 5 - 9
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Request a sales quoteCrash Course – your effective every-day study companion PLUS the perfect antidote for exam stress! Save time and be assured you have the essential information you need in one place to excel on your course and achieve exam success.
A winning formula now for over 25 years, having sold over 1 million copies and translated in over 8 languages, each series volume has been fine-tuned and fully updated with a full-colour layout tailored to make your life easier. Especially written by senior students or junior doctors – those who understand what is essential for exam success – with all information thoroughly checked and quality assured by expert Faculty Advisers, the result is books that exactly meet your needs and you know you can trust.
Each chapter guides you succinctly through the full range of curriculum topics in the UKMLA syllabus, integrating clinical considerations with the relevant basic science and avoiding unnecessary or confusing detail. A range of text boxes help you get to the hints, tips and key points you need fast! A fully revised self-assessment section matching the latest exam formats is included to check your understanding and aid exam preparation. The accompanying enhanced, downloadable eBook completes this invaluable learning package.
Series volumes have been honed to meet the requirements of today’s medical students, although the range of other health students and professionals who need rapid access to the essentials of surgery will also love the unique approach of Crash Course. Whether you need to get out of a fix or aim for a distinction Crash Course is for you.
Crash Course Surgery provides a comprehensive and high-yield overview of the core surgical topics for medical exams. Emphasizing system-focused history taking and exam guides, this new edition helps students apply learned information to exam questions and OSCE stations. It will also be a practical resource for those transitioning to clinical practice with its focus on figures, imaging, and initial disease management guides.
- Fully aligned to UKMLA requirements, with key ‘conditions’ and ‘presentations’ highlighted in handy checklists - save valuable revision time and be confident you have the syllabus covered
- Written by senior students and recent graduates - those closest to what is essential for exam success
- Quality assured by leading Faculty Advisors - ensures complete accuracy of information
- Features the ever popular 'Hints and Tips' boxes and other useful aide-mémoires - distilled wisdom from those in the know
- Updated self-assessment section matching the latest exam formats – confirm your understanding and improve exam technique fast
- Instructions for online access
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- How to Use
- Copyright
- Series editor’s foreword
- Prefaces
- Acknowledgements
- Series editor’s acknowledgement
- Rapid UKMLA Index
- 1. The upper gastrointestinal tract
- Clinical anatomy
- Upper gastrointestinal presentations
- The abdominal exam
- Oesophageal disorders
- Gastric disorders
- Hepatobiliary disorders
- Pancreatic disorders
- 2. The lower gastrointestinal tract
- Clinical anatomy
- Lower GI presentations
- Differential diagnoses
- Digital rectal exam
- Intestinal disorders
- Anorectal disorders
- 3. The anterior abdominal wall
- Clinical anatomy
- Anterior abdominal wall presentations
- Differential diagnoses
- Hernia exam
- Anterior abdominal wall disorders
- 4. Endocrine surgery
- Clinical anatomy
- Endocrine Surgery presentations
- Differential diagnosis
- Endocrine examinations
- Pituitary disorders
- Thyroid disorders
- Parathyroid disorders
- Adrenal disorders
- Neck lumps
- Neuroendocrine tumours
- 5. Breast surgery
- Clinical anatomy
- Breast surgery presentations
- The breast exam
- Breast disorders
- 6. Vascular surgery
- Clinical anatomy
- Vascular surgery presentations
- Vascular examinations
- Vascular disorders
- 7. Urology
- Clinical anatomy
- Urology presentations
- Differential diagnosis
- UROLOGICAL EXAMINATION
- Urological disorders
- Prostate disorders
- Male reproductive disorders
- Scrotal disorders
- Penile disorders
- 8. Ear, nose and throat
- Clinical anatomy
- Ear, nose and throat presentations
- ENT examinations
- Disorders of the ear
- Disorders of the nose and paranasal sinuses
- Disorders of the throat
- Salivary disorders
- Disorders of the facial nerve
- 9. Plastics and skin surgery
- Plastics and skin surgery presentations
- Plastics and skin surgery disorders
- Management
- 10. Cardiothoracic surgery
- Clinical anatomy
- Cardiothoracic surgery presentations
- The cardiovascular exam
- Cardiothoracic surgery disorders
- 11. Perioperative management
- Preoperative assessment
- Intraoperative management
- Postoperative management
- Self-Assessment
- UKMLA High Yield Association Table
- UKMLA Single Best Answer (SBA) questions
- UKMLA SBA answers
- OSCEs and Short Clinical Cases
- Abbreviations
- Index
- Edition: 4
- Published: March 23, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443115714
- eBook ISBN: 9780443118159
HL
Hester Lacey
Affiliations and expertise
Specialised (Research) Foundation Doctor Year 2, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Brighton, UK