Essential Surgery
Problems, Diagnosis and Management
- 7th Edition - April 30, 2025
- Editors: Clive R. G. Quick, Suzanne Biers, Tan Arulampalam, Philip J. Deakin
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 7 1 8 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 7 7 4 - 9
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Request a sales quoteEssential Surgery is a highly respected, internationally popular textbook that is comprehensive, fully updated and a pleasure to read.
The seventh edition provides comprehensive coverage of the subject, from the attributes a surgeon needs, to how to interpret a patient’s story, as well as problem-orientated information about diseases and their management, including emergencies. It covers the full range of surgery, including general and gastro-intestinal surgery, trauma, orthopaedics, vascular surgery, urology, paediatric surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, maxillofacial surgery and ENT emergencies.
With a logical layout, clear writing style and extensive use of illustrations, this book is ideal for clinical students, surgical trainees in their first few years, as well as for those in professions allied to medicine.
The seventh edition provides comprehensive coverage of the subject, from the attributes a surgeon needs, to how to interpret a patient’s story, as well as problem-orientated information about diseases and their management, including emergencies. It covers the full range of surgery, including general and gastro-intestinal surgery, trauma, orthopaedics, vascular surgery, urology, paediatric surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, maxillofacial surgery and ENT emergencies.
With a logical layout, clear writing style and extensive use of illustrations, this book is ideal for clinical students, surgical trainees in their first few years, as well as for those in professions allied to medicine.
- Fully updated for its seventh edition – provides the latest evidence and detailed information
- Covers topics not typically covered in other surgical textbooks including managing soft tissue and orthopaedic trauma, plus sections on plastic surgery, neurosurgery, blood transfusion and applied microbiology
- Incorporates a problem-solving approach wherever possible – explains how diagnoses are made and why particular treatments are used
- Emphasis on the principles of surgery and perioperative care – provides a real understanding of the field
- Clear, logical layout and hundreds of illustrations – easy to read and understand
- Written by experts in their field, and closely edited for easy comprehension
- Covers the syllabus of the MRCS examination and is also suitable as a refresher for higher surgical trainees preparing for the FRCS and other higher surgical exams
- Text boxes and tables reinforce important contents and support revision
- An enhanced eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customise your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Surgical trainees
- Language: English
- Edition: 7
- Published: April 30, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443117183
- eBook ISBN: 9780443117749
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Clive R. G. Quick
Clive R. G. Quick is a Consultant General and Vascular Surgeon, Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon; Associate Lecturer in Surgery, University of Cambridge; Former Examiner in Basic Sciences and Clinical Surgery for FRCS and MRCS(England).
Affiliations and expertise
Consultant General and Vascular Surgeon, Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon; Associate Lecturer in Surgery, University of Cambridge; Former Examiner in Basic Sciences and Clinical Surgery for FRCS and MRCS(England), UKSB
Suzanne Biers
Suzanne Biers is a Urology Consultant at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
Affiliations and expertise
Urology Consultant, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UKTA
Tan Arulampalam
Tan Arulampalam is Clinical Director, ICENI Centre for Surgical Training, Research and Education, Colchester, UK, Turner Road.
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Director, ICENI Centre for Surgical Training, Research and Education, Colchester, UKPD
Philip J. Deakin
Philip J. Deakin is a General Medical Practitioner, Sheffield, UK
Affiliations and expertise
General Medical Practitioner, Sheffield, UK