
Essentials of Surgery for Dental Students
- 1st Edition - September 30, 2016
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: S Devaji Rao, Kirthana Devaji Rao
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 8 1 - 3 1 2 - 4 6 3 0 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 8 1 - 3 1 2 - 4 6 5 6 - 6
This book is specially designed to provide a comprehensive coverage of General Surgery as per theDental Council of lndia curriculum for the BDS Third Year students. For General Sur… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThis book is specially designed to provide a comprehensive coverage of General Surgery as per the
Dental Council of lndia curriculum for the BDS Third Year students. For General Surgery, students
need to study surgery in general and do not have to get into major details of surgery like Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery subject. There is a clear segregation of topics as required by the General Surgery and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery curriculum. The aim of the book is to acquaint the students with various diseases, which may require surgical expertise and to train the students to analyze the history and be able to do a thorough physical examination of the patient.
Dental Council of lndia curriculum for the BDS Third Year students. For General Surgery, students
need to study surgery in general and do not have to get into major details of surgery like Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery subject. There is a clear segregation of topics as required by the General Surgery and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery curriculum. The aim of the book is to acquaint the students with various diseases, which may require surgical expertise and to train the students to analyze the history and be able to do a thorough physical examination of the patient.
Salient Features
■ Bulleted text with emphasis on relevant points throughout the chapter
■ Plenty of illustrations and high definition photographs support the text
■ Combined both theory and clinical aspect in a very concise, crisp and easy to read manner
■ Pedagogical features like chapter outline, text boxes, summary and review questions for quick
revision of clinical important topics
■ Separate chapters on clinical methods like examination of ulcers, lumps and swellings, vascular
diseases, neck, thyroid, oral cavity, etc.
Additional Feature
■ Complimentary access to enhanced e-book along with chapterwise important questions.
■ Bulleted text with emphasis on relevant points throughout the chapter
■ Plenty of illustrations and high definition photographs support the text
■ Combined both theory and clinical aspect in a very concise, crisp and easy to read manner
■ Pedagogical features like chapter outline, text boxes, summary and review questions for quick
revision of clinical important topics
■ Separate chapters on clinical methods like examination of ulcers, lumps and swellings, vascular
diseases, neck, thyroid, oral cavity, etc.
Additional Feature
■ Complimentary access to enhanced e-book along with chapterwise important questions.
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 30, 2016
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9788131246306
- eBook ISBN: 9788131246566
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S Devaji Rao
S Devaji Rao is a meritorious student of Stanley Medical College, Chennai and a postgraduate of the prestigious AIIMS, Delhi. He has keen interest in Gastroenterology. His special interests are Surgical Nutrition, Surgical Oncology especially related to Gastroenterology. He has received special training in Liver Surgery from Prof Naofumi, a renowned Liver Transplant Surgeon of Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan. He is member of the national Academy of medical Sciences, India and a fellow of the International College of Surgeons.
His work on 'Benign Somatostatinoma of Pancreas' was greatly appreciated in the 'First World Congress of HPB Surgery' at Lund, Sweden.
He has devised an ostomy appliance using an adult diaper called 'Diaper Ileostomy Appliance', a good innovation in the field of gastroenterology
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Consultant Surgeon, St. Issabel hospital, Mylapore,Chennai.