O.J. Garden, Professor of Hepatobiliary Surgery, University of Edinburgh
A.W. Bradbury, Professor in Vascular Surgery, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
J.L.R. Forsythe , Consultant Transplant and Endocrine Surgeon, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
ISBN 0443064938 · Paperback · 656 Pages · 450 Illustrations
Churchill Livingstone · Published February 2002
Contents
I. Principles of Surgical Care
Metabolic response to surgery
Principles of fluid and electrolyte balance
Shock
Transfusion of blood and blood products
Nutritional support in surgical patients
Infections and antibiotics
Medico-legal issues and consent
Principles of surgery for cancer
Trauma and multiple injury
II. The Operation
Pre-operative assessment and preparation
Anesthesia and the operation
Practical procedures and patient investigation
Post-operative care and complications
Day case surgery
III. Upper GI Surgery
Abdomen, abdominal wall and hernia
Acute abdomen and intestinal obstruction
Esophagus
Gastroduodenal disorders
IV. Hepatobiliary Surgery
Liver and biliary tract
Pancreas
Spleen
V. Lower GI Surgery
Appendix and intestinal surgery
Anorectal conditions
VI. Surgical Specialties
Plastic and reconstructive surgery
Breast
Endocrine
Vascular surgery
Cardiothoracic surgery
Urology
Neurosurgery
Organ transplantation
38. ENT