The teaching of radiological interpretation is a crucial element of general surgical training and froms an important part of postgradutate examinations. Inthis book there is a strong emphasis toward the radiological assessment of the acute abdomen and also the investigation of the grastrointestinal tract. There is particular
reference th othe abdominal radiograph wich provides an important initial diagnostic tool in the acutely ill surgical patient. The book also contains sub-sections within each chapter devoted to the other facets of surgical radiology including trauma and orthopaedics, uroradiology, head and neckimaging, intervnetional and breast
radiology.