Description
Core Topics in General & Emergency Surgery meets the needs of surgeons in higher training and practising consultants for a contemporary and evidence-based account of this sub-specialty that is relevant to their general surgical practice. It is a practical reference source incorporating the most current information on recent developments, management issues and operative procedures. The text is thoroughly referenced and supported by evidence-based recommendations wherever possible, distinguishing between strong evidence to support a conclusion, and evidence suggesting that a recommendation can be reached on the balance of probabilities.
This is a title in the Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice series whose eight volumes are an established and highly regarded source of information for the specialist general surgeon.
New to this edition
An expanded authorship team across the series includes additional European and World experts with an increased emphasis on global practice.
The contents of the series have been extensively revised in line with recently published evidence.
Modern techniques in transplantation and new forms of immunosuppression are emphasised throughout this volume.
The substantial interest in new organ perfusion and in the preservation techniques in organ donation and transplantation are reflected in a new chapter written by an international expert.
All the chapters reflect transplant care as a multi-disciplinary team of clinicians working in a collaborative fashion.
Table of Contents
Evidence-based practice in surgery
Outcomes and health economic issues in surgery
Day case surgery
Abdominal hernias
Organisation of emergency general surgical services and the early assessment and investigation of the acute abdomen
Perforations of the upper gastrointestinal tract
Acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding
Pancreaticobiliary emergencies
Acute conditions of the small bowel and appendix
Colonic emergencies
Anorectal emergencies
Paediatric surgical emergencies
Abdominal trauma
Venous thromboembolism: prevention, diagnosis and treatment
Patient assessment and surgical risk
Perioperative and intensive care management of the surgical patient
Surgical nutrition
Abdominal sepsis and abdominal compartment syndrome
Complications of bariatric surgery presenting to the general surgeon
Index
Author Info
By Simon Paterson-Brown, MBBS MPhil MS FRCS, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Clinical and Surgical Sciences (Surgery), University of Edinburgh; Consultant General and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK