Oxford Handbook of Clinical Surgery

by McLatchie, Greg; Borley, Neil; Chikwe, Joanna

• ISBN13: 9780198568254
• ISBN10: 0198568258
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-09
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Thoroughly revised with a wide range of new topics, presentations, and a new layout to aid quick reference, the new edition of this bestselling Oxford Handbook serves as an accessible pocket reference for junior surgical trainees, medical students, nursing, paramedical and rehabilitationstaff. It covers the assessment and preparation of the patient, anaesthesia and critical care, inflammation, wound healing and infection, and the key components of general surgical practice as well as chapters on other surgical specialties, including plastic, paediatric and orthopaedic surgery. There arestep by step descriptions of common operative surgical techniques, practical hints and procedures, and information on signs, symptoms and rarities. Emergency presentations are clearly identified for rapid reference and investigations and management plans are set out in a clear and easy to followway. Surgically relevant anatomy and physiology is provided for each area, quick reference symbols ensure the reader is guided to key facts and there is an increased focus on evidence-based practice throughout. A cut above the rest, this is the essential guide to clinical surgery and the surgical specialities.

Author Biography

Mr Neil Borley trained at Guy's Hospital Medical School, Cambridge, Canterbury and Oxford. He is a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon with an interest in the education and training of undergraduate and postgraduate students of basic sciences and surgery. He is also an examiner in surgery.

Table of Contents

Good surgical practice

Principles of surgery

Surgical pathology

Practical hints and procedures

Head and neck

Breast surgery

Upper gastrointestinal surgery

Liver, pancreatic and biliary surgery

Abdominal wall

Urology

Colorectal surgery

Paediatric surgery

Trauma

Orthopaedics and trauma

Plastic surgery

Cardiothoracic surgery

Peripheral vascular disease

Transplantation

Surgery in tropical diseases

Eponymous signs, syndromes and rarities

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