Churchill's Pocketbook of Surgery

by Raftery

• ISBN13: 9780443070426
• ISBN10: 0443070423
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-06
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone

Summary

This updated pocketbook provides a concise and didactic account of the essential features of all common surgical disorders at both a size and price to suit the pocket. Following on from the success of the previous edition, it is an essential on-the-ward reference for every medical student and junior doctor.

Table of Contents

Emergencies (opposite)
Abbreviations
Terms and definitions
Introduction to surgery	1	(18)
Investigative procedures	19	(16)
Shock and trauma	35	(16)
Preoperative and postoperative care	51	(32)
Infection and surgery	83	(18)
Management of malignant disease	101	(12)
Skin	113	(14)
Head and neck	127	(14)
Thorax	141	(22)
Breast	163	(12)
Endocrine surgery	175	(20)
Abdominal wall and hernia	195	(12)
Acute abdomen	207	(10)
Alimentary tract	217	(84)
Peripheral vascular disease	301	(26)
Urology	327	(26)
Orthopaedics	353	(80)
Neurosurgery	433	(20)
Plastic surgery	453	(18)
Paediatric surgery	471	(20)
Organ and tissue transplantation	491	(14)
Index	505