Surgery at a Glance, 3rd Edition

Surgery at a Glance provides a concise and accessible introduction and revision aid for medical students undertaking their surgical attachment. The easy-to-use at a Glance format presents each topic as a double-page spread. The key facts are accompanied by clear diagrams and photographs encapsulating all that students need to know. Surgery at a Glance is THE book for surgical finals. This new edition Now includes colour to enhance understanding Focuses on the core principles and the important diseases appropriate to the current curriculum. Is divided into clinical presentations followed by major surgical conditions. Contains 5 new chapters on: -stomas and incisions -anaesthesia -surgical infections -lymphoedema -solid organ transplantation. Features a new tinted box for the cancer chapters that provides the 2-week-wait referral criteria. Surgery at a Glance will appeal to all clinical medical students, junior doctors on the Foundation Program and surgical nurses. Reviews of last edition "This book is ideal for finals as diagrams help the revision numbed mind to retain information. It is extremely quick and easy to read and the list-based information is an ideal basis for short-answer questions." Barts and the London Chronicle "Delightful book...the quality of the diagrams is such that for the majority of topics the text is almost superfluous." British Journal of Surgery

Professor Pierce Grace (MCh, FRCSI, FRCS) is Professor of Surgical Science and Consultant Vascular Surgeon at the University of Limerick.

Mr Neil Borley (MBBS, FRCS) is Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at Cheltenham General Hospital.

Both authors are editors of Clinical Surgery 2e, and Neil Borley also authors Instant Pathology and is a co-author of Instant Anatomy and Instant Physiology.

Preface

7

(1)

List of Abbreviations

8

(2)

Part 1 Clinical presentations at a glance

Neck lump

10

(2)

Dysphagia

12

(2)

Haemoptysis

14

(2)

Breast lump

16

(2)

Breast pain

18

(2)

Nipple discharge

20

(2)

Haematemesis

22

(2)

Dyspepsia

24

(2)

Vomiting

26

(2)

Acute abdominal pain

28

(2)

Chronic abdominal pain

30

(2)

Abdominal swellings (general)

32

(2)

Abdominal swellings (localized): upper abdominal

34

(4)

Abdominal swellings (localized): lower abdominal

38

(2)

Jaundice

40

(2)

Rectal bleeding

42

(2)

Diarrhoea

44

(2)

Altered bowel habit/constipation

46

(2)

Groin swellings

48

(2)

Claudication

50

(2)

Acute warm painful leg

52

(2)

Acute `cold' leg

54

(2)

Leg ulceration

56

(2)

Dysuria

58

(2)

Urinary retention

60

(2)

Haematuria

62

(2)

Scrotal swellings

64

(2)

Stomas and incisions

66

(2)

Part 2 Surgical diseases at a glance

Anaesthesia

68

(4)

Hypoxia

72

(2)

Shock

74

(2)

Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)

76

(2)

Surgical infection

78

(4)

Acute renal failure

82

(2)

Fractures

84

(2)

Burns

86

(2)

Major trauma--basic principles

88

(2)

Head injury

90

(4)

Gastro-oesophageal reflux

94

(2)

Oesophageal carcinoma

96

(2)

Peptic ulceration

98

(2)

Gastric carcinoma

100

(2)

Malabsorption

102

(2)

Crohn's disease

104

(2)

Acute appendicitis

106

(2)

Diverticular disease

108

(2)

Ulcerative colitis

110

(2)

Colorectal carcinoma

112

(2)

Benign anal and perianal disorders

114

(2)

Intestinal obstruction

116

(2)

Abdominal hernias

118

(2)

Gallstone disease

120

(4)

Pancreatitis

124

(2)

Pancreatic tumours

126

(2)

Benign breast disease

128

(2)

Breast cancer

130

(2)

Goitre

132

(2)

Thyroid malignancies

134

(2)

Parathyroid disease

136

(2)

Pituitary disorders

138

(2)

Adrenal disorders

140

(2)

Skin cancer

142

(2)

Ischaemic heart disease

144

(2)

Valvular heart disease

146

(2)

Peripheral occlusive vascular disease

148

(2)

The diabetic foot

150

(2)

Aneurysms

152

(2)

Extracranial arterial disease

154

(2)

Deep venous thrombosis

156

(2)

Varicose veins

158

(2)

Lymphoedema

160

(2)

Pulmonary collapse and postoperative pneumonia

162

(2)

Bronchial carcinoma

164

(2)

Urinary tract infection

166

(2)

Benign prostatic hypertrophy

168

(2)

Renal calculi

170

(2)

Renal cell carcinoma

172

(2)

Carcinoma of the bladder

174

(2)

Carcinoma of the prostate

176

(2)

Testicular cancer

178

(2)

Urinary incontinence

180

(2)

Paediatric `general' surgery

182

(2)

Solid organ transplantation

184

(3)

Index

187

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