Surgery at a Glance

by Grace, Pierce A.; Borley, Neil R.

• ISBN13: 9781118272206
• ISBN10: 111827220X
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-04-22
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Surgery at a Glance provides a concise and visually-orientated summary of a comprehensive lecture course in surgery. The book is aimed primarily at clinical undergraduate medical students undertaking their surgical attachment and revising for finals. It follows the familiar easy-to-use at a Glance format with each topic presented as a double-page spread with clear mind-map illustrations and key facts encapsulating all that students need to know. The chapter list is divided into clinical presentations followed by major surgical conditions. This title focuses on the core principles and the important diseases appropriate to the current curriculum and is ideally placed to sit alongside any surgery core texts.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

p>Preface 

List of abbreviations 

Part 1 Clinical presentations at a glance

1 Neck lump 

2 Dysphagia 

3 Haemoptysis 

4 Breast lump 

5 Breast pain 

6 Nipple discharge 

7 Gastrointestinal bleeding

8 Dyspepsia 

9 Vomiting 

10 Acute abdominal pain 

11 Chronic abdominal pain 

12 Abdominal swellings (general) 

13 Abdominal swellings (localized): upper abdominal 

14 Abdominal swellings (localized): lower abdominal 

15 Jaundice 

16 Diarrhoea 

17 Altered bowel habit/constipation 

18 Groin swellings 

19 Claudication 

20 Acute warm painful leg 

21 Acute ‘cold’ leg 

22 Leg ulceration 

23 Dysuria 

24 Urinary retention 

25 Haematuria 

26 Scrotal swellings 

27 Stomas and incisions 

Part 2 Surgical diseases at a glance

28 Anaesthesia 

29 Hypoxia 

30 Surgical infection 

31 Sepsis 

32 Systemic inflammatory response syndrome 

33 Shock 

34 Acute renal failure 

35 Fractures 

36 Orthopaedics: congenital and childhood disorders

37  Orthopaedics: metabolic and infective disorders

38 Arthritis

39 Musculoskeletal tumours

40 Burns 

41 Major trauma—basic principles 

42 Head injury (traumatic brain injury) 

43 Gastro-oesophageal reflux 

44 Oesophageal carcinoma 

45 Peptic ulceration 

46 Gastric carcinoma 

47 Malabsorption 

48 Crohn’s disease 

49 Acute appendicitis 

50 Diverticular disease 

51 Ulcerative colitis 

52 Colorectal carcinoma 

53 Benign anal and perianal disorders 

54 Intestinal obstruction 

55 Abdominal hernias 

56 Gallstone disease 

57 Pancreatitis 

58 Pancreatic tumours 

59 Benign breast disease 

60 Breast cancer 

61 Goitre 

62 Thyroid malignancies 

63 Parathyroid disease 

64 Pituitary disorders 

65 Adrenal disorders 

66 Skin cancer 

67 Ischaemic heart disease 

68 Valvular heart disease 

69 Peripheral arterial disease 

70 The diabetic foot 

71 Aneurysms 

72 Extracranial arterial disease 

73 Venous thromboembolism 

74 Varicose veins 

75 Lymphoedema 

76 Postoperative pulmonary complications 

77 Lung cancer 

78 Urinary tract infection 

79 Benign prostatic hypertrophy 

80 Renal (urinary) calculi 

81 Renal cell carcinoma 

82 Carcinoma of the bladder 

83 Carcinoma of the prostate 

84 Testicular cancer 

85 Urinary incontinence 

86 Solid organ transplantation 

87 Paediatric ‘general’ surgery 

Index