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Textbook of Surgery is a core book for medical and surgical students providing a comprehensive overview of general and speciality surgery. Each topic is written by an expert in the field.
The book focuses on the principles and techniques of surgical management of common diseases. Great emphasis is placed on problem-solving to guide students and junior doctors through their surgical training.
List of contents
Contributors viii
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xiv
Section 1 Principles of Surgery
1 Preoperative management 3
Julian A. Smith
2 Assessment of surgical risk 13
Benjamin N.J. Thomson
3 Anaesthesia and pain medicine 19
David Story
4 Postoperative management 25
Peter Devitt
5 Surgical techniques 35
Benjamin N.J. Thomson and David M.A. Francis
6 Management of surgical wounds 45
Rodney T. Judson
7 Nutrition and the surgical patient 49
William R.G. Perry and Andrew G. Hill
8 Care of the critically ill patient 57
Jeffrey J. Presneill, Christopher MacIsaac and John F. Cade
9 Surgical infection 65
Marcos V. Perini and Vijayaragavan Muralidharan
10 Transplantation surgery 75
Michael A. Fink
11 Principles of surgical oncology 87
G. Bruce Mann and Robert J.S. Thomas
12 Introduction to the operating theatre 93
Andrew Danks, Alan C. Saunder and Julian A. Smith
13 Emergency general surgery 109
Benjamin N.J. Thomson and Rose Shakerian
Section 2 Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery
14 Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and hiatus hernias 115
Paul Burton and Geraldine J. Ooi
15 Tumours of the oesophagus 123
Ahmad Aly and Jonathan Foo
16 Peptic ulcer disease 133
Paul A. Cashin and S.C. Sydney Chung
17 Gastric neoplasms 143
John Spillane
18 Obesity and bariatric surgery 151
Yazmin Johari and Wendy A. Brown
Section 3 Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery
19 Gallstones 163
Arthur J. Richardson
20 Malignant diseases of the hepatobiliary system 173
Thomas J. Hugh and Nigel B. Jamieson
21 Liver infections 191
Vijayaragavan Muralidharan, Marcos V. Perini and Christopher Christophi
22 Pancreatitis 199
Peter S. Russell and John A. Windsor
23 Pancreatic tumours 209
David Burnett and Mehrdad Nikfarjam
24 Portal hypertension and surgery on the patient with cirrhosis 219
Michael A. Fink
Section 4 Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery
25 Principles of colorectal and small bowel surgery 229
Ian Hayes
26 Physiology of small and large bowel: alterations due to surgery and disease 237
Jacob McCormick and Ian Hayes
27 Small bowel obstruction and ischaemia 243
Ian Hayes and the late Joe J. Tjandra
28 The appendix and Meckel's diverticulum 249
Rose Shakerian and the late Joe J. Tjandra
29 Inflammatory bowel disease 255
Susan Shedda, Brit Christensen and the late Joe J. Tjandra
30 Diverticular disease of the colon 267
Ian Hastie and the late Joe J. Tjandra
31 Colorectal cancer 273
Ian T. Jones and the late Joe J. Tjandra
32 Large bowel obstruction 285
Raaj Chandra
33 Perianal disorders I: excluding sepsis 293
Ian Hayes and Susan Shedda
34 Perianal disorders II: sepsis 301
Ian Hayes and the late Joe J. Tjandra
Section 5 Breast Surgery
35 Breast assessment and benign breast disease 309
Rajiv V. Dave and G. Bruce Mann
36 Malignant breast disease and surgery 317
Rajiv V. Dave and G. Bruce Mann
Section 6 Endocrine Surgery
37 Thyroid 331
Jonathan Serpell
38 Parathyroid 339
Jonathan Serpell
39 Tumours of the adrenal gland 345
Jonathan Serpell
Section 7 Head and Neck Surgery
40 Eye injuries and infections 353
Helen V. Danesh-Meyer
41 Otorhinolaryngology 359
Stephen O'Leary and Neil Vallance
42 Tumours of the head and neck 369
Rodney T. Judson
Section 8 Hernias
43 Hernias 381
Roger Berry and
About the author
THE EDITORS JULIAN A. SMITH is Professor of Surgery and Head, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Australia.
ANDREW H. KAYE is Professor of Surgery and Head, Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
CHRISTOPHER CHRISTOPHI is Professor and Head of Surgery, Austin Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
WENDY A. BROWN is Professor of Surgery and Head, Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Alfred Health, Monash University, Australia.
Summary
Textbook of Surgery is a core book for medical and surgical students providing a comprehensive overview of general and speciality surgery. Each topic is written by an expert in the field.
The book focuses on the principles and techniques of surgical management of common diseases. Great emphasis is placed on problem-solving to guide students and junior doctors through their surgical training.
