Overview

This comprehensive textbook is the surgical companion to the international bestseller, Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine. It provides an overview of core surgical topics encountered in an integrated medical curriculum and, later, in the clinical setting. The book takes a succinct and practical approach to the understanding of surgical disease and care of the surgical patient. It offers comprehensive coverage of the key surgical specialties and includes emerging issues around patient safety and the critical importance of clinical human factors in surgical practice. Fully updated to reflect changes in understanding and evidence-based practice, this is a text that keeps the student up to date and that no trainee surgeon should be without. Easy to read, logical to follow Summary boxes and evidence boxes throughout to complement the text Superbly presented with line drawings, high quality radiographic images and colour photographs to help in exams and in the clinical setting. Aligned with undergraduate and postgraduate surgical curricula New chapters on professional and ethical responsibilities, global surgery, patient safety and clinical human factors Comprehensive information on global surgical practice Full online and eBook version available as part of Student Consult

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Author:   O. James Garden (Professor Emeritus, Clinical Surgery, Director, Edinburgh Surgery Online, University of Edinburgh, UK) ,  Rowan W Parks (Professor of Surgical Sciences, Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Honorary Consultant Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic SurgeonRoyal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK) ,  Stephen J. Wigmore (Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Honorary Consultant Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgeon, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK)
Publisher:   Elsevier Health Sciences
Imprint:   Elsevier Health Sciences
Edition:   8th edition
Weight:   1.240kg
ISBN:  

9780702082511

ISBN 10:   0702082511
Pages:   580
Publication Date:   01 April 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

SECTION 1 PRINCIPLES OF PERIOPERATIVE CARE Metabolic response to injury, fluid and electrolyte balance and shock Transfusion of blood components and plasma products Nutritional support in surgical patients Infections and antibiotics Ethics, pre-operative considerations, anaesthesia and analgesia Principles of the surgical management of cancer Trauma and multiple injury Practical procedures and patient investigation Post-operative care and complications Evidence-based practice and professional development SECTION 2 GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY The abdominal wall and hernia The acute abdomen and intestinal obstruction The oesophagus, stomach and duodenum The liver and biliary tract The pancreas and spleen The small and large intestine The anorectum SECTION 3 SURGICAL SPECIALTIES Plastic and reconstructive surgery The breast Endocrine surgery Vascular and endovascular surgery Cardiothoracic surgery Urological surgery Neurosurgery Transplantation surgery Ear, nose and throat surgery Orthopaedic surgery Appendix Laboratory reference ranges

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