Fundamentals Of Surgical Practice

Description:
This extensively revised and updated edition of Fundamentals of Surgical Practice is a key surgical textbook for the intercollegiate MRCS examination. Mirroring the entire new syllabus, it offers trainees a clear understanding of the core knowledge required for examination success and incorporates new material reflecting recent developments and the new examination. Designed to achieve maximum efficiency in learning, the content provides ample detail with key points and suggestions for further reading. In addition to a detailed index, each chapter has its own table of contents to enhance ease of use. The contributors are acknowledged experts, many of whom are recognised in their fields as innovators, practical clinicians, and Royal College examiners. This text is indispensable for the new trainee and provides established surgeons and other healthcare professionals working in the surgical environment with a modern, authoritative overview of the key areas of surgical practice.

Review:
Review of the second edition: 'Overall I found Fundamentals of Surgical Practice comprehensive but succinct, and would recommend it to all surgical trainees.' British Journal of Surgery

Table of Contents:
Preface; Part I. Basic Sciences Relevant to Surgical Practice: 1. Pharmacology and the safe prescribing of drugs Jamie J. Coleman, Anthony R. Cox and Nicholas J. Cowley; 2. Fundamentals of general pathology Gerald Langman; 3. Fundamentals of surgical microbiology Richard Cunningham; 4. Fundamentals of radiology Arvind Pallan; Part II. Basic Surgical Skills: 5. Surgical techniques and technology Michael A. Scott and Mark G. Coleman; 6. Professionalism - including academic activities: clinical research, audit, consent and ethics Evangelos Mazaris, Paris Tekkis and Vassilios Papalois; 7. Management of the dying patient: fundamentals of palliative and end of life care Chantal Meystre and Riffatt Hussein; Part III. The Assessment and Management of the Surgical Patient: 8. Preoperative assessment Jeffrey L. Tong; 9. Fundamentals of anaesthesia Jeffrey L. Tong; 10. Principles of cancer management Mark Duxbury; Part IV. Perioperative Care of the Surgical Patient: 11. Fundamentals of intestinal failure Tim Campbell Smith and Alistair Windsor; 12. Enhanced recovery after surgery John Evans and Robin H. Kennedy; 13. Fundamentals of intensive care Angela L. Neville; 14. Caring for surgical patients: complications and communication Douglas M. Bowley; 15. Management of sepsis Mark J. Midwinter; Part V. Common Surgical Conditions: 16. Assessment and early treatment of the patient with trauma Ross Davenport and Nigel Tai; 17. Fundamentals of the central nervous system James Palmer and Anant Kamat; 18. Fundamentals of head and neck surgery John K. S. Woo and Walter W. K. King; 19. Fundamentals of thoracic surgery Richard S. Steyn and Deborah Harrington; 20. Fundamentals of oesophago-gastric surgery Timothy Wheatley; 21. Fundamentals of hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery Mark Duxbury and Rowan Parks; 22. Fundamentals of endocrine surgery Peter Cant; 23. Fundamentals of the breast Steven D. Heys; 24. Fundamentals of lower gastrointestinal surgery Chris Cunningham; 25. Fundamentals of the genitourinary system Angela Cottrell and Andrew Dickinson; 26. Hernias Andrew N. Kingsnorth; 27. Fundamentals of vascular surgery Donald J. Adam, Martin W. Claridge and Antonius B. M. Wilmink; 28. Fundamentals of orthopaedics Jon Clasper; 29. Fundamentals of plastic surgery Tania C. S. Cubison; 30. Surgical care of the paediatric patient Paul K. H. Tam; 31. Fundamentals of organ and tissue transplantation Matthew Bowles; Index.

Author Biography:
Andrew Kingsnorth MS, FRCS, FACS is Consultant Surgeon, Derriford Hospital and Honorary Professor of Surgery, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth, UK. Douglas Bowley FRCS (Gen. Surg.) is Consultant Surgeon, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK and Senior Lecturer, Academic Department of Military Surgery and Trauma, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK.