Core Topics in General & Emergency Surgery - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 7th Edition

by Hugh M. Paterson, BMedSci MBChB MD FRCS(Ed) and Chris Deans, MBChB Hons, MD Distinction, FRCS GenSurg

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ISBN: 9780702084782

Publication Date: 11-09-2023

Page Count: 416

Imprint: Elsevier

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Key Features
- Covers relevant topics not found in other surgical textbooks – essential to improve surgical outcomes
- Concise and easy to follow – ideal for exam revision or as a refresher aid
- Fully updated with latest evidence on recent developments, management issues and operative procedures
- International authorship offers a world view
- Evidence-based recommendations to support practice
- Key references to support content, plus a comprehensive list of references in the accompanying eBook
- Links to recommended online videos for further learning
New to This Edition
- New chapters on surgical technology, quality improvement in emergency surgery
- All chapters revised and updated
Contents

1. Evaluation of surgical literature
2. Peri-operative care and enhanced recovery
3. Quality improvement in emergency surgery
4. Patient assessment and surgical risk
5. Perioperative intensive care management of the surgical patient
6. Surgical nutrition
7. Abdominal hernias
8. Neck surgery for the general surgeon
9. Human factors and patient safety in surgery
10. Principles of organ donation and transplantation
11. The acute abdomen: early assessment and investigation
12. Perforations of the upper gastrointestinal tract
13. Acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding
14. Pancreaticobiliary emergencies
15. Acute conditions of the small bowel and appendix
16. Colonic emergencies
17. Anorectal emergencies
18. Paediatric surgical emergencies
19. Management of trauma for the general surgeon
20. Abdominal sepsis and abdominal compartment syndrome
21. Operating on the obese patient and complications of bariatric surgery
22. Introduction of new technologies into Surgical practice
Authors

Hugh M. Paterson, BMedSci MBChB MD FRCS(Ed), Clinical Senior Lecturer Coloproctology, University of Edinburgh; Honorary Consultant Colorectal Surgeon,Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK and Chris Deans, MBChB Hons, MD Distinction, FRCS GenSurg, Consultant General and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, and Part-time Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland