General Surgical Operations is a highly-praised and comprehensive textbook of operative surgery. It is a practical manual aimed at the surgeon who is about to carry out an operation, rather than just a description of the principles suitable for an examiner. This book is aimed primarily at a trainee studying for the UK and Ireland Intercollegiate FRCS and equivalent examinations around the world. It is, however, also intended as a vade mecum for a trained surgeon anywhere, who is about to carry out an infrequently performed procedure, perhaps in emergency conditions. It will therefore serve as a useful reference manual for every surgeon. This is a 'What to do' book. Using it the reader can aspire to gain diagnostic, decision making and operative surgical competence with confidence.
CONTENTS: Choose well, cut well, get well Anaesthesia-related techniques The severely injured patient Laparotomy: elective and emergency Principles of minimal access surgery Hernias and abdominal wall Laparoscopic repair of groin and other abdominal wall hernias Appendix and abdominal abscess Laparoscopic appendicectomy Oesophagus Oesophageal cancer Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication Stomach and duodenum Small bowel Colonoscopy Colon Laparoscopic colorectal surgery Anorectum Open biliary operations Laparoscopic biliary surgery Pancreas Liver and portal venous system Spleen Laparoscopic splenectomy Breast Thyroid Parathyroid Adrenalectomy Arteries Veins and lymphatics Sympathectomy Transplantation Thorax Head and neck Orthopaedics and trauma: amputations Orthopaedics and trauma: general principles Orthopaedics and trauma: upper limb Orthopaedics and trauma: lower limb Plastic surgery Paediatric surgery Neurosurgery Upper urinary tract Lower urinary tract Male genitalia Gynaecological surgery Ear, nose and throat Oral and maxillofacial surgery Ophthalmology