Kirk’s General Surgical Operations is a highly-praised and comprehensive practical text which will guide the surgeon in training, or one unfamiliar with a procedure, on how to perform it, but more importantly on how to manage the uncertainties which so often arise. Aimed at a broad readership this is a ‘What to do’ book. Using it the reader can aspire to gain diagnostic, decision making and operative surgical competence with confidence.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iii 5. Foreword - p. iii 6. Preface - p. iii 7. Contributors - p. iii 8. List of Illustrations - p. iii 9. List of Tables - p. iii 10. Chapter 1: Choose well, cut well, get well - p. iii 11. Chapter 2: Anaesthesia-related techniques - p. iii 12. Chapter 3: The severely injured patient - p. iii 13. Chapter 4: Laparotomy: elective and emergency - p. iii 14. Chapter 5: Principles of minimal access surgery - p. iii 15. Chapter 6: Abdominal wall and hernias - p. iii 16. Chapter 7: Appendix and abdominal abscess - p. iii 17. Chapter 8: Oesophagus - p. iii 18. Chapter 9: Oesophageal cancer - p. iii 19. Chapter 10: Stomach and duodenum - p. iii 20. Chapter 11: Small bowel and operations for obesity - p. iii 21. Chapter 12: Colonoscopy - p. iii 22. Chapter 13: Colon - p. iii 23. Chapter 14: Anorectum - p. iii 24. Chapter 15: Biliary tract - p. iii 25. Chapter 16: Pancreas - p. iii 26. Chapter 17: Liver and portal venous system - p. iii 27. Chapter 18: Spleen - p. iii 28. Chapter 19: Breast - p. iii 29. Chapter 20: Thyroid - p. iii 30. Chapter 21: Parathyroid - p. iii 31. Chapter 22: Adrenalectomy - p. iii 32. Chapter 23: Arteries - p. iii 33. Chapter 24: Veins and lymphatics - p. iii 34. Chapter 25: Sympathectomy and the management of hyperhidrosis - p. iii 35. Chapter 26: Transplantation - p. iii 36. Chapter 27: Thorax - p. iii 37. Chapter 28: Head and neck - p. iii 38. Chapter 29: Orthopaedics and trauma: amputations - p. iii 39. Chapter 30: Orthopaedics and trauma: general principles - p. iii 40. Chapter 31: Orthopaedics and trauma: upper limb - p. iii 41. Chapter 32: Orthopaedics and trauma: lower limb - p. iii 42. Chapter 33: Plastic surgery - p. iii 43. Chapter 34: Paediatric surgery - p. iii 44. Chapter 35: Neurosurgery - p. iii 45. Chapter 36: Upper urinary tract - p. iii 46. Chapter 37: Lower urinary tract - p. iii 47. Chapter 38: Male genitalia - p. iii 48. Chapter 39: Gynaecological surgery - p. iii 49. Chapter 40: Ear, nose and throat - p. iii 50. Chapter 41: Oral and maxillofacial surgery - p. iii 51. Chapter 42: Ophthalmology - p. iii 52. Index - p. iii
Kirk’s General Surgical Operations is a highly-praised and comprehensive practical text which will guide the surgeon in training, or one unfamiliar with a procedure, on how to perform it, but more importantly on how to manage the uncertainties which so often arise. Aimed at a broad readership this is a ‘What to do’ book. Using it the reader can aspire to gain diagnostic, decision making and operative surgical competence with confidence.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iii 5. Foreword - p. iii 6. Preface - p. iii 7. Contributors - p. iii 8. List of Illustrations - p. iii 9. List of Tables - p. iii 10. Chapter 1: Choose well, cut well, get well - p. iii 11. Chapter 2: Anaesthesia-related techniques - p. iii 12. Chapter 3: The severely injured patient - p. iii 13. Chapter 4: Laparotomy: elective and emergency - p. iii 14. Chapter 5: Principles of minimal access surgery - p. iii 15. Chapter 6: Abdominal wall and hernias - p. iii 16. Chapter 7: Appendix and abdominal abscess - p. iii 17. Chapter 8: Oesophagus - p. iii 18. Chapter 9: Oesophageal cancer - p. iii 19. Chapter 10: Stomach and duodenum - p. iii 20. Chapter 11: Small bowel and operations for obesity - p. iii 21. Chapter 12: Colonoscopy - p. iii 22. Chapter 13: Colon - p. iii 23. Chapter 14: Anorectum - p. iii 24. Chapter 15: Biliary tract - p. iii 25. Chapter 16: Pancreas - p. iii 26. Chapter 17: Liver and portal venous system - p. iii 27. Chapter 18: Spleen - p. iii 28. Chapter 19: Breast - p. iii 29. Chapter 20: Thyroid - p. iii 30. Chapter 21: Parathyroid - p. iii 31. Chapter 22: Adrenalectomy - p. iii 32. Chapter 23: Arteries - p. iii 33. Chapter 24: Veins and lymphatics - p. iii 34. Chapter 25: Sympathectomy and the management of hyperhidrosis - p. iii 35. Chapter 26: Transplantation - p. iii 36. Chapter 27: Thorax - p. iii 37. Chapter 28: Head and neck - p. iii 38. Chapter 29: Orthopaedics and trauma: amputations - p. iii 39. Chapter 30: Orthopaedics and trauma: general principles - p. iii 40. Chapter 31: Orthopaedics and trauma: upper limb - p. iii 41. Chapter 32: Orthopaedics and trauma: lower limb - p. iii 42. Chapter 33: Plastic surgery - p. iii 43. Chapter 34: Paediatric surgery - p. iii 44. Chapter 35: Neurosurgery - p. iii 45. Chapter 36: Upper urinary tract - p. iii 46. Chapter 37: Lower urinary tract - p. iii 47. Chapter 38: Male genitalia - p. iii 48. Chapter 39: Gynaecological surgery - p. iii 49. Chapter 40: Ear, nose and throat - p. iii 50. Chapter 41: Oral and maxillofacial surgery - p. iii 51. Chapter 42: Ophthalmology - p. iii 52. Index - p. iii
