This quick reference guide for medical students and junior doctors is essential during surgery rotations.
Churchill’s Pocketbook of Surgery covers the fundamental principles of all the major surgical specialties including aetiology, diagnosis and management, pre-operative and post-operative care. It includes an overview of important considerations such as consent, clinical audit, common operations, and provides a checklist of emergency situations.
Fully updated, succinct and clearly structured, this is a must-have book that you will return to time and again.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction to Surgery - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. An Introduction to Surgical Techniques and Practical Procedures - p. 16 3. Chapter 3. Investigative Procedures - p. 32 4. Chapter 4. Shock and Trauma - p. 46 5. Chapter 5. Preoperative and Postoperative Care - p. 71 6. Chapter 6. Infection and Surgery - p. 98 7. Chapter 7. Management of Malignant Disease - p. 115 8. Chapter 8. Head, Neck and Otorhinolaryngology - p. 129 9. Chapter 9. Thorax - p. 157 10. Chapter 10. The Heart and Thoracic Great Vessels - p. 166 11. Chapter 11. Breast - p. 184 12. Chapter 12. Endocrine Surgery - p. 208 13. Chapter 13. Abdominal Wall and Hernia - p. 224 14. Chapter 14. Acute Abdomen - p. 237 15. Chapter 15. Alimentary Tract - p. 251 16. Chapter 16. Vascular Surgery - p. 332 17. Chapter 17. Urology - p. 367 18. Chapter 18. Orthopaedics - p. 396 19. Chapter 19. Neurosurgery - p. 460 20. Chapter 20. Plastic Surgery and Skin - p. 485 21. Chapter 21. Paediatric Surgery - p. 523 22. Chapter 22. Organ and Tissue Transplantation - p. 541 23. Chapter 23. Gynaecology and Obstetrics - p. 557 24. Index - p. 565 25. Confidence is ClinicalKey - p. 599
This quick reference guide for medical students and junior doctors is essential during surgery rotations.
Churchill’s Pocketbook of Surgery covers the fundamental principles of all the major surgical specialties including aetiology, diagnosis and management, pre-operative and post-operative care. It includes an overview of important considerations such as consent, clinical audit, common operations, and provides a checklist of emergency situations.
Fully updated, succinct and clearly structured, this is a must-have book that you will return to time and again.
1. Chapter 1. Introduction to Surgery - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. An Introduction to Surgical Techniques and Practical Procedures - p. 16 3. Chapter 3. Investigative Procedures - p. 32 4. Chapter 4. Shock and Trauma - p. 46 5. Chapter 5. Preoperative and Postoperative Care - p. 71 6. Chapter 6. Infection and Surgery - p. 98 7. Chapter 7. Management of Malignant Disease - p. 115 8. Chapter 8. Head, Neck and Otorhinolaryngology - p. 129 9. Chapter 9. Thorax - p. 157 10. Chapter 10. The Heart and Thoracic Great Vessels - p. 166 11. Chapter 11. Breast - p. 184 12. Chapter 12. Endocrine Surgery - p. 208 13. Chapter 13. Abdominal Wall and Hernia - p. 224 14. Chapter 14. Acute Abdomen - p. 237 15. Chapter 15. Alimentary Tract - p. 251 16. Chapter 16. Vascular Surgery - p. 332 17. Chapter 17. Urology - p. 367 18. Chapter 18. Orthopaedics - p. 396 19. Chapter 19. Neurosurgery - p. 460 20. Chapter 20. Plastic Surgery and Skin - p. 485 21. Chapter 21. Paediatric Surgery - p. 523 22. Chapter 22. Organ and Tissue Transplantation - p. 541 23. Chapter 23. Gynaecology and Obstetrics - p. 557 24. Index - p. 565 25. Confidence is ClinicalKey - p. 599
