This comprehensive textbook is the surgical companion to the international bestseller, Davidson’s Principles and Practice of Medicine. It provides an overview of core surgical topics encountered in an integrated medical curriculum and, later, in the clinical setting.
The book takes a succinct and practical approach to the understanding of surgical disease and care of the surgical patient. It offers comprehensive coverage of the key surgical specialties and includes emerging issues around patient safety and the critical importance of clinical human factors in surgical practice.
Fully updated to reflect changes in understanding and evidence-based practice, this is a text that keeps the student up to date and that no trainee surgeon should be without.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Preface - p. iv 6. Preface - p. vii 7. Contributors - p. viii 8. Acknowledgements - p. xi 9. Section 1. Professional capabilities in surgical practice - p. 1 10. 1. Professional and ethical responsibilities - p. 2 11. 2. Patient safety and clinical human factors - p. 7 12. 3. Evidence-based surgery - p. 18 13. Section 2. Principles of perioperative care - p. 31 14. 4. Management of shock, fluid management and blood transfusion - p. 32 15. 5. Nutritional support in surgical patients - p. 56 16. 6. Infections and antibiotics - p. 64 17. 7. Preoperative considerations, anaesthesia and analgesia - p. 78 18. 8. Principles of the surgical management of cancer - p. 100 19. 9. Trauma and multiple injury - p. 111 20. 10. Practical procedures and patient investigation - p. 126 21. 11. Postoperative care and complications - p. 140 22. Section 3. Gastrointestinal surgery - p. 149 23. 12. The abdominal wall and hernia - p. 150 24. 13. The acute abdomen - p. 162 25. 14. The oesophagus, stomach and duodenum - p. 180 26. 15. The liver and biliary tract - p. 211 27. 16. The pancreas and spleen - p. 236 28. 17. The small and large intestine - p. 253 29. 18. The anorectum - p. 282 30. Section 4. Surgical specialties - p. 298 31. 19. Plastic surgery, including common skin and subcutaneous lesions - p. 300 32. 20. Breast surgery - p. 323 33. 21. Endocrine surgery - p. 344 34. 22. Vascular and endovascular surgery - p. 368 35. 23. Cardiothoracic surgery - p. 402 36. 24. Urological surgery - p. 423 37. 25. Neurosurgery - p. 454 38. 26. Transplantation surgery - p. 480 39. 27. Ear, nose and throat surgery - p. 495 40. 28. Orthopaedic surgery - p. 518 41. 29. Global surgery and anaesthesia - p. 536 42. Appendix. Laboratory reference ranges - p. 543 43. Index - p. 545
This comprehensive textbook is the surgical companion to the international bestseller, Davidson’s Principles and Practice of Medicine. It provides an overview of core surgical topics encountered in an integrated medical curriculum and, later, in the clinical setting.
The book takes a succinct and practical approach to the understanding of surgical disease and care of the surgical patient. It offers comprehensive coverage of the key surgical specialties and includes emerging issues around patient safety and the critical importance of clinical human factors in surgical practice.
Fully updated to reflect changes in understanding and evidence-based practice, this is a text that keeps the student up to date and that no trainee surgeon should be without.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Preface - p. iv 6. Preface - p. vii 7. Contributors - p. viii 8. Acknowledgements - p. xi 9. Section 1. Professional capabilities in surgical practice - p. 1 10. 1. Professional and ethical responsibilities - p. 2 11. 2. Patient safety and clinical human factors - p. 7 12. 3. Evidence-based surgery - p. 18 13. Section 2. Principles of perioperative care - p. 31 14. 4. Management of shock, fluid management and blood transfusion - p. 32 15. 5. Nutritional support in surgical patients - p. 56 16. 6. Infections and antibiotics - p. 64 17. 7. Preoperative considerations, anaesthesia and analgesia - p. 78 18. 8. Principles of the surgical management of cancer - p. 100 19. 9. Trauma and multiple injury - p. 111 20. 10. Practical procedures and patient investigation - p. 126 21. 11. Postoperative care and complications - p. 140 22. Section 3. Gastrointestinal surgery - p. 149 23. 12. The abdominal wall and hernia - p. 150 24. 13. The acute abdomen - p. 162 25. 14. The oesophagus, stomach and duodenum - p. 180 26. 15. The liver and biliary tract - p. 211 27. 16. The pancreas and spleen - p. 236 28. 17. The small and large intestine - p. 253 29. 18. The anorectum - p. 282 30. Section 4. Surgical specialties - p. 298 31. 19. Plastic surgery, including common skin and subcutaneous lesions - p. 300 32. 20. Breast surgery - p. 323 33. 21. Endocrine surgery - p. 344 34. 22. Vascular and endovascular surgery - p. 368 35. 23. Cardiothoracic surgery - p. 402 36. 24. Urological surgery - p. 423 37. 25. Neurosurgery - p. 454 38. 26. Transplantation surgery - p. 480 39. 27. Ear, nose and throat surgery - p. 495 40. 28. Orthopaedic surgery - p. 518 41. 29. Global surgery and anaesthesia - p. 536 42. Appendix. Laboratory reference ranges - p. 543 43. Index - p. 545
