Clinical Surgery : With Student Consult Access (Paperback, 3 ed)

SECTION 1 - GENERAL ISSUES

1. Surgery -- what it is and what a surgeon does
2. Legal and ethical issues, and organisation of surgical services
3. Accident and emergency
4. Investigation of the surgical patient
5. The operation
6. Anaesthesia and pain control
7. Perioperative management and postoperative complications
8. Wound healing and management
9. Surgical infection
10. The seriously ill and injured patient
11. Practical procedures
12. Principles of surgical oncology
13. Organ transplantation

SECTION 2 - REGIONAL SURGERY

14. The neck and upper aerodigestive tract
15. Ear and nose
16. Chest and lungs
17. Cardiac surgery
18. Oesophagus, stomach and duodenum
19. Liver and biliary tree
20. The spleen
21. The pancreas
22. Acute abdominal conditions
23. Small-bowel disease and intestinal obstruction
24. Large bowel, including appendix
25. Anal and related disorders
26. Hernia
27. Breast disease
28. Arterial surgery
29. Venous and lymphatic disorders

SECTION 3 - SURGICAL SPECIALTIES

30. Neurosurgery
31. Surgery of the endocrine glands
32. Urology
33. Principles of orthopaedics
34. Principles of management of fractures, joint injuries and peripheral nerve injuries
35. Principles of paediatric surgery
36. Ophthalmology in clinical surgery
37. Principles of plastic surgery
38. Skin disorders
39. Surgery in the tropics

Index