Introduction; Suture material and the healing of surgical wounds; Mechanical stapling in surgery; The use of hazards of surgical diathermy; Lasers in medicine and surgery; Abdominal access and closure; Hernias of the abdominal wall and pelvis, incisional hernias & parastomal hernias; Inguinal hernia repair by the Shouldice method; Groin hernias and their complications; Oesophageal and gastric carcinoma; Oesophageal reconstruction replacement of the oesophagus with jejunal interposition; Neuromuscular disorders of the oesophagus; Peptic ulcer: resection procedures, highly selective vagotomy; The pancreas; The spleen; The liver; Small intestine; Appendix and colon; The rectum and anal canal; The biliary system; Endoscopic procedures for the general surgeon; Laparoscopic techniques: cholecystectomy; Hiatal hernia; The thyroid gland; Parathyroid glands; The salivary glands; Block dissection of the glands of the neck; Maxillofacial surgery; Principles of skin cover; The breast; Microsurgical techniques in reconstructive surgery; The open approach to the kidney and ureter; Functional assessment of the lower urinary tract; The bladder and prostate; The penis, testes and scrotum; The adrenal gland; The management of urinary tract; The abdominal aorta and its peripheral branches; Abdominal aneurysms; Congenital heart disease; Acquired heart disease; The aortic arch and the ascending aorta; The descending thoracic aorta and thoraco-abdominal aneurysm; The peripheral veins; Portal Hypertension; Soft tissue sarcomas; Tracheostomy; Tracheal surgery; The lung, pleural cavity and mediastinum; Intracranial neurosurgery; Neurological disorders of the spine; Gynaecology and the general surgeon; Surgery of the newborn; Renal transplantation; Transplantation of the liver and pancreas; Cardiac transplantation; Lung transplantation; Index.
