Introduction to surgery - basic surgical principles; diagnostic and interventional radiology; wounds, tissue repair and scars; acute life support and critical care - fluid electrolyte and acid-base balance - blood transfusion; nutritional support and rehabilitation; anaesthesia and pain relief; wound infection; surgical infections and viruses; AIDS; sterile precautions; transplantation; tumours, cysts, ulcers and sinuses; plastic surgery; burns; arterial disorders; venous disorders; luymphatic system; accident and emergency surgery; warefare injuries; history taking and examination in musculoskeletal disorder; fractures and dislocations; shoulder and upper limb; pelvis and lower limb; bones and joints - infections; diseases of bones and joints - tumours; bones and joints - generalised disease; bones and joints - congenital disorders; disorders of growing skeleton; disorders of muscle, tendons, ligaments - sports medicine; wrist and hand; foot; neurological and musculskeletal; spine; nerves; cranium and head injury; the eye and orbit; developmental abnormalities of the face, palate and lips; maxillofacial injuries; the nose and sinuses; the ear; oral and oralpharyngeal cancer and precancer; salivary gland disorders; pharynx, larynx and neck; the thyroid gland and the thyroglossal tract; the parathyroid and adrenal glands; the breast; the thorax; heart and pericardium; anastromoses; the oesophagus; stomach and duodenum; the liver; spleen; gallbladder and bile ducts; pancreas; the peritoneum, omentum, mesentery and retroperitoneal space; the small and large intestines; intestinal obstruction; the veriform appendix; the rectum; the anus and anal canal; hernias - umbilicus - abdominal wall; urinary symptoms - investigation of the urinary tract; anuria; the kidneys and ureters; the urinary bladder; the prostrate and seminal vesicles; the urethra and penis; the testis and scrotum; day surgery; principles of laparascopic surgery; surgical audit; clinical trials; statistics; theatre safety; surgical ethics.
