Lecture Notes on General Surgery

Acute infections; specific infections; shock; burns; post-operative complications; post-operative fluid, electrolyte balance and perioperative nutrition; tumours; the chest and lungs; the heart and great vessels; the peripheral arteries; the veins of the legs; the lymph nodes and lymphatics; the brain and meninges; head injuries; the spinal cord; peripheral nerve injuries; the mouth and tongue; the gums and jaws; the salivary glands; the oesophagus; the diaphragm; the stomach and duodenum; mechanical intestinal obstruction; specific and special forms of obstruction; the small intestine; acute appendicites; the colon; the rectum and anal canal; periotonitis; paralytic ileus; hernia; the liver; the gall bladder and bile ducts; the pancreas; the spleen; the kidney and ureter; the bladder; the prostate; the male urethra; the penis; the testis; the neck; the thyroid; the parathyroids; the adrenal medulla; the adrenal cortex; the thymus; the breast; the skin and its adnexae; transplantation surgery.