Core Topics in General and Emergency Surgery

Ch 1 Evidence-based practice in surgery Kathryn A Rigby, Jonathan A Michaels Ch 2 Outcomes and health economic issues in surgery Jonathan A Michaels, Russell Slack Ch 3 Day case surgery Douglas McWhinnie Ch 4 Abdominal hernias David H Bennett Ch 5 Early assessment and investigation in the acute abdomen Simon Paterson-Brown Ch 6 Perforations of the upper gastrointestinal tract David C Gotley Ch 7 Acute non-variceal gastrointestinal bleeding Andrew C de Beaux Ch 8 Pancreaticobiliary emergencies James J Powell, Rowan W Parks Ch 9 Acute conditions of the small bowel and appendix Simon Paterson-Brown Ch 10 Colonic emergencies Faisal Abbasakoor, Carolynne J. Vaizey Ch 11 Anorectal emergencies B.James Mander Ch 12 Paediatric surgical emergencies Lewis Spitz, Ian D Sugarman Ch 13 Abdominal trauma Kenneth D Boffard Ch 14 Prophylaxis and treatment of deep venous thrombosis George Hamilton Ch 15 Patient assessment and surgical risk Linda de Cossart Ch 16 Perioperative management of the surgical patient R Michael Grounds Ch 17 Surgical nutrition Steven D Heys, John Broom Ch 18 Sepsis and intensive care management Nick Everitt, Brian J Rowlands Index