Principles of Surgery, Companion Handbook

The systemic response to injury; fluid and electrolyte management of the surgical patient; haemostasis; surgical bleeding, and transfusion; shock; surgical infections; trauma; burns; wound care and wound healing; oncology; transplantations; surgical complications; physiologic monitoring; skin and subcutaneous tissue; breast; tumours of the head and neck; chest wall, pleura, lung and mediastinum; congenital heart disease; acquired heart disease; thoracic aneurysms and aortic dissection; arterial disease; venous and lymphatic disease; manifestations of gastrointestinal disease; oesophagus and diaphragmatic hernia; stomach; small intestine; colon, rectum and anus; the appendix; liver; gallbladder and extrachepatic biliary system; pancreas; spleen; intraabdominal infections; abdominal wall; omentum; mesentery and retroperitoneum; abdominal wall hernias; pituitary and adrenal thyroid and parathyroid; paediatric surgery; urology; gynaecology; neurosurgery; orthopaedics; surgery of the hand; plastic and reconstructive surgery; minimally invasive surgery.