Essential Surgical Practice

Part 1: General section Surgical biology and pathology; Sir Alfred Cuschieri Surgical craft approaches and technologies; Sir Alfred Cuschieri Risk assessment and prognostic indices in surgery; Omar Faiz Care of the patient in the perioperative period; Helgi Johannsson and Vafa Mansoubi Patient-reported outcomes to evaluate surgery; Jane M Blazeby Intensive and high dependency care; Nicolas Price, Arup Chakraborty, and Martin Stotz Anaemia, hypovolaemia and oedema; Sir Alfred Cuschieri Cardiovascular pathophysiology; P George, J George and Allan D Struthers Pulmonary insufficiency; Elizabeth Starren, William Oldfield and Onn Min Kon Renal insufficiency; N Duncan and RW Corbett Surgical infections and infestations; Sir Alfred Cuschieri Surgical nutrition; Sir Alfred Cuschieri Interventional radiology in general surgery; Mohamad S Hamady Trauma and the injured patient; Leslie Kobayashi, Raul Coimbra and David Hoyt Head injuries, pathophysiology and management; Sam Eljamel Part 2: Specialist general surgery Disorders of the skin and soft tissues; Sir Alfred Cuschieri Disorders of the breast; Alistair M. Thompson and John A. Dewar Disorders of the thyroid gland; David Smith Disorders of the parathyroid gland; David Smith Disorders of the adrenal glands; David Smith Disorders of the abdominal wall, peritoneal cavity and retroperitoneum; Sir Alfred Cuschieri Disorders of the oesophagus; George B Hanna and Sir Alfred Cuschieri Disorders of the stomach and duodenum; Sir Alfred Cuschieri and George B Hanna Disorders of the liver; Francesco M. Polignano, John F. Dillon, Ian A. Zealley, Aaron J. Quyn, Aileen Smith and Sir Alfred Cuschieri Disorders of the biliary tract; Sir Alfred Cuschieri Disorders of the spleen and lymph nodes; Sir Alfred Cuschieri Disorders of the pancreas; Sir Alfred Cuschieri and AR Moosa Bariatric surgery; Ahmed R Ahmed and Carel le Roux Disorders of the small intestine and vermiform appendix; Sir Alfred Cuschieri Disorders of the colon and rectum; Paris Tekkis, Panayiotis Georgiou, Edward Fitzgerald and Emile Tan Disorders of the anal canal; Ken Campbell