“… a very well presented, high-quality book…The format of this book, with its smaller sections and topical headings, makes it less dry and kept me not only awake, but interested.”
―Alice Marie Fagin, MD, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Doody’s Book Reviews

Praise for the Previous Edition

“I have little doubt it will remain a popular reference book, and rightly so. The text is comprehensive yet succinct, and is laid out in a style that permits relatively easy and focused reading.”
―British Journal of Surgery

Edited by:

Professor Sir Alfred Cuschieri, Institute of Medical Science and Technology, Universities of Dundee, UK

Professor George B. Hanna, Professor of Surgical Sciences, Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, UK

Contents

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; Arup Chakraborty, Nicolas Price 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; Neill Duncan and R.W. 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, Stacy L. Moulder-Thompson, Andrew Evans and John A. Dewar
Disorders of the thyroid gland; S.P. Balasubramanian and David Smith
Disorders of the parathyroid gland; Paul R. Maddox
Disorders of the adrenal glands; G.P. Sadler
Disorders of the abdominal wall, peritoneal cavity and retroperitoneum; Sir Alfred Cuschieri
Disorders of the oesophagus; George B. Hanna, Sami M. Shimi 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 Abdool Rahim Moossa
Bariatric surgery; Ahmed R. Ahmed and Carel L.G. Roux
Disorders of the small intestine and vermiform appendix; Sir Alfred Cuschieri
Disorders of the colon and rectum; Paris Tekkis, Panagiotis Georgiou, Edward Fitzgerald and Emil Tan
Disorders of the anal canal; Ken Campbell