Main description:

General Surgical Operations is a highly-praised and comprehensive textbook of operative surgery. It is a practical manual aimed at the surgeon who is about to carry out an operation, rather than just a description of the principles suitable for an examiner.

This book is aimed primarily at a trainee studying for the UK and Ireland Intercollegiate FRCS and equivalent examinations around the world. It is, however, also intended as a vade mecum for a trained surgeon anywhere, who is about to carry out an infrequently performed procedure, perhaps in emergency conditions. It will therefore serve as a useful reference manual for every surgeon.

This is a 'What to do' book. Using it the reader can aspire to gain diagnostic, decision making and operative surgical competence with confidence.

Contents:

Choose well, cut well, get well
Anaesthesia-related techniques
The severely injured patient
Laparotomy: elective and emergency
Principles of minimal access surgery
Hernias and abdominal wall
Laparoscopic repair of groin and other abdominal wall hernias
Appendix and abdominal abscess
Laparoscopic appendicectomy
Oesophagus
Oesophageal cancer
Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication
Stomach and duodenum
Small bowel
Colonoscopy
Colon
Laparoscopic colorectal surgery
Anorectum
Open biliary operations
Laparoscopic biliary surgery
Pancreas
Liver and portal venous system
Spleen
Laparoscopic splenectomy
Breast
Thyroid
Parathyroid
Adrenalectomy
Arteries
Veins and lymphatics
Sympathectomy
Transplantation
Thorax
Head and neck
Orthopaedics and trauma: amputations
Orthopaedics and trauma: general principles
Orthopaedics and trauma: upper limb
Orthopaedics and trauma: lower limb
Plastic surgery
Paediatric surgery
Neurosurgery
Upper urinary tract
Lower urinary tract
Male genitalia
Gynaecological surgery
Ear, nose and throat
Oral and maxillofacial surgery
Ophthalmology