Core Topics in General & Emergency Surgery provides a short, up-to-date and practical reference guide for surgical trainees and established consultants needing a refresher.
The seventh edition has been edited and fully revised by respected experts in their fields, and provides a full list of current references and relevant resources. It covers a range of topics relevant to all areas of surgical practice - beyond surgical knowledge - that are essential for enhanced patient outcomes. These include quality improvement in emergency surgery, evaluation of new technology, evaluation of surgical literature, and human factors.
This volume is part of the Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice series, the pre-eminent reference for trainees in general surgery and those preparing for the FRCS examinations. Each volume summarises key issues within each surgical sub-specialty and provides evidence-based recommendations to support practice.
- Covers relevant topics not found in other surgical textbooks - essential to improve surgical outcomes
- Concise and easy to follow - ideal for exam revision or as a refresher aid
- Fully updated with latest evidence on recent developments, management issues and operative procedures
- International authorship offers a world view
- Evidence-based recommendations to support practice
- Key references to support content, plus a comprehensive list of references in the accompanying eBook
- Links to recommended online videos for further learning
- New chapters on surgical technology, quality improvement in emergency surgery
- All chapters revised and updated
Table of Contents
- Evaluation of surgical evidence
- Perioperative care and enhanced recovery
- Organisation of emergency general surgical services
- Patient assessment and surgical risk
- Perioperative and intensive care management of the surgical patient
- Surgical nutrition
- Abdominal hernias
- Neck surgery for the general surgeon
- Human factors and patient safety in surgery
- Principles of organ donation and general surgery in the transplant patient
- Early assessment of the acute abdomen
- Perforation of the upper gastrointestinal tract
- Acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding
- Pancreaticobiliary emergencies
- Acute conditions of the small bowel and appendix
- Colonic emergencies
- Anorectal emergencies
- Paediatric surgical emergencies
- Management of trauma for the general surgeon
- Abdominal sepsis and abdominal compartment syndrome
- Complications of bariatric surgery presenting to the general surgeon and considerations for the general surgeon when operating on the obese patient
