Pierce A. Grace, Neil R. Borley

Surgery at a Glance

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Produktbeschreibung

This new edition of Surgery at a Glance provides a concise and visually-orientated summary of a comprehensive lecture course in surgery. Following the easy-to-use at a Glance format, each topic is presented with clear illustrations and key facts encapsulating all that you need to know.

The book is coherently divided into clinical presentations followed by major surgical conditions. Exploring core principals and important diseases, it is an accessible companion to any surgery core text, and is ideally placed to support the current curriculum.

Surgery at a Glance:
Features brand new chapters on Orthopaedics and updates on the management of surgical conditions
Includes more revision-friendly elements for quick reference
Is fully supported by a resource website at www.testgeneralsurgery.com containing both MCQs and short answer questions

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1A118272200
• 5. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2013
• Abmessung: 274mm x 217mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 605g
• ISBN-13: 9781118272206
• ISBN-10: 111827220X
• Artikelnr.: 36672449

Autorenporträt

Professor Pierce Grace (MCh, FRCSI, FRCS) is Professor of Surgical Science and Consultant Vascular Surgeon at the University of Limerick. Mr Neil Borley (MBBS, FRCS) is Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at Cheltenham General Hospital.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 6 List of abbreviations 7 Part 1 Clinical presentations at a glance
1 Neck lump 10 2 Dysphagia 12 3 Haemoptysis 14 4 Breast lump 16 5 Breast
pain 18 6 Nipple discharge 20 7 Gastrointestinal bleeding 22 8 Dyspepsia 26
9 Vomiting 28 10 Acute abdominal pain 30 11 Chronic abdominal pain 32 12
Abdominal swellings (general) 34 13 Abdominal swellings (localized) - upper
abdominal 36 14 Abdominal swellings (localized) - lower abdominal 40 15
Jaundice 42 16 Diarrhoea 44 17 Altered bowel habit/constipation 46 18 Groin
swellings 48 19 Claudication 50 20 Acute warm painful leg 52 21 Acute
'cold' leg 54 22 Leg ulceration 56 23 Dysuria 58 24 Urinary retention 60 25
Haematuria 62 26 Scrotal swellings 64 27 Stomas and incisions 66 Part 2
Surgical diseases at a glance 28 Anaesthesia 68 29 Hypoxia 72 30 Surgical
infection 74 31 Sepsis 78 32 Systemic infl ammatory response syndrome 80 33
Shock 82 34 Acute renal failure 84 35 Fractures 86 36 Orthopaedics -
congenital and childhood disorders 88 37 Orthopaedics - metabolic and
infective disorders 90 38 Arthritis 92 39 Musculoskeletal tumours 95 40
Burns 98 41 Major trauma - basic principles 100 42 Traumatic brain injury
(head injury) 102 43 Gastro-oesophageal refl ux disease 106 44 Oesophageal
carcinoma 108 45 Peptic ulcer disease 110 46 Gastric carcinoma 112 47
Malabsorption 114 48 Crohn's disease 116 49 Acute appendicitis 118 50
Diverticular disease 120 51 Ulcerative colitis 122 52 Colorectal carcinoma
124 53 Benign anal and perianal disorders 126 54 Intestinal obstruction 128
55 Abdominal hernias 130 56 Gallstone disease 132 57 Pancreatitis 136 58
Pancreatic tumours 138 59 Benign breast disease 140 60 Breast cancer 142 61
Goitre 144 62 Thyroid malignancies 146 63 Parathyroid disease 148 64
Pituitary disorders 150 65 Adrenal disorders 152 66 Skin cancer 154 67
Ischaemic heart disease 157 68 Valvular heart disease 160 69 Peripheral
arterial disease 162 70 The diabetic foot 164 71 Aneurysms 166 72
Extracranial arterial disease 168 73 Venous thromboembolism 170 74 Varicose
veins 173 75 Lymphoedema 176 76 Postoperative pulmonary complications 178
77 Lung cancer 180 78 Urinary tract infection 182 79 Benign prostatic
hypertrophy 184 80 Renal (urinary) calculi 186 81 Renal cell carcinoma 188
82 Carcinoma of the bladder 190 83 Carcinoma of the prostate 192 84
Testicular cancer 194 85 Urinary incontinence 196 86 Solid organ
transplantation 198 87 Paediatric 'general' surgery 200 Index 204