Kirk's General Surgical Operations E-Book

Kirk's General Surgical Operations E-Book

Richard Novell, Daryll Baker, Nicholas Goddard, Richard Novell, Daryll Baker, Nicholas Goddard

• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Year: 2013
• Edition: 6
• eBook ISBN:
  9780702051234
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Surgery & Surgical Medicine

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.Kirk's General Surgical Operations continues to be aimed at a broad readership: the candidate preparing for the Intercollegiate FRCS in General Surgery or international equivalents; the trained surgeon faced, through necessity, with undertaking an infrequently performed procedure; and the many surgeons working in hospitals throughout the world without access to specialist services. It remains above all a practical text which will guide the surgeon in training, or one unfamiliar with a procedure, on how to perform it, but more importantly on how to manage the uncertainties which so often ariseThis is a 'What to do' book. Using it the reader can aspire to gain diagnostic, decision making and operative surgical competence with confidence.- The book is written in a clear and direct style and providing explicit instructions using descriptive headings for easy reference.- The contents covers standard routine operations in full; non-routine and rarely performed operations are included only where appropriate and in lesser detail- The text includes advice on topics such as patient selection; preparation and access to the site of operation; how to accomplish the procedure; closing and aftercare- Difficulties are highlighted and advice given on how to respond to unexpected findings- Each procedure is fully described thus avoiding repetitions and cutting cross-references to a minimum- Regular summaries of key points in the decision making process are included.- This Sixth Edition is now known as Kirk's General Surgical Operations in recognition of its distinguished founding editor, Professor RM Kirk, who is now Editor Emeritus on the textbook.- The new editorial team for the Sixth Edition comprises a colorectal surgeon, a vascular surgeon and an orthopaedic surgeon- The contents have been restructured and radically revised into 42 chapters, the majority of which have been completely rewritten.- Laparoscopic techniques have been incorporated into all relevant chapters.- All the illustrations have been redrawn to improve their clarity.

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Foreword
• Preface
• Contributors
• 1 Choose well, cut well, get well
• 2 Anaesthesia-related techniques
• 3 The severely injured patient
• 4 Laparotomy: elective and emergency
• 5 Principles of minimal access surgery
• 6 Abdominal wall and hernias
• 7 Appendix and abdominal abscess
• 8 Oesophagus
• 9 Oesophageal cancer
• 10 Stomach and duodenum
• 11 Small bowel and operations for obesity
• 12 Colonoscopy
• 13 Colon
• 14 Anorectum
• 15 Biliary tract
• 16 Pancreas
• 17 Liver and portal venous system
• 18 Spleen
• 19 Breast
• 20 Thyroid
• 21 Parathyroid
• 22 Adrenalectomy
• 23 Arteries
• 24 Veins and lymphatics
• 25 Sympathectomy and the management of hyperhidrosis
• 26 Transplantation
• 27 Thorax
• 28 Head and neck
• 29 Orthopaedics and trauma: amputations
• 30 Orthopaedics and trauma: general principles
• 31 Orthopaedics and trauma: upper limb
• 32 Orthopaedics and trauma: lower limb
• 33 Plastic surgery
• 34 Paediatric surgery
• 35 Neurosurgery
• 36 Upper urinary tract
• 37 Lower urinary tract
• 38 Male genitalia
• 39 Gynaecological surgery
• 40 Ear, nose and throat
• 41 Oral and maxillofacial surgery
• 42 Ophthalmology
• Index