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| Preface |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Section 1 Principles of Surgery |
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1 Preoperative management |
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2 Assessment of surgical risk |
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3 Anaesthesia and pain medicine |
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4 Postoperative management |
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6 Management of surgical wounds |
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45 | (4) |
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7 Nutrition and the surgical patient |
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49 | (8) |
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8 Care of the critically ill patient |
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57 | (8) |
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10 Transplantation surgery |
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75 | (12) |
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11 Principles of surgical oncology |
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87 | (6) |
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12 Introduction to the operating theatre |
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93 | (16) |
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13 Emergency general surgery |
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| Section 2 Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery |
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14 Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and hiatus hernias |
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15 Tumours of the oesophagus |
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133 | (10) |
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143 | (8) |
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18 Obesity and bariatric surgery |
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| Section 3 Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery |
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163 | (10) |
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20 Malignant diseases of the hepatobiliary system |
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191 | (8) |
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199 | (10) |
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209 | (10) |
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24 Portal hypertension and surgery on the patient with cirrhosis |
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219 | (10) |
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| Section 4 Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery |
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25 Principles of colorectal and small bowel surgery |
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229 | (8) |
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26 Physiology of small and large bowel: alterations due to surgery and disease |
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237 | (6) |
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27 Small bowel obstruction and ischaemia |
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243 | (6) |
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28 The appendix and Meckel's diverticulum |
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249 | (6) |
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29 Inflammatory bowel disease |
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255 | (12) |
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30 Diverticular disease of the colon |
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267 | (6) |
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273 | (12) |
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32 Large bowel obstruction |
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285 | (8) |
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33 Perianal disorders I: excluding sepsis |
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293 | (8) |
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34 Perianal disorders II: sepsis |
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301 | (8) |
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| Section 5 Breast Surgery |
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35 Breast assessment and benign breast disease |
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309 | (8) |
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36 Malignant breast disease and surgery |
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317 | (14) |
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| Section 6 Endocrine Surgery |
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331 | (8) |
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339 | (6) |
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39 Tumours of the adrenal gland |
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345 | (8) |
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| Section 7 Head and Neck Surgery |
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40 Eye injuries and infections |
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353 | (6) |
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359 | (10) |
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42 Tumours of the head and neck |
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369 | (12) |
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| Section 8 Hernias |
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381 | (16) |
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| Section 9 Skin and Soft Tissues |
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44 Tumours and cysts of the skin |
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397 | (6) |
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403 | (12) |
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46 Infection of the extremities |
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415 | (8) |
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47 Principles of plastic surgery |
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423 | (8) |
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| Section 10 Trauma |
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48 Principles of trauma management |
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431 | (12) |
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443 | (14) |
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| Section 11 Orthopaedic Surgery |
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50 Fractures and dislocations |
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457 | (8) |
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51 Diseases of bone and joints |
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465 | (18) |
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| Section 12 Neurosurgery |
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53 Intracranial tumours, infection and aneurysms |
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54 Nerve injuries, peripheral nerve entrapments and spinal cord compression |
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511 | (16) |
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| Section 13 Vascular Surgery |
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55 Disorders of the arterial system |
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527 | (10) |
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56 Extracranial vascular disease |
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537 | (8) |
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57 Venous and lymphatic diseases of the limbs |
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545 | (8) |
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58 Endovascular therapies |
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553 | (12) |
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| Section 14 Urology |
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59 Benign urological conditions |
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565 | (12) |
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60 Genitourinary oncology |
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577 | (10) |
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| Section 15 Cardiothoracic Surgery |
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61 Principles and practice of cardiac surgery |
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587 | (16) |
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62 Common topics in thoracic surgery |
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603 | (14) |
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| Section 16 Problem Solving |
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625 | (8) |
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633 | (4) |
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66 Haematemesis and melaena |
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637 | (6) |
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643 | (6) |
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68 The acute abdomen, peritonitis and intra-abdominal abscesses |
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659 | (8) |
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667 | (8) |
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675 | (4) |
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73 Leg swelling and ulcers |
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685 | (8) |
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75 Postoperative complications |
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699 | (8) |
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707 | (4) |
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80 Post-traumatic confusion |
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735 | (10) |
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81 Sudden-onset severe headache |
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745 | (4) |
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| Answers to MCQs |
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| Index |
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