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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Foreword
- List of Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Section 1. General Issues
- 1. Inflammation, Wound Healing and Surgical Immunology
- Wounds
- Anatomy and Physiology of the Skin
- Wound Healing
- Factors Involved in Wound Healing1,7
- Acute Wounds
- Chronic Wounds
- Acute Wound Management
- Wound Closure
- Dressings1,6
- Summary
- 2. Pharmacology in Surgical Practice
- Safe Prescribing
- A Basic Introduction to Pharmacology
- Commonly Used Drugs in Surgical Practice
- Common Analgesics
- Drugs Used in General Anaesthesia
- Local Anaesthesia
- Epidural and Spinal Anaesthesia
- Antibiotics
- Anticoagulants
- Pharmacological Principles for Treatment of Malignancy
- Summary
- 3. Disorders of Growth, Differentiation and Morphogenesis
- Introduction
- Growth
- Control of Growth
- Disorders of Growth
- Differentiation
- Morphogenesis
- Disorders of Growth, Differentiation and Morphogenesis During Embryogenesis
- 4. Cancer: Principles of Surgical Oncology
- Introduction
- The Presentation of Cancer
- Carcinogenesis and Growth
- Influence of Biology on Clinical Course
- Invasion and Metastasis
- Cancer Staging
- Cancer Biomarkers
- Decision Support Tools
- Centralization of Cancer Services in Surgery and Cancer Strategy
- Principles of Curative Oncological Surgery
- Definitive or Palliative Systemic Therapy
- Survivorship
- Summary
- 5. Surgical Infection
- Infection in General
- Diagnosis and Management of Infection
- Important Infections in Surgical Patients
- 6. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- Introduction
- Key Modifiable Risk Factors for Long-Term Conditions
- Obesity
- Physical Activity
- Alcohol
- Diet and Nutrition
- Illicit Drugs
- Mental Health
- Standards for Health Promotion in Hospitals
- Summary
- 7. The Principles of Assessment and Management of the Surgical Patient
- Physiological Basis of Surgical Care
- Normal Gastrointestinal Physiology
- Features of Preoperative Assessment
- The Postoperative Period
- Postoperative Complications
- Summary
- 8. Perioperative Management and Postoperative Complications
- Preoperative Assessment
- Preoperative Assessment
- Medications Review and Recommendations
- Investigations
- The High-Risk Patient
- The Elderly Patient
- Assessing Risk
- Shared Decision Making and the Multidisciplinary Team
- Intraoperative Management
- Anticipated Critical Events
- Surgical Site Infection Bundle
- Postoperative Management
- Routine Postoperative Care
- Postoperative Complications and the Unwell Surgical Patient
- Considerations for Discharge
- 9. Principles of Paediatric Surgery
- General Principles
- Surgical Pathology in Children
- Conditions Presenting with Respiratory Distress
- The Newborn with Intestinal Obstruction
- Congenital Abdominal Wall Defects
- Disorders of the Umbilicus
- The Inguinal Region
- Common Abdominal Masses in Children
- Tumours and the Paediatric Surgeon
- Disorders of Genitalia
- Principles of Paediatric Trauma
- 10. The Older Surgical Patient
- Introduction
- Determining Surgical Risk
- Communicating Surgical Risk
- Improving Surgical Outcomes
- Anaesthesia in the Older Person
- Analgesia in the Older Person
- Trauma in the Older Person
- Perioperative Service Delivery for Complex Patients
- Summary and Conclusions
- 11. The Dying Surgical Patient
- How Do I Review a Dying Patient?
- Considerations and Questions That Arise at the End of Life
- The Family Says ‘How Long Has my Relative Got’ (and Variations of That Question)?
- What PRNs Do I Prescribe for a Dying Patient?
- When Do I Start a Syringe Driver?
- Should I Continue I.V. Fluids?
- When Should I Contact the Coroner’s Office (England and Wales)?
- 12. Organ Transplantation
- Organ Transplantation
- Essential Definitions
- Organ Donation
- Donation After Brain Death (DBD)
- Donation After Circulatory Death (DCD)
- Allocation of Organs
- Living Donor
- Basic Immunology of Organ Transplantation
- Organ Matching and Retrieval
- Immunosuppression in Transplantation
- General Complications of Transplantation
- Pattern of Infection After Transplantation
- Transplantation of Individual Organs
- Transplantation in Children
- The Future
- 13. Emergency General Surgery
- Introduction
- Epidemiology of Emergency General Surgery
- The Modern Emergency Surgical Team
- NCEPOD
- The Medical Emergency
- Preoperative Work-Up of Emergency Surgery Patients
- Anaesthetic Assessment and Perioperative Care
- Preoperative Risk Assessment
- Coagulation and DVT Prophylaxis
- Human Factors in Emergency Surgery
- Pathology Presenting to the Emergency Surgeon
- Laparoscopy in Emergency Surgery
- The Patient with Peritonitis
- Acute Appendicitis
- Acute Upper GI Bleeding
- Peptic ulcer
- Bleeding Oesophageal Varices
- Gastric Erosion (Stress Ulceration)
- Incomplete Lower Oesophageal Tear (Mallory–Weiss Syndrome)
- Dieulafoy’s Lesion
- Rarer Causes of Haematemesis
- The Obstructed Patient
- Operative Strategies
- GI Bleeding
- Abscesses
- 14. Practical Procedures
- Introduction
- Preliminaries
- VENOUS ACCESS
- Venepuncture
- Venous Cut-Down
- Central Venous Catheterization
- Arterial Blood Sampling
- INSERTION OF A NASOGASTRIC TUBE
- URINARY CATHETERIZATION
- Male Catheterization (Fig. 14.13)
- Female Catheterization
- Suprapubic Bladder Drainage
- CHEST PROCEDURES
- Relief of Tension Pneumothorax
- Insertion of a Chest Drain
- Pericardial Paracentesis
- PERITONEAL LAVAGE
- AIRWAY MANAGEMENT
- Surgical Airway
- THE BASICS OF ELECTROSURGERY
- Surgical Effects
- Monopolar Electrosurgery Safety
- Vessel Sealing
- Plasma Electrosurgery
- Training and Credentialing
- 15. An Introduction to Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging
- Introduction
- Radiography
- Radio-Opaque Contrast
- Nuclear Medicine
- Sonography
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Radiology
- 16. Interventional Radiology
- Introduction
- The Interventional Radiology Department
- General Principles of IR
- Subspecialist IR Procedures
- 17. Surgical Technology and Innovation
- Introduction
- Medical Devices in Surgery
- Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery
- Technological Advances in Surgical Education
- Summary and Future Considerations
- Section 2. Regional Surgery
- 18. Common Surgical Conditions of Head and Neck
- The Ear
- The Nose
- The Larynx
- The Pharynx
- The Neck
- The Salivary Glands
- Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands
- Genetically Inherited Conditions in Otolaryngology
- 19. Common Surgical Conditions of Pulmonary Disease
- Anatomy of the Thorax
- Lung Cancer
- Other Lung Tumours
- Principles of Chest Drainage
- Pneumothorax
- Chest Trauma and Haemoptysis
- The Pleura
- The Mediastinum
- Surgery for Emphysema – Lung-Volume–Reduction Surgery (LVRS)
- Transplantation
- 20. Common Upper Gastrointestinal Surgical Conditions and their Management
- Oesophagus
- Disorders of Oesophageal Motility
- Cancer of the Oesophagus
- Stomach
- Disorders of the Stomach and their Management
- Gastric Cancer
- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours (GISTs)
- Spleen
- Disorders of the Spleen and their Management
- Traumatic Splenic Injury
- Splenectomy
- 21. Common Colorectal Surgical Conditions
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Benign Colorectal Disease
- Rectal Prolapse (see Ch. 22)
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Complications
- Crohn’s Disease of the Colon
- Ischaemic Colitis
- Infective Diseases
- Radiation Colitis and Proctitis
- Neoplasia
- Malignant Neoplasms
- 22. Common Anal Conditions
- Anatomy
- Haemorrhoids
- Anorectal Abscess
- Fistula in Ano
- Anal Fissure
- Rectal Prolapse
- Anal Warts (Condyloma Acuminata)
- Pruritus Ani
- Faecal Incontinence
- 23. Surgical Pathology of the Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Tract
- The Liver
- Jaundice
- Benign Conditions of the Liver
- Liver Trauma
- Liver Infections
- Liver Tumours
- Malignant Tumours
- Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
- Metastatic Cancer to the Liver
- Gallstones (Cholelithiasis)
- Stones in the Gallbladder
- Common Bile Duct Stones (Choledocholithiasis)
- Stones in the Small Intestine
- Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction
- Gallbladder Tumours
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Pancreas
- Pancreatitis
- 24. Small-Bowel Disease and Intestinal Obstruction
- Introduction
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Intestinal Obstruction
- Causes of Mechanical Bowel Obstruction
- Tuberculosis
- Radiotherapy Effects
- Diverticula of the Small Bowel
- Small-Bowel Tumours
- 25. Common Endocrine Surgical Conditions
- Introduction
- Thyroid
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Diseases Influencing the Thyroid
- Evaluation of Thyroid Disease
- Thyrotoxicosis
- Thyroid Cancer
- Parathyroid Transplantation
- Thyroiditis
- Parathyroid
- Histology
- Physiology
- Parathyroid Hormone
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Adrenal Glands
- Physiology
- Adrenal Cortex
- Hyperaldosteronism
- Phaeochromocytoma and Paraganglioma
- Neuroblastoma
- Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumours (GEP-NET)
- Pancreatic Endocrine Tumours
- Intestinal NET
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
- Anterior Pituitary Tumours
- 26. Common Breast Surgical Conditions
- Clinical Anatomy
- Referral
- The One-Stop-Clinic
- Benign Breast Disease (B1 and B2)
- B3 Lesions
- Ductal Carcinoma-In-Situ
- Malignant Breast Disease
- 27. Common Vascular Conditions
- Vascular Surgery
- Pathological Features of Arterial Disease
- Techniques
- Chronic Lower-Limb Ischaemia
- Critical Limb Ischaemia or Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischaemia
- Arterial Disorders of the Upper Limb
- Acute Ischaemia of A Limb
- Vasospastic Disorders (Raynaud’s Phenomenon)
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Visceral Ischaemia
- Renal Artery Disease
- Vascular Trauma
- Arteriovenous Malformation
- Venous and Lymphatic Disorders
- Lymphatic Disorders
- Future Directions
- 28. Common Urological Conditions
- Introduction
- Kidneys and Ureters
- Disorders of the Kidney
- Disorders of the Ureter
- The Lower Urinary Tract
- Disorders and Disease of the Bladder
- The Prostate
- The Male Urethra
- Penis
- Testis, Epididymis and Cord
- Scrotal Swellings
- Andrology
- 29. Common Neurosurgical Conditions
- Basic Clinical Principles
- Cranial and Spinal Trauma
- Tumours of the Brain and Meninges
- Cerebral Haemorrhage and Stroke
- Congenital Anomalies and Paediatric Neurosurgery
- Hydrocephalus
- Spinal Degenerative Disease
- Spinal Tumours
- Peripheral Nerve Lesions
- Infections
- Functional Neurosurgery
- 30. Hernia
- General Considerations
- Specific Hernias
- Femoral Hernia
- Umbilical Hernia
- Epigastric Hernia
- Incisional Hernia
- Rare but Clinically Important Hernias
- 31. Principles of Plastic Surgery
- Plastic Surgery Techniques
- Wound Healing
- Skin Grafts
- Other Types of Graft Materials
- Prostheses
- Flaps
- Free Tissue Transfer
- Tissue Expansion
- Common Reconstructive Referrals
- 32. Skin Disorders
- Introduction
- Disorders of the Skin
- Infections
- Viral Infections
- Bacterial Infections
- Fungal Infections
- Tumours
- Benign Tumours of the Epidermis
- Other Benign Skin Tumours
- Premalignant Conditions of the Epidermis
- Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
- Malignant Melanoma (syn. Melanoma)
- Malignant Tumours of the Dermis
- Other Malignancies of the Skin
- 33. Sarcoma
- Introduction
- Classification
- Clinical History
- Pathogenesis
- Examination
- Age
- Distribution
- Mode of Metastatic Spread
- Radiology
- Biopsy
- Pathology
- Grading
- Staging
- Treatment
- Treatment of Systemic Disease
- GIST
- Prognosis
- 34. Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
- Introduction
- Epidemiology
- Therapeutic Options of Obesity
- Indications for Surgery
- Selection for Surgery
- Surgical Procedures
- Effects of Surgery
- Risk Stratification
- Postoperative Complications
- Weight Regain
- Procedure-Specific Complications
- Social and Lifestyle Considerations
- Revision Surgery
- Summary
- 35. Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery
- Special Features of Orthopaedic History and Examination
- Arthritis
- Infections
- Bone Tumours
- Shoulder
- Acromioclavicular Disorders
- Subacromial Disorders
- Glenohumeral Disorders
- Elbow
- Hand and Wrist
- Hip
- Knee
- Ankle and Foot
- Foot
- Paediatric orthopaedics
- Talipes
- Minor Leg Deformities
- 36. Trauma Surgery/Principles of Trauma Care
- Introduction
- Emergency Department Surgery
- Damage Control
- Vascular Trauma
- Specific Injuries
- Head and Neck Surgery
- Airway Control and Breathing Support in Maxillofacial Trauma
- Head and Neck Trauma Surgery
- Vision Threatening Injuries
- Management of Facial Fractures
- Head Trauma
- Extremity and Soft Tissue Trauma
- Principles of Trauma Care to The Solid Organs of the Thorax and Abdomen
- Hollow Organ Injuries
- Urogenital Trauma
- Advanced Trauma/Military Surgery
- Management of Gunshot Wounds
- Blast Injuries
- Section 3. Surgical Specialties
- 37. Leadership and the Surgical Team and Management
- Strong Surgical Leadership for Future
- The Definition of Leadership
- Leadership and Management
- The Evolution of Leadership Theory
- Effective Leadership in Surgery
- Leadership and Safety
- Training in Leadership
- Mentoring and Coaching
- Conclusion
- 38. Evidence Based Medicine
- History and Development
- Evidence Based Medicine: Principles of Evidence
- Searching for Evidence
- Tools for Evidence Synthesis
- Comparative Effectiveness
- Implementing Evidence Based Medicine
- Evidence Based Medicine and Quality of Care
- Technology, Innovation and Diffusion of Ideas
- 39. Surgical Ethics
- Introduction
- Evolution of Surgery and Ethics
- DNACPR
- Summary
- 40. Global Surgery
- Introduction
- Surgical Conditions
- Plastic Surgery
- Paediatric Surgery
- Ophthalmology
- Dental
- Index
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