Lecture Notes: General Surgery

Preface, iv     Acknowledgements, v     Abbreviations, vi     The anytime, anywhere textbook, viii     About the companion website, x     1 Surgical strategy, 1     2 Fluid and nutrition management, 5     3 Preoperative assessment, 11     4 Postoperative complications, 16     5 Acute infections, 27     6 Tumours, 32     7 Shock, 38     8 Burns, 43     9 The skin and its adnexae, 49     10 The chest and lungs, 61     11 The heart and thoracic aorta, 70     12 Arterial disease, 79     13 Venous disorders of the lower limb, 97     14 The brain and meninges, 104     15 Head injury, 113     16 The spine, 126     17 Peripheral nerve injuries, 137     18 The oral cavity, 143     19 The salivary glands, 153     20 The oesophagus, 157     21 The stomach and duodenum, 166     22 Mechanical intestinal obstruction, 183     23 Paralytic ileus, 193     24 The small intestine, 196     25 Acute appendicitis, 201     26 The colon, 206     27 The rectum and anal canal, 220     28 Peritonitis, 233     29 Hernia, 239     30 The liver, 250     31 The gallbladder and bile ducts, 266     32 The pancreas, 276     33 The spleen, 289     34 The lymph nodes and lymphatics, 292     35 The breast, 295     36 The neck, 310     37 The thyroid, 313     38 The parathyroids, 325     39 The thymus, 330     40 The adrenal glands, 332     41 The kidney and ureter, 339     42 The bladder, 356     43 The prostate, 361     44 The male urethra, 370     45 The penis, 373     46 The testis and scrotum, 377     47 Transplantation surgery, 387     Index, 394