Principles and practice of surgery edited by O James Garden and Rowan W Parks

Includes index.

Metabolic response to injury, fluid and electrolyte balance and shock / Stuart McKechnie, Timothy Walsh -- Transfusion of blood components and plasma products / Rachel H.A. Green, Marc L. Turner -- Nutritional support in surgical patients / Gordon L. Carlson, Ken Fearon -- Infections and antibiotics / Savita Gossain, Peter M. Hawkey -- Ethics, preoperative considerations, anaesthesia and analgesia / Ewen M. Harrison, Michael A. Gillies -- Principles of the surgical management of cancer / Mark A. Potter -- Trauma and multiple injury / Euan J. Dickson -- Practical procedures and patient investigation / Damian James Mole -- Postoperative care and complications / Pawanindra Lal -- Evidence-based practice and professional development / Steven Anderson, Siun Walsh, Arnie D.K. Hill -- The abdominal wall and hernia / Andrew de Beaux -- The acute abdomen / Simon Paterson-Brown -- The oesphagus, stomach and duodendum / Richard Hardwick -- The liver and the biliary tract / Saxon Connor -- The pancreas and spleen / C. Ross Carter, Colin McKay -- The small and large intestine / Malcolm G. Dunlop -- The anorectum / Farhat Din -- Plastic surgery including common skin and subcutaneous lesions / Patrick Addison -- The breast / J. Michael Dixon -- Endocrine surgery / Sonia Wakelin -- Vascular and endovascular surgery / Hanafiah Harunarashid -- Cardiothoracic surgery / Robert R. Jeffrey -- Urological surgery / Grant D. Stewart -- Neurosurgery / Lynn Myles, Paul M. Brennan -- Transplantation surgery / Lorna Marson, John Forsythe -- Ear, nose and throat surgery / Janet Wilson -- Orthopaedic surgery / John C. McKinley, Issaq Ahmed

"Principles and Practice of Surgery is the surgical companion textbook to the international medical bestseller Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine. It is a comprehensive textbook for both the surgical student and trainee, guiding the reader through key core surgical topics which are encountered throughout an integrated medical curriculum as well as in subsequent clinical practice. Although sharing the same format and style as Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine, this text is complete in itself, thus enabling the student to appreciate both the medical and surgical implications of diseases encountered in surgical wards"