Principles and Practice of Surgery

Section 1 Principles of perioperative care. 1 Metabolic response to injury, fluid and electrolyte balance and shock 2 Transfusion of blood components and plasma product 3 Nutritional support in surgical patients 4 Infections and antibiotics 5 Ethics, pre-operative considerations, anaesthesia and analgesia 6 Principles of the surgical management of cancer 7 Trauma and multiple injury 8 Practical procedures and patient investigation 9 Post-operative care and complications 10 Day surgery Section 2 Gastrointestinal surgery. 11 The abdominal wall and hernia 12 The acute abdomen and intestinal obstruction 13 The oesophagus, stomach and duodenum 14 The liver and biliary tract 15 The pancreas and spleen 16 The small and large intestine 17 The anorectum Section 3 Surgical specialties. 18 Plastic and reconstructive surgery 19 The breast 20 Endocrine surgery 21 Vascular and endovascular surgery 22 Cardiothoracic surgery 23 Urological surgery 24 Neurosurgery 25 Transplantation surgery 26 Ear, nose and throat surgery 27 Orthopaedic surgery