General Surgery (eBook)

Harold Ellis, CBE DM MCh FRCS Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Guy's Hospital, London Sir Roy Calne, MS FRCS FRS Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge Christopher Watson, MD BChir FRCS Professor of Transplantation and Honorary Consultant, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge

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