Emergency Abdominal Surgery

Reviews the major abdominal visceral emergencies, including those peculiar to infancy and childhood. Each chapter may be read as a review of its subject, but may also be used for consultation on specific problems, with detailed advice on management and operative technique.

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Written primarily for the surgical trainee as a practical day-to-day companion, this is also intended as a reference for those qualified surgeons who need to refamiliarize themselves with certain surgical techniques in this specialty. The chapters review the major abdominal visceral emergencies, including those peculiar to infancy and childhood. Each chapter may be read as a review of its subject with an introduction to the literature, but may also be used for consultation on specific problems, with detailed advice on management and operative technique. On controversial topics, the author's aim is to present a fair picture of differing practices, with an opinion on methods which he has personally found useful. Numerous cross-references and an extensive index make information readily available in an emergency, and numerous line drawings illustrate pathology and techniques. The book has been completely revised and brought up to date for the second edition.