Essential Surgery: Problems, Diagnosis and Management - Softcover

Quick, Clive R. G.; Gatt, Dennis T.; Burkitt, H.George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0443048053 ISBN 13: 9780443048050

Publisher: Churchill Livingstone, 1995

Synopsis

This revised edition contains a new chapter on cardiothoracic surgery, a section on principles of neurosurgery and expanded sections on terminal care, surgical nutrition and gynaecological disorders. There are also full updates on topical issues such as minimally invasive surgical techniques. This text is aimed towards clinical students as well as junior doctors and trainee surgeons. The authors explain the pathophsyiological basis of surgical diseases and their management. There is coverage of the principles of how surgical disorders evolve and the effects of different forms of intervention at different stages. The text contains outlines of common surgical operations in order to help the reader to: explain operations to patients; participate intelligently in the operating department; and to understand prevention of complications. The book includes coverage of epidemiology, disease prevention and the provision of health care - relating the community aspects of surgical medicine to these areas.

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Review

"An excellent textbook ... which should be essential reading for medical students with any interest in surgery ... and for any interested surgeons in the early part of their career."Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England writing is clear, confident and there is no wastage of words ... refreshing tendency to use quite short sentences to convey the necessary information ... attractive layout with good summaries of the main points ... a splendid book that will be popular. "(Source unknown) to read ... excellent layout makes for easy reading ... first class line diagrams ... no hesitation in recommending it."BMJ student appeal."Guy's Gazette "An excellent textbook which should be essential reading for medical students with any interest in surgery and for any interested surgeons in the early part of their career."Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England writing is clear, confident and there is no wastage of words ... refreshing tendency to use quite short sentences to convey the necessary information ... attractive layout with good summaries of the main points ... a splendid book that will be popular. "(Source unknown) to read ... excellent layout makes for easy reading ... first class line diagrams ... no hesitation in recommending it."BMJ student appeal."Guy's Gazette

Edition details

• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0443048053
• ISBN 13: 9780443048050
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Deakin Philip J.
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 756