The Unofficial Guide to Surgery: Core Operations: Indications, Pre-op Care, Procedure Details, Post-op Care and Follow-up (Unofficial Guides)

ISBN 10: 0443114781 / ISBN 13: 9780443114786

Published by UGTM (Unofficial Guide to Medicine), 2024

About this Item

2nd edition NO-PA16APR2015-KAP.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Unofficial Guide to Surgery: Core Operations: Indications, Pre-op Care, Procedure Details, Post-op Care and Follow-up (Unofficial Guides)
• Publisher: UGTM (Unofficial Guide to Medicine)
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0443114781
• ISBN 13: 9780443114786
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

The unique and award-winning Unofficial Guides series is a collaboration between senior students, junior doctors and specialty experts. This combination of contributors understands what is essential to excel on your course, in exams and in practice - as well as the importance of presenting information in a clear, fun and engaging way. Packed with hints and tips from those in the know, when you are in a hurry and need a study companion you can trust, reach for an Unofficial Guide.

The Unofficial Guide to Surgery: Core Operations, Second Edition provides a succinct yet comprehensive guide to the most common operations - what they are, why people are listed for surgery, how the surgery is done, post-operative care and possible complications. There are full colour illustrations of every procedure.

This book will be invaluable for medical students and junior doctors and also as a day-to-day reference for professionals.

• Introductory chapter - how to scrub, how to glove and gown, suture techniques, surgical positions
• Includes more than 120 common operations across all the surgical sub-specialties
• Thorough overview of indications and contraindications
• Simple ‘step-by-step’ guide on how to perform the surgery
• Post-operative course, complications and common questions asked by surgeons
• Two colour illustrations per operation - will help you understand the underlying anatomy as well as the surgical procedure
• Succinct and easy to read throughout
• Diverse range of skin colours and tones - not often seen in other medical textbooks
• An enhanced eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customise your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

• New chapter on maxillofacial surgery

About the Author

Zeshan Qureshi is a Paediatric Registrar, London Deanery, UK