Principles and Practice of Surgery

1 Professional and ethical responsibilities 2 Patient safety and clinical human factors 3 Evidence-based surgery 4 Management of shock, fluid management and blood transfusion 5 Nutritional support in surgical patients 6 Infections and antibiotics 7 Preoperative considerations, anaesthesia and analgesia 8 Principles of the surgical management of cancer 9 Trauma and multiple injury 10 Practical procedures and patient investigation 11 Postoperative care and complications 12 The abdominal wall and hernia 13 The acute abdomen 14 The oesophagus, stomach and duodenum 15 The liver and biliary tract 16 The pancreas and spleen 17 The small and large intestine 18 The anorectum 19 Plastic surgery, including common skin and subcutaneous lesions 20 Breast surgery 21 Endocrine surgery 22 Vascular and endovascular surgery 23 Cardiothoracic surgery 24 Urological surgery 25 Neurosurgery 26 Transplantation surgery 27 Ear, nose and throat surgery 28 Orthopaedic surgery 29 Global surgery and anaesthesia Appendix