Principles and practice of surgery
A surgical companion textbook to the international medical bestseller "Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine". It is suitable for both the surgical student and trainee, guiding the reader through key core surgical topics which are encountered throughout an integrated medical...
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| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Elsevier ,
c2012
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| Edition: | 6th ed |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Metabolic response to injury, fluid and electrolyte balance and shock
- 2. Transfusion of blood components and plasma products
- 3. Nutritional support in surgical patients
- 4. Infections and antibiotics
- 5. Ethics, preoperative considerations, anesthesia and analgesia
- 6. Principles of the surgical management of cancer
- 7. Trauma and multiple injury
- 8. Practical procedures and patient investigation
- 9. Postoperative care and complications
- 10. Day surgery
- 11. The abdominal wall and hernia
- 12. The acute abdomen and intestinal obstruction
- 13. The esophagus, stomach and duodenum
- 14. The liver and biliary tract
- 15. The pancreas and spleen
- 16. The small and large intestine
- 17. The anorectum
- 18. Plastic and reconstructive surgery
- 19. The breast
- 20. Endocrine surgery
- 21. Vascular and endovascular surgery
- 22. Cardiothoracic surgery
- 23. Urological surgery
- 24. Neurosurgery
- 25. Transplantation surgery
- 26. Ear, nose and throat surgery
- 27. Orthopedic surgery