TY - BOOK AU - Greg McLatchie AU - Neil Borley AU - Joanna Chikwe TI - Oxford Handbook of Clinical Surgery : Oxford Medical Handbooks SN - 9780199699476 U1 - 617 MCL PY - 2013/// CY - Oxford : PB - Oxford University Press KW - N1 - Contents: 1 Good surgical practice 1 2 Principles of surgery 23 3 Surgical pathology 141 4 Practical procedures 185 5 Head and neck surgery 221 6 Breast and endocrine surgery 239 7 Upper gastrointestinal surgery 271 8 Liver pancreatic and biliary surgery 311 14 Major trauma 477 15 Orthopaedic surgery 489 16 Plastic surgery 589 17 Cardiothoracic surgery 619 18 Peripheral vascular disease 641 19 Transplantation 675 20 Surgery in tropical diseases 701 21 Common operations 729 9 Abdominal wall 335 10 Urology 353 11 Colorectal surgery 391 12 Paediatric surgery 423 13 Paediatric orthopaedic 457 22 Eponymous terms and rarities 757 Anatomy and physiology key revision points index 777 Index 779 N2 - This bestselling Oxford Handbook has been thoroughly revised for the new edition to include brand new chapters on Paediatric Orthopaedics and Common Surgical Procedures, as well as new presentations, illustrations, and new anatomy and emergency indexes to aid quick reference. It is an invaluable tool for junior surgical trainees, medical students, nursing, paramedical, and rehabilitation staff. The handbook covers the assessment and preparation of the patient, anaesthesia and critical care, inflammation, wound healing and infection, and the key components of general surgical practice, as well as chapters on other surgical specialties, including plastic, paediatric, and orthopaedic surgery. There are step-by-step descriptions of common operative surgical techniques, practical hints and procedures, and information on signs, symptoms and rarities. Emergency presentations are clearly identified for rapid reference and investigations and management plans are set out in a clear and easy-to-follow way. Surgically relevant anatomy and physiology has been expanded for each area, quick reference symbols ensure the reader is guided to key facts, and there is an increased focus on evidence-based practice with key references throughout. A cut above the rest, this is the essential guide to clinical surgery and the surgical specialities ER -