Core Topics in General & Emergency Surgery: A Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice

Core Topics in General and Emergency Surgery meets the needs of surgeons in higher training and practising consultants for a contemporary and evidence-based account of general surgery in both elective and emergency situations. It is a practical reference source incorporating the most current information on recent developments, management issues and operative procedures. The text is thoroughly referenced and supported by evidence-based recommendations wherever possible, distinguishing between strong evidence to support a conclusion, and evidence suggesting that a recommendation can be reached on the balance of probabilities. This is a title in the Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice series whose six volumes are an established and highly regarded source of information for trainee and specialist general surgeons. INDICE: 1. Evaluation of surgical literature 2. Peri-operative care and enhanced recovery 3. Organisation of emergency general surgical services 4. Patient assessment and surgical risk 5. Intensive care management of the surgical patient 6. Surgical nutrition 7. Abdominal hernias 8. Neck surgery for the general surgeon 9. Patient safety and human factors in surgery 10. Principles of organ donation and general surgery in the transplant patient 11. The acute abdomen: early assessment and investigation 12. Perforations of the upper gastrointestinal tract 13. Acute non-variceal upper gastro-intestinal bleeding 14. Pancreatico-biliary emergencies 15. Acute conditions of the small bowel and appendix 16. Colonic emergencies 17. Anorectal emergencies 18. Paediatric surgical emergencies 19. Management of trauma for the general surgeon 20. Abdominal sepsis and abdominal compartment syndrome 21. Operating on the obese patient and complications of bariatric surgery

• ISBN: 978-0-7020-7247-5
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 416
• Fecha Publicación: 02/07/2018
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés