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Summary

Surgery at a Glance provides a concise and accessible introduction and revision aid for medical students undertaking their surgical attachment. The easy-to-use at a Glance format presents each topic as a double-page spread. The key facts are accompanied by clear diagrams and photographs encapsulating all that students need to know. Surgery at a Glance is THE book for surgical finals. This new edition Now includes colour to enhance understanding Focuses on the core principles and the important diseases appropriate to the current curriculum. Is divided into clinical presentations followed by major surgical conditions. Contains 5 new chapters on: -stomas and incisions -anaesthesia -surgical infections -lymphoedema -solid organ transplantation. Features a new tinted box for the cancer chapters that provides the 2-week-wait referral criteria. Surgery at a Glance will appeal to all clinical medical students, junior doctors on the Foundation Program and surgical nurses. Reviews of last edition "This book is ideal for finals as diagrams help the revision numbed mind to retain information. It is extremely quick and easy to read and the list-based information is an ideal basis for short-answer questions." Barts and the London Chronicle "Delightful book...the quality of the diagrams is such that for the majority of topics the text is almost superfluous." British Journal of Surgery

Author Biography

Professor Pierce Grace (MCh, FRCSI, FRCS) is Professor of Surgical Science and Consultant Vascular Surgeon at the University of Limerick.

Mr Neil Borley (MBBS, FRCS) is Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at Cheltenham General Hospital.

Both authors are editors of Clinical Surgery 2e, and Neil Borley also authors Instant Pathology and is a co-author of Instant Anatomy and Instant Physiology.

Table of Contents

Preface 7(1)
List of Abbreviations
8(2)
Part 1 Clinical presentations at a glance
Neck lump
10(2)
Dysphagia
12(2)
Haemoptysis
14(2)
Breast lump
16(2)
Breast pain
18(2)
Nipple discharge
20(2)
Haematemesis
22(2)
Dyspepsia
24(2)
Vomiting
26(2)
Acute abdominal pain
28(2)
Chronic abdominal pain
30(2)
Abdominal swellings (general)
32(2)
Abdominal swellings (localized): upper abdominal
34(4)
Abdominal swellings (localized): lower abdominal
38(2)
Jaundice
40(2)
Rectal bleeding
42(2)
Diarrhoea
44(2)
Altered bowel habit/constipation
46(2)
Groin swellings
48(2)
Claudication
50(2)
Acute warm painful leg
52(2)
Acute `cold' leg
54(2)
Leg ulceration
56(2)
Dysuria
58(2)
Urinary retention
60(2)
Haematuria
62(2)
Scrotal swellings
64(2)
Stomas and incisions
66(2)
Part 2 Surgical diseases at a glance
Anaesthesia
68(4)
Hypoxia
72(2)
Shock
74(2)
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)
76(2)
Surgical infection
78(4)
Acute renal failure
82(2)
Fractures
84(2)
Burns
86(2)
Major trauma--basic principles
88(2)
Head injury
90(4)
Gastro-oesophageal reflux
94(2)
Oesophageal carcinoma
96(2)
Peptic ulceration
98(2)
Gastric carcinoma
100(2)
Malabsorption
102(2)
Crohn's disease
104(2)
Acute appendicitis
106(2)
Diverticular disease
108(2)
Ulcerative colitis
110(2)
Colorectal carcinoma
112(2)
Benign anal and perianal disorders
114(2)
Intestinal obstruction
116(2)
Abdominal hernias
118(2)
Gallstone disease
120(4)
Pancreatitis
124(2)
Pancreatic tumours
126(2)
Benign breast disease
128(2)
Breast cancer
130(2)
Goitre
132(2)
Thyroid malignancies
134(2)
Parathyroid disease
136(2)
Pituitary disorders
138(2)
Adrenal disorders
140(2)
Skin cancer
142(2)
Ischaemic heart disease
144(2)
Valvular heart disease
146(2)
Peripheral occlusive vascular disease
148(2)
The diabetic foot
150(2)
Aneurysms
152(2)
Extracranial arterial disease
154(2)
Deep venous thrombosis
156(2)
Varicose veins
158(2)
Lymphoedema
160(2)
Pulmonary collapse and postoperative pneumonia
162(2)
Bronchial carcinoma
164(2)
Urinary tract infection
166(2)
Benign prostatic hypertrophy
168(2)
Renal calculi
170(2)
Renal cell carcinoma
172(2)
Carcinoma of the bladder
174(2)
Carcinoma of the prostate
176(2)
Testicular cancer
178(2)
Urinary incontinence
180(2)
Paediatric `general' surgery
182(2)
Solid organ transplantation
184(3)
Index 187

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