1. The oral cavity and salivary glands; 2. Pharyngeal and oesophageal motility disorders; 3. Neoplasms of the oesophagus; 4. Surgical aspects of peptic ulcer disease; 5. Gastric cancer; 6. The small bowel; 7. Acute pancreatitis: pathophysiology; 8. Surgical complications of acute pancreatitis; 9. Chronic pancreatitis; 10. Neoplasms of the pancreas; 11. The liver; 12. Neoplasms of the liver; 13. Biliary tract; 14. Spleen, lymph nodes, soft tissue sarcomas and retroperitoneal tumours; 15. Lower GI tract: large bowel obstruction; 16. Crohn's disease; 17. Ulcerative colitis; 18. Neoplasms of the colon and rectum; 19. The anorectum; 20. Therapeutic colonoscopy; 21. General principles of endoscopic surgery; 22. Instrumentation and perioperative management in laparoscopic surgery; 23. Basic laparoscopic procedures; 24. Intermediate laparoscopic procedures; 25. Breast disease: diagnostic methods; 26. Benign breast disorders; 27. Management of breast cancer; 28. Advanced breast cancer; 29. Epidemiology, screening and clinical trials in breast cancer; 30. Breast reconstruction; 31. Pituitary; 32. Thyroid; 33. Parathyroids; 34. The adrenal gland; 35. Diagnostic techniques in vascular surgery; 36. Vascular trauma; 37. Aneurysms; 38. Therapy in peripheral arterial disease; 39. Extracranial carotid disease and vertebral disease; 40. Venous disease; 41. Vasculitis; 42. Transplantation immunology; 43. Organ donation; 44. Renal transplantation; 45. Liver transplantation; 46. Paediatric surgery of the upper GI tract; 47. Paediatric surgery of the small and large bowel; 48. Paediatric trauma; 49. Paediatric tumours; 50. General paediatric urology; 51. Spinal dysraphism; 52. Clinical governance.
This book is aimed at the General Surgical Trainee who is embarking on Higher Surgical Training (HST).
'... informative, well penned and instructive to read ...' Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England '... the book is excellent, with a clear, well thought out format making reference and reading a pleasure ... the wealth of high quality material in this volume makes it worthy of serious consideration by anyone who is training in general surgery.' British Journal of Surgery '... this is an excellent textbook. It is well designed and there is uniformity about each section ... There is a nice mix in each section between theory and surgical practice ... the surgical practice side of each section is wide-ranging, succinct and generally easy to read ... there is liberal use of graphs, tables, x-rays, technical drawings, and other educational tools to facilitate learning ... I highly recommend this book to those in Higher Surgical Training.' Irish Medical Journal
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