Table of Contents

Evaluation of surgical evidence Perioperative care and enhanced recovery Organisation of emergency general surgical services Patient assessment and surgical risk Perioperative and intensive care management of the surgical patient Surgical nutrition Abdominal hernias Neck surgery for the general surgeon Human factors and patient safety in surgery Principles of organ donation and general surgery in the transplant patient Early assessment of the acute abdomen Perforation of the upper gastrointestinal tract Acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding Pancreaticobiliary emergencies Acute conditions of the small bowel and appendix Colonic emergencies Anorectal emergencies Paediatric surgical emergencies Management of trauma for the general surgeon Abdominal sepsis and abdominal compartment syndrome Complications of bariatric surgery presenting to the general surgeon and considerations for the general surgeon when operating on the obese patient