Main description:

This manual is a comprehensive guide to differential diagnosis in surgery. Divided into fifteen sections, it covers numerous different disorders including swellings, ulcers, constipation, jaundice and gangrene.

Emphasis is placed on the importance of history taking, physical examination and investigations, to help students differentiate between possible physical and clinical signs and make an accurate diagnosis.

Presented in a quick reference, bullet point format, this book includes more than 250 clinical photographs, figures, tables and flow charts.

Key points

Comprehensive guide to differential diagnosis in surgery
Covers numerous disorders
Emphasis on history taking, physical examination and investigations for accurate diagnosis
Includes more than 250 photographs, figures, tables and flow charts

Contents:

Differential Diagnosis of Swellings
Differential Diagnosis of Organomegaly
Differential Diagnosis of Lymphadenopathy
Differential Diagnosis of Ulcers
Differential Diagnosis of Pain
Differential Diagnosis of Dyspepsia
Differential Diagnosis of Dysphagia
Differential Diagnosis of Constipation
Differential Diagnosis of Jaundice
Differential Diagnosis of Bleeding
Differential Diagnosis of Urinary Retention
Differential Diagnosis of Swollen Limb
Differential Diagnosis of Gangrene
Differential Diagnosis of Testicular Atrophy and Impotence
Differential Diagnosis of Gynecomastia