Main description:

This second edition has been thoroughly revised to provide surgery students with a preparatory manual for their exams. It includes new sections on the perioperative journey of a patient, the transplant journey of a patient, bariatric surgery, more detailed discussion on portal hypertension, fluid and electrolyte abnormalities, and much more. Updated guidelines have been summarised, including new definitions of shock, compartment syndromes, tuberculosis management, urological cancers, and sepsis. New short notes have been added in light of advances in the field of surgery.

Discusses key topics indirectly related to surgery, such as radiology, anesthesia, and transplantation medicine.
Includes easy to reproduce new algorithms, tables, flow charts, and line diagrams.
Focuses on topics frequently asked in theory and multiple choice questions.
Fulfils all the requirements of the final year student prior to the surgery examinations.
Will also help candidates preparing for MRCS to brush through the critical surgical concepts.

Contents:

Section 1: General Surgery

1. Perioperative Journey of a Patient

2. Wound Healing

3. Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Imbalance

4. Metabolism and Nutrition

5. Blood Transfusion and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

6. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, Shock and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome

7. Basics of Surgical Technologies and Advanced Surgery

8. Surgical Infections

9. Trauma and Damage Control Surgery

10. Surgery of the Salivary Glands

11. Miscellaneous General Surgery Topics of Importance

12. Medicine in Surgery

Section 2: Gastrointestinal Surgery

13. Esophagus

14. Stomach

15. Small Intestine

16. Large Intestine and Appendix

17. Rectum and Anal Canal

18. Liver

19. Gallbladder and Bile Duct

20. Pancreas

21. Spleen

22. Hernias

23. Gastrointestinal Oncosurgery

24. Miscellaneous

Section 3: Genitourology

25. Kidney and Ureter

26. Urinary Bladder

27. Prostate

28. Testis and Scrotum

29. Penis and Urethra

30. Uro-oncology

Section 4: Neurosurgery

31. Neurosurgery

Section 5: Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

32. Cardiothoracic and Thoracic Surgery

33. Peripheral Arterial Disease for Lower Limb

34. Peripheral Venous Diseases

35. Miscellaneous Topics in CTVS

Section 6: Endocrine Surgery

36. Breast

37. Thyroid

38. Parathyroid and Adrenal

Section 7: Radiology

39. Radiology

Section 8: Miscellaneous

40. Anesthesia

41. Skin

42. Burns and Plastic Surgery

43. Head and Neck Surgery

44. Oncosurgery Basics

45. Transplantation