Henry: Clinical Surgery 12.250 Ptas./73,62 Euros · April 2001 · Paperback · 752 Pages · 402 Illustrations

Mr Michael M Henry, Consultant Surgeon, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK
Mr Jeremy N. Thompson, , Consultant Surgeon, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK

A comprehensive and attractively presented 4-colour textbook of clinical surgery aimed primarily at medical students but also of use to junior doctors, allied health students, nurses -anyone who needs a comprehensive and systematic textbook of surgery. The features - information boxes, illustrations etc. - and general `look and feel' of the book have been designed to match Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine 4/e, so students familiar with that book should be immediately `at home' with this one.
 

Features

• comprehensive account of surgery
• covers general issues - wound healing, pain control, etc - in the first section
• a regional approach is adopted for the largest section - section 2
• the third section covers surgical specialities - paediatrics, endocrinology, urology - and also includes specialities such as ophthalmology, ENT and orthopaedics that are often omitted from competing books
• the arrangement of contents is straightforward and conventional - a `plus' in comparison to other texts which can be somewhat idiosyncratic in their approach
• information and practical boxes are used throughout to enhance the text
• includes over 200 4-colour line drawings - beautifully executed to be both attractive and clear
• also includes over 80 black and white and 60 full-colour clinical photographs
• designed to complement Kumar and Clark's highly successful Clinical Medicine textbook

Contents

 
SECTION 1 - GENERAL
1.Surgery -- what it is and what a surgeon does
2.Organisation of surgical services including legal and ethical issues
3.Accident and emergency
4.Investigation of the surgical patient
5.The operation
6.Anaesthesia and pain control
7.Perioperative management and postoperative complications
8.Wound healing and management
9.Surgical infection
10.The seriously ill and injured patient
11.Practical procedures
12.Principles of surgical oncology
13.Organ transplantation
SECTION 2 - REGIONAL
14.The neck
15.Ear and nose
16.Chest and lungs
17.Cardiac surgery
18.Oesophagus, stomach and duodenum
19.Liver and biliary tree
20.The spleen
21.The pancreas
22.Surgical aspects of urgent abdominal conditions
23.Small bowel and intestinal obstruction
24.Large bowel and appendicular disease
25.Anal and related disorders
26.Hernia
27.Breast
28.Arterial surgery
29.Venous system and lymphatics
SECTION 3 - SURGICAL SPECIALTIES
30.Neurosurgery
31.Surgical endocrinology
32.Urology
33.Principles of orthopaedics
34.Principles of fracture management
35.Paediatrics
36.Ophthalmology
37.Principles of plastic surgery
38.Surgical management of skin disorders