Current Surgical Guidelines

Abdullah Jibawi received his medical degree from the University of Damascus. He received a Masters degree in surgery, then joined UK training in general and vascular surgery before completing a structured SpR surgical training in the East Midlands Deanery (University of Leicester), and undertaking a two year fellowship in vascular and endovascular surgery at the Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the University College London Hospital. Mr Jibawi received his FRCS (General/Vascular) in 2013, and obtained his Specialist License from the General Medical Council in the fields of vascular diseases, aortic surgery and endovascular surgery. He commenced his vascular surgical practice as a Consultant Vascular Surgeon at Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Oct 2013.Mr Jibawi was awarded a Doctorate Degree for his academic work on developing better methods in improving outcome in vascular surgery, a joint work between Oxford, Sussex Brighton Universities.Mohamed Baguneid is a consultant vascular surgeon at University Hospital South Manchester, UK. He specialises in all branches of vascular surgery including management of peripheral vascular disease, carotid surgery, diabetic foot surgery and aneurysms.Prof Bagunied became a consultant vascular surgeon at University Hospital South Manchester in 2006 and took the role of Academic Foundation Programme lead followed by the Royal College of Surgeons Tutor a year later. He was subsequently appointed as North West Deanery Core Surgical Education Lead, and was appointed clinical director of vascular surgery in University Hospital South Manchester in 2009. In April 2012, he was appointed Deputy Medical Director of clinical strategy and developed greater insight into large-scale NHS changes, and has previously worked as a chief of vascular surgery and chief of general surgery in Abu Dhabi. Most recently, he has taken a senior clinical leadership role as Medical Director of the South Sector Partnership.Mr Arnab Bhowmick graduated from Manchester University before completing basic surgical training and being awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1996. Mr Bhomwick completed Higher Surgical training the same year and worked in various hospitals in the North West as well as two years in full time surgical research at Withington Hospital. He was awarded the Intercollegiate Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons and the Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in 2005, before embarking on additional training in laparoscopic colorectal surgery. Mr Bhomwick was appointed Consultant Colorectal / General Surgeon at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 2009 and is developing minimally invasive surgery.

Review from previous edition A must have for the FRCS surgery exam, both parts. Places all the current guidelines in one place for easy review. Very easy reading. Small enough to carry around for easy in between theatre case, reviewing. Covers all areas asked on the exam.

• 1. Principles of evidence-based medicine 1: Principles of evidence-based medicine 2. General care of the surgical patient 2: Principles of good surgical practice 3: Medico-legal aspects of surgical practice 4: Principles of admission management 5: Day case surgery 6: Good consent practice 7: Preoperative assessment 8: Perioperative fasting 9: Perioperative medical complications 10: Principles of wound care 11: Preoperative assessment of bleeding risk 12: Venous thromboembolism 13: Principles of infective endocarditis 14: Principles of blood transfusion 15: Perioperative anticoagulation management 16: Principles of care of critically ill patients 17: Principles of trauma management 18: Sepsis and septic shock 19: Antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery 20: Principles of infection control 21: Principles of pain management 22: Principles of nutritional support 3. Oesophagus 23: Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) 24: Ingestion of foreign bodies 25: Achalasia 26: Oesophageal cancer 27: Barrett's oesophagus 28: Management of oesophageal variceal haemorrhage 4. Stomach and duodenum 29: Peptic ulcer disease 30: Gastric cancer 31: Neuroendocrine tumours 32: Surgery for obesity 5. Small bowel and appendix 33: Acute appendicitis 6. Colorectal 34: Constipation in adults 35: Diverticular disease 36: Anal fissures 37: Haemorrhoid disease 38: Colorectal cancer 7. Pancreas 39: Acute pancreatitis 40: Chronic pancreatitis 41: Pancreatic cancer 8. Hepatobiliary 42: Gallstone disease 43: Surgical management of liver metastasis 44: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and Hepatic Hydatid Disease (HHD) 9. Spleen 45: Prevention of post-splenectomy sepsis (PSS) 10. Vascular 46: Chronic limb ischaemia 47: Carotid artery stenosis 48: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) 49: Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) 11. Breast 50: Breast cancer 51: Benign breast diseases 12. Endocrine 52: Thyroid nodules and cancer 53: Surgery for hyperparathyroidism 13. Hernia 54: Abdominal wall hernias 14. Skin 55: Principles of skin malignancies management