Clive R. G. Quick is a Consultant General and Vascular Surgeon, Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon; Associate Lecturer in Surgery, University of Cambridge; Former Examiner in Basic Sciences and Clinical Surgery for FRCS and MRCS(England). Suzanne Biers is a Urology Consultant at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK. Tan Arulampalam is Clinical Director, ICENI Centre for Surgical Training, Research and Education, Colchester, UK, Turner Road. Philip J. Deakin is a General Medical Practitioner, Sheffield, UK

Review of the previous edition:"This is a great resource for understanding the care of surgical patients. It is beneficial for all levels of education, from medical students learning surgery for the first time to clinicians reviewing surgery or looking for teaching points for their students." --Dakota T Thompson, MD (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics) Doody's Review Score: 96- 4 Stars!

• Section A: Principles of Surgical Care1. Mechanisms of surgical disease and surgery in practiceDisease processes2. Managing physiological change in the surgical patient3. Immunity, inflammation and infection4. Shock and resuscitationDiagnostic techniques5. Imaging and interventional techniques in radiology and surgery6. Screening for adult diseaseSection B: Perioperative Care7. Preoperative assessment and postoperative management8. Medical problems9. Blood transfusion10. Principles and techniques of operative surgery including principles of neurosurgery11. Elective orthopaedics12. Complications of surgery13. Principles of cancer management14. Principles of transplantation surgerySection C: Principles of Accident Surgery15. Major trauma16. Head and maxillofacial injuries17. Soft tissue injuries and burnsSection D: Symptoms, Diagnosis and ManagementAbdomen, general principles 18. Nonacute abdominal pain and other abdominal symptoms and signs19. The acute abdomen and acute gastrointestinal haemorrhageUpper gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary20. Gallstone diseases and related disorders21. Peptic ulceration and related disorders22. Disorders of the oesophagus23. Tumours of the stomach and small intestine24. Tumours of the pancreas and hepatobiliary system; the spleen25. PancreatitisColoproctology 26. Appendicitis27. Colorectal polyps and carcinoma28. Chronic inflammatory disorders of the bowel29. Disorders of large bowel motility, structure and perfusion30. Anal and perianal disordersThoracic surgery excluding cardiac 31. Thoracic surgeryGroin and male genitalia 32. Hernias and other groin problems33. Disorders of the male genitaliaUrology 34. Symptoms, signs and investigation of urinary tract disorders35. Disorders of the prostate36. Disorders of the kidney, ureter and bladder37. Stone disease of the urinary tract38. Urinary tract infectionsCardiovascular disorders39. Pathophysiology, clinical features and diagnosis of vascular disease affecting the limbs40. Managing lower limb arterial insufficiency, the diabetic foot and major amputations41. Aneurysms and other peripheral arterial disorders42. Venous disorders of the lower limb43. Cardiac surgeryDisorders of the breast and skin44. Disorders of the breast45. Disorders of the skinDisorders of the head and neck 46. Lumps in the head and neck and salivary calculi47. Disorders of the mouth48. Disorders of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glandsNeonatal and paediatric surgery 49. Acute surgical problems in children50. Nonacute abdominal and urological problems in children

Clive R. G. Quick is a Consultant General and Vascular Surgeon, Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon; Associate Lecturer in Surgery, University of Cambridge; Former Examiner in Basic Sciences and Clinical Surgery for FRCS and MRCS(England). Suzanne Biers is a Urology Consultant at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK. Tan Arulampalam is Clinical Director, ICENI Centre for Surgical Training, Research and Education, Colchester, UK, Turner Road. Philip J. Deakin is a General Medical Practitioner, Sheffield, UK

Review of the previous edition:"This is a great resource for understanding the care of surgical patients. It is beneficial for all levels of education, from medical students learning surgery for the first time to clinicians reviewing surgery or looking for teaching points for their students." --Dakota T Thompson, MD (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics) Doody's Review Score: 96- 4 Stars!

• Section A: Principles of Surgical Care1. Mechanisms of surgical disease and surgery in practiceDisease processes2. Managing physiological change in the surgical patient3. Immunity, inflammation and infection4. Shock and resuscitationDiagnostic techniques5. Imaging and interventional techniques in radiology and surgery6. Screening for adult diseaseSection B: Perioperative Care7. Preoperative assessment and postoperative management8. Medical problems9. Blood transfusion10. Principles and techniques of operative surgery including principles of neurosurgery11. Elective orthopaedics12. Complications of surgery13. Principles of cancer management14. Principles of transplantation surgerySection C: Principles of Accident Surgery15. Major trauma16. Head and maxillofacial injuries17. Soft tissue injuries and burnsSection D: Symptoms, Diagnosis and ManagementAbdomen, general principles 18. Nonacute abdominal pain and other abdominal symptoms and signs19. The acute abdomen and acute gastrointestinal haemorrhageUpper gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary20. Gallstone diseases and related disorders21. Peptic ulceration and related disorders22. Disorders of the oesophagus23. Tumours of the stomach and small intestine24. Tumours of the pancreas and hepatobiliary system; the spleen25. PancreatitisColoproctology 26. Appendicitis27. Colorectal polyps and carcinoma28. Chronic inflammatory disorders of the bowel29. Disorders of large bowel motility, structure and perfusion30. Anal and perianal disordersThoracic surgery excluding cardiac 31. Thoracic surgeryGroin and male genitalia 32. Hernias and other groin problems33. Disorders of the male genitaliaUrology 34. Symptoms, signs and investigation of urinary tract disorders35. Disorders of the prostate36. Disorders of the kidney, ureter and bladder37. Stone disease of the urinary tract38. Urinary tract infectionsCardiovascular disorders39. Pathophysiology, clinical features and diagnosis of vascular disease affecting the limbs40. Managing lower limb arterial insufficiency, the diabetic foot and major amputations41. Aneurysms and other peripheral arterial disorders42. Venous disorders of the lower limb43. Cardiac surgeryDisorders of the breast and skin44. Disorders of the breast45. Disorders of the skinDisorders of the head and neck 46. Lumps in the head and neck and salivary calculi47. Disorders of the mouth48. Disorders of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glandsNeonatal and paediatric surgery 49. Acute surgical problems in children50. Nonacute abdominal and urological problems in children

Clive R. G. Quick is a Consultant General and Vascular Surgeon, Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon; Associate Lecturer in Surgery, University of Cambridge; Former Examiner in Basic Sciences and Clinical Surgery for FRCS and MRCS(England). Suzanne Biers is a Urology Consultant at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK. Tan Arulampalam is Clinical Director, ICENI Centre for Surgical Training, Research and Education, Colchester, UK, Turner Road. Philip J. Deakin is a General Medical Practitioner, Sheffield, UK

Review of the previous edition:"This is a great resource for understanding the care of surgical patients. It is beneficial for all levels of education, from medical students learning surgery for the first time to clinicians reviewing surgery or looking for teaching points for their students." --Dakota T Thompson, MD (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics) Doody's Review Score: 96- 4 Stars!

• Section A: Principles of Surgical Care1. Mechanisms of surgical disease and surgery in practiceDisease processes2. Managing physiological change in the surgical patient3. Immunity, inflammation and infection4. Shock and resuscitationDiagnostic techniques5. Imaging and interventional techniques in radiology and surgery6. Screening for adult diseaseSection B: Perioperative Care7. Preoperative assessment and postoperative management8. Medical problems9. Blood transfusion10. Principles and techniques of operative surgery including principles of neurosurgery11. Elective orthopaedics12. Complications of surgery13. Principles of cancer management14. Principles of transplantation surgerySection C: Principles of Accident Surgery15. Major trauma16. Head and maxillofacial injuries17. Soft tissue injuries and burnsSection D: Symptoms, Diagnosis and ManagementAbdomen, general principles 18. Nonacute abdominal pain and other abdominal symptoms and signs19. The acute abdomen and acute gastrointestinal haemorrhageUpper gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary20. Gallstone diseases and related disorders21. Peptic ulceration and related disorders22. Disorders of the oesophagus23. Tumours of the stomach and small intestine24. Tumours of the pancreas and hepatobiliary system; the spleen25. PancreatitisColoproctology 26. Appendicitis27. Colorectal polyps and carcinoma28. Chronic inflammatory disorders of the bowel29. Disorders of large bowel motility, structure and perfusion30. Anal and perianal disordersThoracic surgery excluding cardiac 31. Thoracic surgeryGroin and male genitalia 32. Hernias and other groin problems33. Disorders of the male genitaliaUrology 34. Symptoms, signs and investigation of urinary tract disorders35. Disorders of the prostate36. Disorders of the kidney, ureter and bladder37. Stone disease of the urinary tract38. Urinary tract infectionsCardiovascular disorders39. Pathophysiology, clinical features and diagnosis of vascular disease affecting the limbs40. Managing lower limb arterial insufficiency, the diabetic foot and major amputations41. Aneurysms and other peripheral arterial disorders42. Venous disorders of the lower limb43. Cardiac surgeryDisorders of the breast and skin44. Disorders of the breast45. Disorders of the skinDisorders of the head and neck 46. Lumps in the head and neck and salivary calculi47. Disorders of the mouth48. Disorders of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glandsNeonatal and paediatric surgery 49. Acute surgical problems in children50. Nonacute abdominal and urological problems in children