"The 6th edition of Kirk's General Surgical Operations gives clear, concise guidance of acquiring comprehensive surgical skills to ensure operative success, encouraging and empowering the reader from the very beginning. In this new edition all chapters were thoroughly updated and revised. The content was expanded from 33 to 42 chapters, offering an excellent key resource for both junior surgical trainees and undergraduate medical students... including the most recent surgical advances such as modern laparoscopic procedures and bariatric surgery, the authors bring together up-to-date content, making it an important source for any aspiring surgeon."British Journal of Surgery, April 2014

• Choose well, cut well, get wellAnaesthesia-related techniquesThe severely injured patientLaparotomy: elective and emergencyPrinciples of minimal access surgeryAbdominal wall and herniasAppendix and abdominal abscessOesophagusOesophageal cancerStomach and duodenumSmall bowel and operations for obesityColonoscopyColonAnorectumBiliary tractPancreasLiver and portal venous systemSpleenBreastThyroidParathyroidectomyAdrenalArteriesVeins and lymphaticsSympathectomy and the management of hyperhidrosis TransplantationThoraxHead and neckOrthopaedics and trauma: amputationsOrthopaedics and trauma: general principlesOrthopaedics and trauma: upper limbOrthopaedics and trauma: lower limbPlastic surgeryPaediatric surgeryNeurosurgeryUpper urinary tractLower urinary tractMale genitaliaGynaecological surgeryEar, nose and throatOral and maxillofacial surgery Ophthalmology

"The 6th edition of Kirk's General Surgical Operations gives clear, concise guidance of acquiring comprehensive surgical skills to ensure operative success, encouraging and empowering the reader from the very beginning. In this new edition all chapters were thoroughly updated and revised. The content was expanded from 33 to 42 chapters, offering an excellent key resource for both junior surgical trainees and undergraduate medical students... including the most recent surgical advances such as modern laparoscopic procedures and bariatric surgery, the authors bring together up-to-date content, making it an important source for any aspiring surgeon."British Journal of Surgery, April 2014

• Choose well, cut well, get wellAnaesthesia-related techniquesThe severely injured patientLaparotomy: elective and emergencyPrinciples of minimal access surgeryAbdominal wall and herniasAppendix and abdominal abscessOesophagusOesophageal cancerStomach and duodenumSmall bowel and operations for obesityColonoscopyColonAnorectumBiliary tractPancreasLiver and portal venous systemSpleenBreastThyroidParathyroidectomyAdrenalArteriesVeins and lymphaticsSympathectomy and the management of hyperhidrosis TransplantationThoraxHead and neckOrthopaedics and trauma: amputationsOrthopaedics and trauma: general principlesOrthopaedics and trauma: upper limbOrthopaedics and trauma: lower limbPlastic surgeryPaediatric surgeryNeurosurgeryUpper urinary tractLower urinary tractMale genitaliaGynaecological surgeryEar, nose and throatOral and maxillofacial surgery Ophthalmology

"The 6th edition of Kirk's General Surgical Operations gives clear, concise guidance of acquiring comprehensive surgical skills to ensure operative success, encouraging and empowering the reader from the very beginning. In this new edition all chapters were thoroughly updated and revised. The content was expanded from 33 to 42 chapters, offering an excellent key resource for both junior surgical trainees and undergraduate medical students... including the most recent surgical advances such as modern laparoscopic procedures and bariatric surgery, the authors bring together up-to-date content, making it an important source for any aspiring surgeon."British Journal of Surgery, April 2014

• Choose well, cut well, get wellAnaesthesia-related techniquesThe severely injured patientLaparotomy: elective and emergencyPrinciples of minimal access surgeryAbdominal wall and herniasAppendix and abdominal abscessOesophagusOesophageal cancerStomach and duodenumSmall bowel and operations for obesityColonoscopyColonAnorectumBiliary tractPancreasLiver and portal venous systemSpleenBreastThyroidParathyroidectomyAdrenalArteriesVeins and lymphaticsSympathectomy and the management of hyperhidrosis TransplantationThoraxHead and neckOrthopaedics and trauma: amputationsOrthopaedics and trauma: general principlesOrthopaedics and trauma: upper limbOrthopaedics and trauma: lower limbPlastic surgeryPaediatric surgeryNeurosurgeryUpper urinary tractLower urinary tractMale genitaliaGynaecological surgeryEar, nose and throatOral and maxillofacial surgery Ophthalmology