THE EDITORS JULIAN A. SMITH is Professor of Surgery and Head, Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Australia. ANDREW H. KAYE is Professor of Surgery and Head, Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne, Australia. CHRISTOPHER CHRISTOPHI is Professor and Head of Surgery, Austin Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia. WENDY A. BROWN is Professor of Surgery and Head, Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Alfred Health, Monash University, Australia.

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• Contributors viiiPreface xiiiAcknowledgements xivSection 1 Principles of Surgery1 Preoperative management 3Julian A. Smith2 Assessment of surgical risk 13Benjamin N.J. Thomson3 Anaesthesia and pain medicine 19David Story4 Postoperative management 25Peter Devitt5 Surgical techniques 35Benjamin N.J. Thomson and David M.A. Francis6 Management of surgical wounds 45Rodney T. Judson7 Nutrition and the surgical patient 49William R.G. Perry and Andrew G. Hill8 Care of the critically ill patient 57Jeffrey J. Presneill, Christopher MacIsaac and John F. Cade9 Surgical infection 65Marcos V. Perini and Vijayaragavan Muralidharan10 Transplantation surgery 75Michael A. Fink11 Principles of surgical oncology 87G. Bruce Mann and Robert J.S. Thomas12 Introduction to the operating theatre 93Andrew Danks, Alan C. Saunder and Julian A. Smith13 Emergency general surgery 109Benjamin N.J. Thomson and Rose ShakerianSection 2 Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery14 Gastro‐oesophageal reflux disease and hiatus hernias 115Paul Burton and Geraldine J. Ooi15 Tumours of the oesophagus 123Ahmad Aly and Jonathan Foo16 Peptic ulcer disease 133Paul A. Cashin and S.C. Sydney Chung17 Gastric neoplasms 143John Spillane18 Obesity and bariatric surgery 151Yazmin Johari and Wendy A. BrownSection 3 Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery19 Gallstones 163Arthur J. Richardson20 Malignant diseases of the hepatobiliary system 173Thomas J. Hugh and Nigel B. Jamieson21 Liver infections 191Vijayaragavan Muralidharan, Marcos V. Perini and Christopher Christophi22 Pancreatitis 199Peter S. Russell and John A. Windsor23 Pancreatic tumours 209David Burnett and Mehrdad Nikfarjam24 Portal hypertension and surgery on the patient with cirrhosis 219Michael A. FinkSection 4 Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery25 Principles of colorectal and small bowel surgery 229Ian Hayes26 Physiology of small and large bowel: alterations due to surgery and disease 237Jacob McCormick and Ian Hayes27 Small bowel obstruction and ischaemia 243Ian Hayes and the late Joe J. Tjandra28 The appendix and Meckel’s diverticulum 249Rose Shakerian and the late Joe J. Tjandra29 Inflammatory bowel disease 255Susan Shedda, Brit Christensen and the late Joe J. Tjandra30 Diverticular disease of the colon 267Ian Hastie and the late Joe J. Tjandra31 Colorectal cancer 273Ian T. Jones and the late Joe J. Tjandra32 Large bowel obstruction 285Raaj Chandra33 Perianal disorders I: excluding sepsis 293Ian Hayes and Susan Shedda34 Perianal disorders II: sepsis 301Ian Hayes and the late Joe J. TjandraSection 5 Breast Surgery35 Breast assessment and benign breast disease 309Rajiv V. Dave and G. Bruce Mann36 Malignant breast disease and surgery 317Rajiv V. Dave and G. Bruce MannSection 6 Endocrine Surgery37 Thyroid 331Jonathan Serpell38 Parathyroid 339Jonathan Serpell39 Tumours of the adrenal gland 345Jonathan SerpellSection 7 Head and Neck Surgery40 Eye injuries and infections 353Helen V. Danesh‐Meyer41 Otorhinolaryngology 359Stephen O’Leary and Neil Vallance42 Tumours of the head and neck 369Rodney T. JudsonSection 8 Hernias43 Hernias 381Roger Berry and David M.A. FrancisSection 9 Skin and Soft Tissues44 Tumours and cysts of the skin 397Rodney T. Judson45 Soft tissue tumours 403Peter F. Choong46 Infection of the extremities 415Mark W. Ashton and David M.A. Francis47 Principles of plastic surgery 423Mark W. AshtonSection 10 Trauma48 Principles of trauma management 431Scott K. D’Amours, Stephen A. Deane and Valerie B. Malka49 Burns 443Ioana Tichil and Heather ClelandSection 11 Orthopaedic Surgery50 Fractures and dislocations 457Peter F. Choong51 Diseases of bone and joints 465Peter F. ChoongSection 12 Neurosurgery52 Head injuries 483Andrew H. Kaye53 Intracranial tumours, infection and aneurysms 493Andrew H. Kaye54 Nerve injuries, peripheral nerve entrapments and spinal cord compression 511Andrew H. KayeSection 13 Vascular Surgery55 Disorders of the arterial system 527Raffi Qasabian and Gurfateh Singh Sandhu56 Extracranial vascular disease 537Raffi Qasabian and Gurfateh Singh Sandhu57 Venous and lymphatic diseases of the limbs 545Hani Saeed and Michael J. Grigg58 Endovascular therapies 553Timothy BuckenhamSection 14 Urology59 Benign urological conditions 565Anthony J. Costello, Daniel M. Costello and Fairleigh Reeves60 Genitourinary oncology 577Homayoun Zargar and Anthony J. CostelloSection 15 Cardiothoracic Surgery61 Principles and practice of cardiac surgery 587James Tatoulis and Julian A. Smith62 Common topics in thoracic surgery 603Julian A. SmithSection 16 Problem Solving63 Chronic constipation 617Kurvi Patwala and Peter De Cruz64 Faecal incontinence 625Andrew Bui65 Rectal bleeding 633Adele Burgess66 Haematemesis and melaena 637Wendy A. Brown67 Obstructive jaundice 643Frederick Huynh and Val Usatoff68 The acute abdomen, peritonitis and intra‐abdominal abscesses 649Paul Cashin, Michael Levitt and the late Joe J. Tjandra69 Ascites 659David A.K. Watters, Sonal Nagra and David M.A. Francis70 Neck swellings 667Rodney T. Judson71 Acute airway problems 675Stephen O’Leary72 Dysphagia 679Wendy A. Brown73 Leg swelling and ulcers 685Alan C. Saunder, Steven T.F. Chan and David M.A. Francis74 Haematuria 693Kenny Rao and Shomik Sengupta75 Postoperative complications 699Peter Devitt76 Massive haemoptysis 707Julian A. Smith77 Epistaxis 711Robert J.S. Briggs78 Low back and leg pain 715Jin W. Tee and Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld79 Acute scrotal pain 727Anthony Dat and Shomik Sengupta80 Post‐traumatic confusion 735John Laidlaw81 Sudden‐onset severe headache 745Alexios A. Adamides82 The red eye 749Christine Chen83 Double vision 757Christine ChenAnswers to MCQs 763Index 767