CONTENTS
List of contributors
Preface
Sayings of the Great
1 Introduction
R. Christopher G. Russell
2 Diagnostic and interventional radiology
Alison M. McLean and Matthew Matson
3 Preparing a patient for surgery
Peter Driscoll and Christopher J.K. Bulstrode
4 Anaesthesia and pain management
Richard M. Langford
5 Acute life support and critical care: fluid, electrolyte and acid–base balance and
blood transfusion
Richard M. Langford and Monty C. Mythen
6 Nutrition
Gordon L. Carlson and Edwin C. Clark
7 Wounds, tissue repair and scars
David J. Coleman
8 Basic surgical skills and anastomoses
David J. Leaper
9 Principles of laparoscopic surgery
Ara Darzi
10 Wound infection
David J. Leaper
11 Sterile precaution and theatre safety
Anthony L.G. Peel
12 Parasitic infections
Peter Chiodini
13 Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Timothy G. Allen-Mersh
14 Transplantation
J. Andrew Bradley
15 Cysts, ulcers and sinuses
Olagunju A. Ogunbiyi
16 Principles of oncology
Robert J. Steele
17 Day surgery
Jean M. Millar
18 An approach to surgical audit
Mark Emberton and Jan Van der Meulen
19 Clinical trials and statistics
Birgit Whitman and Jonothan J. Earnshaw
20 Surgical ethics
Len Doyal
21 Plastic and reconstructive surgery
Per N. Hall and Jonothan Clibbon
22 Burns
Mike Tyler
23 Accident and emergency surgery
Kenneth D. Boffard and Douglas N.G. Bowley
24 Warfare injuries
James M. Ryan
25 Clinical examination in musculoskeletal disorders
Christopher J.K. Bulstrode
26 Musculoskeletal imaging
David J. Wilson and Gina M. Allen
27 Fractures and dislocations
Christopher J.K. Bulstrode
28 Problems in the shoulder and elbow
Andrew J. Carr and Jon C. Clasper
29 Pelvic and acetabular fractures
John Keating
30 Lower limb trauma
Christopher J.K. Bulstrode and Andrew Kinninmonth
31 Surgery for arthritis in the hip and knee
Christopher J.K. Bulstrode and Ian K. Ritchie
32 Diseases of bones and joints: infection
Anthony Berendt and Martin A. McNally
33 Bone tumours
Peter F.M. Choong
34 Diseases of the bones, joints and connective tissues
Paul Wordsworth
35 Paediatric orthopaedics: normal development and congenital disorders
David H.A. Jones and Robert A. Hill
36 Paediatric orthopaedics: diseases of the growing skeleton
David H.A Jones and Robert A. Hill
37 Sports medicine and biomechanics
Jonathan M. Webb and Christopher J.K. Bulstrode
38 Wrist and hand
David J. Warwick
39 The foot
Ian G. Winson and Paul Cook
40 Neurological disorders and the musculoskeletal system
Tim N. Theologis
41 The spine, vertebral column and spinal cord
Richard C.S. Kerr and James Wilson-MacDonald
42 Nerves
Timothy E.J. Hems
43 Craniocerebral trauma
Richard C.S. Kerr and Nicholas F. Maartens
44 Elective neurosurgery
Richard C.S Kerr and Nicholas F. Maartens
45 The eye and orbit
Jonathan D. Jagger
46 Cleft lip and palate: developmental abnormalities of the face, mouth
and jaws
William P. Smith
47 Maxillofacial injuries
Charles S. Perkins and Richard P. Juniper
48 The nose and sinuses
Robert W. Ruckley
49 The ear
Grant J.E.M. Bates
50 Oral and oropharyngeal cancer
John D. Langdon
51 Disorders of the salivary glands
William P. Smith and John D. Langdon
52 Pharynx, larynx and neck
David J. Howard and Valerie J. Lund
53 The thyroid gland and the thyroglossal tract
Zygmunt H. Krukowski
54 Parathyroid and adrenal glands
Barnard J. Harrison
55 The breast
Richard C. Sainsbury
56 Thorax
Tom Treasure
57 Cardiac surgery
Jonathan R. Anderson and Ian Hunt
58 Arterial disorders
John A. Murie
59 Venous disorders
John H. Scurr
60 Lymphoedema
Andrew W. Bradbury
61 The oesophagus
John Bancewicz
62 Stomach and duodenum
John N. Primrose
63 The liver
Brian R. Davidson
64 The spleen
O. James Garden
65 The gall bladder and bile ducts
R. Christopher G. Russell
66 The pancreas
R. Christopher G. Russell
67 The peritoneum, omentum, mesentery and retroperitoneal space
Jeremy Thompson
68 The small and large intestines
Neil J.McC. Mortensen and Oliver Jones
69 Intestinal obstruction
Marc Christopher Winslet
70 The vermiform appendix
P. Ronan O’Connell
71 The rectum
Norman S. Williams
72 The anus and anal canal
Norman S. Williams
73 Hernias, umbilicus and abdominal wall
David H. Bennett and Andrew N. Kingsnorth
74 Urinary symptoms, investigation of the urinary tract and anuria
Christopher G. Fowler
75 The kidneys and ureters
Christopher G. Fowler
76 The urinary bladder
David E. Neal and John D. Kelly
77 The prostate and seminal vesicles
David E. Neal and John D. Kelly
78 The urethra and penis
Christopher G. Fowler
79 Testis and scrotum
Christopher G. Fowler
80 Principles of paediatric surgery
Mark D. Stringer
81 Postoperative care
Peter Driscoll, Andrew D. Farmery and Christopher J.K. Bulstrode