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Table of Contents:
Author affiliations, vi Preface, viii Acknowledgements, ix Abbreviations, x About the companion website, xiv 1 Surgical strategy (Justin Davies), 1 2 Human factors in surgery (Peter A. Brennan), 5 3 Fluid and nutrition management (Lynsey Spillman), 12 4 Preoperative assessment (Hemantha Alawattegama), 20 5 Postoperative complications (Elizabeth Tweedle), 27 6 Acute infections (Christopher Watson), 49 7 Tumours (Christopher Watson), 55 8 Shock (Vijay Sujendran), 63 9 Trauma surgery (Jonathan Morton), 70 10 Burns (Ian Grant), 79 11 The skin and its adnexae (Amer J. Durrani), 86 12 Arterial disease (Patrick Coughlin), 101 13 The heart and thoracic aorta (David P. Jenkins), 119 14 The chest and lungs (Aman Singh Coonar), 129 15 Venous disorders of the lower limb (Manj Gohel), 140 16 The brain and meninges (Stephen Price), 147 17 Head injury (Stephen Price), 157 18 The spine (Rodney J. C. Laing), 170 19 Peripheral nerve injuries (Ian Grant), 182 20 The oral cavity (Kanwalraj Moar), 189 21 The salivary glands (Brian Fish), 203 22 The oesophagus (Peter Safranek), 208 23 The stomach and duodenum (Stavros Gourgiotis), 218 24 The surgery of obesity, (Christopher Pring), 240 25 The small intestine (Justin Davies), 245 26 The appendix (Ioanna G. Panagiotopoulou), 251 27 The colon (Justin Davies), 259 28 The rectum and anal canal (Justin Davies), 274 29 The acute abdomen (Constantinos Simillis), 289 30 Intestinal obstruction and paralytic ileus (Christopher Watson), 299 31 Hernia (Christopher Watson), 311 32 The liver (Raaj Kumar Praseedom), 323 33 The gallbladder and bile ducts (Anita Balakrishnan), 340 34 The pancreas (Raaj Kumar Praseedom), 351 35 The spleen (Christopher Watson), 364 36 The lymph nodes and lymphatics (Christopher Watson), 367 37 The breast (Eleftheria Kleidi), 371 38 The neck (Ekpemi Irune), 389 39 The thyroid (Brian Fish), 393 40 The parathyroids (Ekpemi Irune), 406 41 The thymus (Christopher Watson), 412 42 The adrenal glands (Vasilis Kosmoliaptsis), 414 43 The kidney and ureter (Alexandra J. Colquhoun), 425 44 The bladder (Alexandra J. Colquhoun), 444 45 The prostate (Arthur McPhee), 450 46 The male urethra (Arthur McPhee), 459 47 The penis (Arthur McPhee), 462 48 The testis and scrotum (Alexandra J. Colquhoun), 466 49 Transplantation surgery (Christopher Watson), 476 Index, 000