Key topics in general surgery. (2002)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: C.R. Lattimer, N.M. Wilson, N.R.F. Lagattolla.
• Other Names: Lattimer, C. R (Christopher Richard); Wilson, N. M (Nicholas Muir); Lagattolla, N. R. F (Nicolas Raoul Francesco)
• Contents: Abdominal trauma -- Acute appendicitis -- Acute pancreatitis -- Adrenal tumours -- AIDS -- Amputations -- Aneurysms -- Anorectal investigation -- Anorectal sepsis and fissure -- Antibiotics and bacterial resistance -- Assessment of the acute abdomen -- Benign breast disease -- Bladder outflow obstruction -- Blood transfusion -- Breast cancer -- Burns -- Calf pump failure and venous ulceration -- Carcinoma of the bladder -- Carcinoma of the prostate -- Cerebrovascular disease -- Chest trauma -- Chronic pancreatitis -- Clinical governance -- Colorectal carcinoma -- Common paediatric conditions -- Critical leg ischaemia -- Crohn's disease -- Cushing's syndrome -- Day case surgery -- Deep vein thrombosis -- Diverticular disease -- Endoscopy -- Endovascular techniques -- Femoral hernia -- Fluid replacement -- Gallstones and their complications -- Gastric cancer -- Gastrointestinal fistulae -- Gastrointestinal polyps -- Gastro-oesophageal reflux -- Goitre -- Haemorrhoids -- Head injury -- Hepatic tumours and biliary cancer -- Hyperparathyroidism -- Hyperthyroidism : treatment -- Incisional and other abdominal hernias -- Inguinal hernia -- Intensive care -- Intermittent claudication -- Intestinal obstruction -- Intestinal pseudo-obstruction and ileus -- Irritable bowel syndrome -- Jaundice : investigation -- Lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage -- Lymphoedema and the management of the swollen limb -- Malignant melanoma -- Meckel's diverticulum -- Mesenteric ischaemia -- Minimal access surgery -- Multiple organ failure -- Non-specific abdominal pain -- Nutrition in the surgical patient -- Oesophageal cancer -- Oesophageal dysmotility -- Organ transplantation : principles. Pancreatic cancer -- Penile conditions and scrotal swellings -- Peptic ulceration -- Pilonidal sinus disease -- Portal hypertension -- Postoperative care and complications -- Postoperative pain relief -- Pre-operative assessment -- Renal access surgery -- Renal tumours -- Renovascular surgery -- Salivary gland calculi -- Salivary gland tumours -- Screening -- Sentinel node biopsy -- Skin cover -- The skin and subcutaneous tissues -- Small bowel tumours -- Soft tissue swellings -- The spleen -- Testicular tumours -- Thyroglossal tract anomalies -- Thyroid neoplasms -- Trauma management -- Ulcerative colitis -- Undescended testes -- Upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage -- Urinary calculi -- Varicose veins -- Vascular imaging and investigation -- Vascular malformations and tumours -- Vascular trauma -- Vasomotor and vasculitic conditions -- Wounds : healing, closure and sutures.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, Fla : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 372 pages)
• Subjects: 617 L364; Surgery; Operations, Surgical; Surgery; Surgery; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482211061; 1482211068
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.