Surgery at a Glance

Following the familiar, easy-to-use at a Glance format, and now in full-colour, Surgery at a Glance is an accessible introduction and revision text for medical students. Fully revised and updated, this at a Glance provides a user-friendly overview of surgery to encapsulate all that the student needs to know.
This new edition of Surgery at a Glance:
Is presented in full colour format for ease of use
Focuses on the core principles and the important diseases appropriate to the current curriculum
Features extended coverage of anaesthesia and paediatric surgery
Divides the 'Paediatric surgery' chapter into two new chapters to feature infantile pyloric stenosis, intussusception and malrotation of the gut
Reflects the latest practice, e.g. new therapies for varicose veins resection
Includes more practical information in the Presentations section on specifically ward-based topics
Surgery at a Glance is an invaluable resource for all clinical medical students, junior doctors, and surgical nurses.
Reviews of the previous edition
"'This book is ideal for finals as diagrams help the revision numbed mind to retain information. It is extremely quick and easy to read and the list-based information is an ideal basis for short-answer questions." Barts and the London Chronicle
"Delightful book… the quality of the diagrams is such that for the majority of topics the text is almost superfluous." British Journal of Surgery

Professor Pierce Grace (MCh, FRCSI, FRCS) is Professor of Surgical Science and Consultant Vascular Surgeon at the University of Limerick.

Mr Neil Borley (MBBS, FRCS) is Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at Cheltenham General Hospital.

Preface
List of Abbreviations
Part 1: Clinical Presentations at a Glance
1. Neck lump
2. Dysphagia
3. Haemoptysis
4. Breast lump
5. Breast pain
6. Nipple discharge
7. Gastrointestinal bleeding
8. Dyspepsia
9. Vomiting
10. Acute abdominal pain
11. Chronic abdominal pain
12. Abdominal swellings (general)
13. Abdominal swellings (localized): upper abdominal
14. Abdominal swellings (localized): lower abdominal
15. Jaundice
16. Diarrhoea
17. Altered bowel habit / constipation
18. Groin swellings
19. Claudication
20. Acute warm painful leg
21. Acute 'cold' leg
22. Leg ulceration
23. Dysuria
24. Urinary retention
25. Haematuria
26. Scrotal swellings
27. Stomas and incisions
Part 2: Surgical Diseases at a Glance
28. Anaesthesia
29. Hypoxia
30. Surgical infection
31. Sepsis
32. Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)
33. Shock
34. Acute renal failure
35. Fractures
36. Burns
37. Major trauma - basic principles
38. Head injury
39. Gastro-oesophageal reflux
40. Oesophageal carcinoma
41. Peptic ulceration
42. Gastric carcinoma
43. Malabsorption
44. Crohn's disease
45. Acute appendicitis
46. Diverticular disease
47. Ulcerative colitis
48. Colorectal carcinoma
49. Benign anal and perianal disorders
50. Intestinal obstruction
51. Abdominal hernias
52. Gallstone disease
53. Pancreatitis
54. Pancreatic tumours
55. Benign breast disease
56. Breast cancer
57. Goitre
58. Thyroid malignancies
59. Parathyroid disease
60. Pituitary disorders
61. Adrenal disorders
62. Skin cancer
63. Ischaemic heart disease
64. Valvular heart disease
65. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD)
66. The diabetic foot
67. Aneurysms
68. Extracranial arterial disease
69. Venous thromboembolism
70. Varicose veins
71. Lymphoedema
72. Postoperative pulmonary complications
73. Bronchial carcinoma
74. Urinary tract infection
75. Benign prostatic hypertrophy
76. Renal (urinary) calculi
77. Renal cell carcinoma
78. Carcinoma of the bladder
79. Carcinoma of the prostate
80. Testicular cancer
81. Urinary incontinence
82. Solid organ transplantation
83. Paediatric 'general' surgery
Index