Essential Surgery 4e

Essential Surgery 2e is a comprehensive and highly illustrated textbook for clinical students as well as a practical manual for junior doctors and trainee surgeons. The unique feature of this book is its problem-oriented approach. This reflects current trends in how the subject is taught and examined - emphasising to the reader the full understanding of how a diagnosis is made and why a particular treatment is used. In addition the authors explain the pathophysiological basis of surgical diseases and their management - this will help bridge the gap between basic sciences and clinical problems. There is coverage of the principles of how surgical disorders evolve and the effects of different forms of intervention at different stages. The text contains outlines of common surgical operations - helping the reader to: explain operations to patients participate intelligently in the operating department understand prevention of complications. The book includes coverage of epidemiology, disease prevention and the provision of health care - relating the community aspects of surgical medicine to these areas.