Rapid SurgeryThis pocket reference and revision guide is a must for all medical students and junior doctors preparing for major surgical exams or needing a rapid reminder during a clinical attachment. Thoroughly updated, this new edition has been re-ordered by body systems with key surgical presentations ordered alphabetically within each section for ease of reference. Now with important new topics including bariatric surgery, endovascular techniques, nutrition, SIRS and sepsis, Rapid Surgery presents up-to-date knowledge succinctly for easy and rapid access to information. |
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abdominal abscess acute AETIOLOGY anaesthesia anal anastomosis aneurysm antibiotics artery assessment associated ASSOCIATIONS/RISK FACTORS asymptomatic biliary biopsy bleeding bone bowel breast cancer carcinoma carotid cause cell chemotherapy chronic closure clotting colon COMPLICATIONS crossmatch CT scan cyst DEFINITION diagnosis dilatation disease dissection distal diverticulitis diverticulum drain drainage duct embolisation endoscopic EPIDEMIOLOGY EPIDEMIOLOGY Common EXAMINATION excision fistula flap fluid gallbladder gangrene gastrectomy gastric graft haematoma haemorrhage hepatic hernia HISTORY incision infection inflammatory inguinal injury INVESTIGATIONS Blood ischaemia laparoscopic lesions limb liver localised lymph nodes malignancy MANAGEMENT metastases midline mortality mucosa muscle necrosis necrotising fasciitis nerve obstruction oesophageal pain pancreatitis PATHOLOGY/PATHOGENESIS patients performed peritonitis Post-op Pre-op pressure procedure PROGNOSIS pulmonary radiotherapy rarely rectal recurrence renal resection risk sepsis signs skin sphincter staging stenosis stoma surgery Surgical sutures symptoms syndrome therapy thrombosis thyroid tissue tract trauma treatment tumours U&Es ulceration ultrasound urinary usually vascular vein venous vessels wound