Pocketbook of Surgery, 6th Edition

This quick reference guide for medical students and junior doctors is essential during surgery rotations.

Churchill’s Pocketbook of Surgery covers the fundamental principles of all the major surgical specialties including aetiology, diagnosis and management, pre-operative and post-operative care. It includes an overview of important considerations such as consent, clinical audit, common operations, and provides a checklist of emergency situations.

Fully updated, succinct and clearly structured, this is a must-have book that you will return to time and again.

Key Features

• New chapter on the heart and thoracic great vessels
• Updated content on new surgical approaches and minimally invasive surgery
• Shock chapter has been updated to reflect the tenth edition of ATLS
• Introductory chapter on consent, medicolegal issues, statistics and clinical audit
• New colour illustrations throughout
• Small, portable format – refer to it during your surgical rounds
• Succinct text and clearly structured – easy to navigate for doctors on the go
• Covers all the major surgical specialties
• Provides an overview of history-taking, relevant physical signs, differential diagnosis, investigations and practical treatment
• Outlines common operations such as appendicectomy and thyroidectomy
• Checklist of emergency situations for quick reference
• Hints and tips throughout
• An enhanced eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.

CONTENTS

1 Introduction to Surgery

2 An Introduction to Surgical Techniques and Practical Procedures

3 Investigative Procedures

4 Shock and Trauma

5 Preoperative and Postoperative Care

6 Infection and Surgery

7 Management of Malignant Disease

8 Head, Neck and Otorhinolaryngology

9 Thorax

10 The Heart and Thiracic Great Vessels

11 Breast

12 Endocrine Surgery

13 Abdominal Wall and Hernia

14 Acute Abdomen

15 Alimentary Tract

16 Peripheral Vascular Disease

17 Urology

18 Orthopaedics

19 Neurosurgery

20 Plastic Surgery and Skin

21 Paediatric Surgery

22 Organ and Tissue Transplantation

23 Gynaecology and Obstetrics