Principles and Practice of Surgery is the surgical companion textbook to the international bestseller Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine. It is a comprehensive textbook for the surgical student and trainee, guiding the reader through key core surgical topics which are encountered throughout an integrated medical curriculum as well as in subsequent clinical practice. Although sharing the same format and style as Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine, this text is complete in itself, thus enabling the student to appreciate both the medical and surgical implications of diseases encountered in surgical wards.
CONTENTS:Section 1 Principles of surgical care

The metabolic response to injury
Principles of fluid and electrolyte balance in surgical patients
Shock
Transfusion of blood and blood products
Nutritional support in surgical patients
Infections and antibiotics
Ethical and legal principles in surgical practice
Principles of the surgical management of cancer
Trauma and multiple injury
Section 2 The operation

Pre-operative assessment and anaesthesia
Practical procedures and patient investigation
Post-operative care and complications
Day case surgery
Section 3 Upper gastrointestinal Surgery

The abdominal wall and hernia
The acute abdomen
The oesophagus
Gastroduodenal disorders
The liver and biliary tract
The pancreas and spleen
Section 4 Lower gastrointestinal surgery

The intestine and appendix
Anorectal conditions
Section 5 Surgical specialties

Plastic and reconstructive surgery
The breast
Endocrine surgery
Vascular and endovascular surgery
Cardiothoracic surgery
Urological surgery
Neurosurgery
Transplantation
Ear, nose and throat
Orthopaedics