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Principles and Practice of Surgery is the surgical companion textbook to the international medical bestseller Davidson´s Principles and Practice of Medicine . It is a comprehensive textbook for both 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.

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SECTION 1 PRINCIPLES OF PERIOPERATIVE CARE

Metabolic response to injury, fluid and electrolyte balance and shock

Transfusion of blood components and plasma products

Nutritional support in surgical patients

Infections and antibiotics

Ethics, pre-operative considerations, anaesthesia and analgesia

Principles of the surgical management of cancer

Trauma and multiple injury

Practical procedures and patient investigation

Post-operative care and complications

Evidence-based practice and professional development
SECTION 2 GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY

The abdominal wall and hernia

The acute abdomen and intestinal obstruction

The oesophagus, stomach and duodenum

The liver and biliary tract

The pancreas and spleen

The small and large intestine

The anorectum
SECTION 3 SURGICAL SPECIALTIES

Plastic and reconstructive surgery

The breast

Endocrine surgery

Vascular and endovascular surgery

Cardiothoracic surgery

Urological surgery

Neurosurgery

Transplantation surgery

Ear, nose and throat surgery

Orthopaedic surgery

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