Clinical Surgery (Essential Series) [Paperback]

Alfred Cuschieri (Author), Thomas P. J. Hennessy (Author), Roger M. Greenhalgh (Author), David I. Rowley (Author), Pierce A. Grace (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0632031468 | ISBN-13: 978-0632031467 | Publication Date: January 15, 1996 | Edition: 1

Clinical Surgery is a core textbook of surgery that will enable medical students and junior doctors to diagnose a disease, prepare the patient for an operation, and deal with the patient after the operation, including the management of any complications that may arise. Lavishly iilustrated in full colour, Clinical Surgery is divided into four sections: Section 1, Clinical Skills and Investigations, gives a thorough grounding in the clinical skills required to diagnose the disease. Section 2, The Management of Acute Surgical Illness and Trauma, contains 10 chapters on the aetiology, pathophysiology, presentation and management of surgical emergencies. Section 3, General and Specialist Surgery, reviews surgical problems by system and contains chapters on each of the surgical sub-specialities by respected experts in each field. These include, among others, orthopaedics, plastic surgery, ENT and opthalmology. Section 4, Perioperative Care, outlines the essential components of how to manage patients before and after surgery, including chapters on pain management and rehabilitation.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A comprehensive surgical textbook, with lots of colour photos and diagrams, nicely laid out with excellent at a glance boxes."

Sphincter, Liverpool Medical School Gazette

From the Back Cover

Clinical Surgery is a core textbook of surgery that will enable medical students and junior doctors to:

• Understand the basis of symptoms and signs


• Diagnose common surgical disorders


• Order and interpret appropriate investigations


• Prepare the patient for an operation


• Deal with the patient after an operation, including the management of any complications that may arise.

Clinical Surgery:

• Combines symptoms and signs with a comprehensive overview of surgical practice


• Stresses that common things are common by prioritizing the ‘core’ information that students must know


• Is ideal for revision with 52 ‘At a Glance’ boxes summarizing the important features of the common surgical diseases on one page


• Emphasizes the importance of clinical skills in a section on history taking, examination and investigations


• Highlights the surgical emergencies in a section on the management of acute surgical illness and trauma


• Gives a comprehensive overview of general and specialist surgery in which each system has a section on clinical evaluation of the patient, pathology, clinical features and management of the disease


• Integrates basic science with clinical surgery by covering the pathophysiology of disease


• Includes chapters on orthopaedics and muscukoskeletal trauma


• Keeps operative detail to the absolute minimum required of medical students


• Is edited by a highly respected team, which includes leading professors from the UK and Ireland.

Lavishly illustrated in full colour, Clinical Surgery is divided into four sections:

Clinical Skills and Investigations, gives a solid grounding in the clinical skills required to diagnose the disease and explains the investigations that might be performed when assessing a patient

The Management of Acute Surgical Illness and Trauma, contains 10 chapters on the aetiology and pathophysiology, presentation and management of surgical emergencies

General and Specialist Surgery, reviews surgical problems by system and contains chapters on each of the surgical sub-specialists by respected experts in each field. These include, among others, orthopaedics, plastic surgery, ENT and Ophthalmology

Perioperative Care, outlines the essential components of how to manage patients before and after surgery, including chapters on pain management and rehabilitation.

Product Details

• Paperback: 596 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (January 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0632031468
• ISBN-13: 978-0632031467
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,420,119 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding introductory surgical text, April 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Clinical Surgery (Essential Series) (Paperback)

I am a graduating senior medical student, and I happened to come upon this text quite by accident. Intending only to browse it for the moment, I found the text to be captivating. The author gives a clear and concise overview of every major surgical topic in a way that is approachable and easily understandible. The tables and figures nicely complement the "high yield" text. I only wish I had this text when I did my surgical clerkship.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellant General Surgery Text Book, August 22, 2002

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W. M. Mohammad (Kuwait) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clinical Surgery (Essential Series) (Paperback)

This is an excellant text book of general surgery. The book covers all the basic topics of surgery in a great mannor. There are plenty of good quality pictures and illustrations. The book is well divided into chapters. There is a summary at the end of each topic which gives a reivew of all the contents. I would highly recommend this book for rmedical students and surgical residents.