Surgery at a Glance

This new edition of Surgery at a Glance provides a concise and visually-orientated summary of a comprehensive lecture course in surgery. Following the easy-to-use at a Glance format, each topic is presented with clear illustrations and key facts encapsulating all that you need to know.

The book is coherently divided into clinical presentations followed by major surgical conditions. Exploring core principals and important diseases, it is an accessible companion to any surgery core text, and is ideally placed to support the current curriculum.

Preface 6

List of abbreviations 7

Part 1 Clinical presentations at a glance

1 Neck lump 10

2 Dysphagia 12

3 Haemoptysis 14

4 Breast lump 16

5 Breast pain 18

6 Nipple discharge 20

7 Gastrointestinal bleeding 22

8 Dyspepsia 26

9 Vomiting 28

10 Acute abdominal pain 30

11 Chronic abdominal pain 32

12 Abdominal swellings (general) 34

13 Abdominal swellings (localized) – upper abdominal 36

14 Abdominal swellings (localized) – lower abdominal 40

15 Jaundice 42

16 Diarrhoea 44

17 Altered bowel habit/constipation 46

18 Groin swellings 48

19 Claudication 50

20 Acute warm painful leg 52

21 Acute ‘cold’ leg 54

22 Leg ulceration 56

23 Dysuria 58

24 Urinary retention 60

25 Haematuria 62

26 Scrotal swellings 64

27 Stomas and incisions 66

Part 2 Surgical diseases at a glance

28 Anaesthesia 68

29 Hypoxia 72

30 Surgical infection 74

31 Sepsis 78

32 Systemic infl ammatory response syndrome 80

33 Shock 82

34 Acute renal failure 84

35 Fractures 86

36 Orthopaedics – congenital and childhood disorders 88

37 Orthopaedics – metabolic and infective disorders 90

38 Arthritis 92

39 Musculoskeletal tumours 95

40 Burns 98

41 Major trauma – basic principles 100

42 Traumatic brain injury (head injury) 102

43 Gastro-oesophageal refl ux disease 106

44 Oesophageal carcinoma 108

45 Peptic ulcer disease 110

46 Gastric carcinoma 112

47 Malabsorption 114

48 Crohn’s disease 116

49 Acute appendicitis 118

50 Diverticular disease 120

51 Ulcerative colitis 122

52 Colorectal carcinoma 124

53 Benign anal and perianal disorders 126

54 Intestinal obstruction 128

55 Abdominal hernias 130

56 Gallstone disease 132

57 Pancreatitis 136

58 Pancreatic tumours 138

59 Benign breast disease 140

60 Breast cancer 142

61 Goitre 144

62 Thyroid malignancies 146

63 Parathyroid disease 148

64 Pituitary disorders 150

65 Adrenal disorders 152

66 Skin cancer 154

67 Ischaemic heart disease 157

68 Valvular heart disease 160

69 Peripheral arterial disease 162

70 The diabetic foot 164

71 Aneurysms 166

72 Extracranial arterial disease 168

73 Venous thromboembolism 170

74 Varicose veins 173

75 Lymphoedema 176

76 Postoperative pulmonary complications 178

77 Lung cancer 180

78 Urinary tract infection 182

79 Benign prostatic hypertrophy 184

80 Renal (urinary) calculi 186

81 Renal cell carcinoma 188

82 Carcinoma of the bladder 190

83 Carcinoma of the prostate 192

84 Testicular cancer 194

85 Urinary incontinence 196

86 Solid organ transplantation 198

87 Paediatric ‘general’ surgery 200

Index 204