Main description:

This third edition has been fully revised and updated to provide students with the latest information to help them prepare for surgical examinations.

Presented in question and answer format, the book consists of fifty long and short clinical cases. Each case begins with an overview, a checklist for history and physical examination, and diagnostic points. Commonly asked exam questions follow, reviewing the relevant anatomy, physiology, investigations, differential diagnosis, updated staging, and management techniques.

Discussion on staging corresponds with the American Joint Cancer Committee (AJCC) 8th edition cancer staging system.

Separate chapters cover definitions of key terminologies, and radiology and imaging. The book concludes with important tables and charts for trauma, neck, breast, abdomen, burns and more.

This comprehensive revision reference features more than 200 drawings, flowcharts and clinical photographs, many of them new to this edition.

Key points

Fully revised, third edition providing long and short surgical cases to assist students with exam preparation
Cases presented in question and answer format, with separate sections on terminologies and imaging
Discussion on staging corresponds with AJCC 8th edition cancer staging system
Previous edition (9789350903964) published in 2013

Contents:

Section 1: Definitions

Definitions

Section 2: Long Cases

Toxic Goiter
Solitary Thyroid Nodule (STN-Nontoxic)
Papillary Carcinoma Thyroid with Lymph Node Metastases
Multinodular Goiter
Early Breast Cancer
Advanced Breast Cancer
Epigastric Lump
Right Hypochondrial Lump without Jaundice
Right Iliac Fossa Mass (Suspected Ileocecal Tuberculosis)
Suspected Carcinoma of the Cecum
Appendicular Mass
Obstructive Jaundice
Varicose Veins
Peripheral Occlusive Vascular Disease
Lymphoma
Renal Swelling
Pseudocyst of Pancreas
Retroperitoneal Tumor
Testicular Malignancy
Portal Hypertension
Mesenteric Cyst

Section 3: Short Cases

Non-thyroid Neck Swelling
Tuberculous Cervical Lymph Node
Cervical Metastatic Lymph Node and Neck Dissections
Carcinoma Tongue with Submandibular Lymph Node
Carcinoma of Gingivobuccal Complex (Indian Oral Cancer)
Parotid Swelling
Submandibular Sialadenitis
Ranula, Plunging Ranula, Sublingual Dermoid and Mucous Cyst
Thyroglossal Cyst, Lingual Thyroid, Ectopic Thyroid, Subhyoid Bursa and Carcinoma Arising in Thyroglossal Cyst
Branchial Cyst, Branchial Fistula, Cystic Hygroma
Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Neurofibroma, von Recklinghausen's Disease 364
Lipoma (Universal Tumor)
Sebaceous Cyst/Epidermoid Cyst/Wen/Dermoid Cyst
Ulcer
Malignant Melanoma
Basal Cell Carcinoma/Rodent Ulcer
Squamous Cell Carcinoma-SCC (Epithelioma)
Carcinoma Penis
Congenital Arteriovenous Fistula/Hemangioma/Compressible Swelling
Unilateral Lower Limb Edema
Hydrocele of Tunica Vaginalis Sac (Epididymal Cyst, Spermatocele, Varicocele, Hematocele, Chylocele etc)
Inguinal Hernia/Femoral Hernia
Incisional Hernia (Ventral Hernia, Postoperative Hernia)
Epigastric Hernia (Fatty Hernia of the Linea Alba)
Paraumbilical Hernia, Umbilical Hernia in Adults and Children
Desmoid Tumor, Interparietal Hernia (Interstitial) and Spigelian Hernia
Gynecomastia/Male Breast Carcinoma
Fibroadenoma/Cystosarcoma/Breast Cyst/Fibroadenosis/Fibrocystic Disease/Mastalgia/Mastopathy/Chronic Mastitis

Section 4: Radiology and Imaging

Radiology Questions and Answers

Section 5: Important Tables and Charts

General
Trauma
Burns
Neck
Breast
Abdomen
Vascular
Limbs
Anorectal

Index