Main description:

The Oxford Textbook of Fundamentals of Surgery provides a solid foundation of the knowledge and basic science needed to hone all of the core surgical skills used in surgical settings.

Presented in a clear and accessible way, the Oxford Textbook of Fundamentals of Surgery addresses the cross-specialty aspects of surgery applicable to all trainees. With an emphasis on practical application and international best practice, it will support you to confidently deliver the highest

Contents:

1. Basic science
1.1 Applied surgical anatomy
1.1.1: Vishy Mahadevan: Anatomy of the thorax
1.1.2: Vishy Mahadevan: Anatomy of the abdomen
1.1.3: Vishy Mahadevan: Anatomy of the pelvis and perineum
1.1.4: Vishy Mahadevan: Anatomy of the limbs and spine
1.1.5: Vishy Mahadevan: Head and neck anatomy
1.1.6: Vishy Mahadevan: Neuroanatomy
1.2 Applied surgical physiology
1.2.1: David Adams: Introduction to applied surgical physiology
1.2.2: Judy Harmey: Metabolic pathways, nutrition, and abnormalities
1.2.3: Andrew Topping: Blood loss, hypovolaemic shock, and septic shock
1.2.4: Catriona Kelly, Rosalind O' Reilly, and Brian Mullan: Fluid and electrolyte balance and replacement: Acid-base balance
1.2.5: Dermot Cox: Haemostasis and thrombosise
1.2.6: Aidan Bradford: Cardiovascular
1.2.7: Aidan Bradford: Respiratory
1.2.8: Aidan Bradford: Gastrointestinal
1.2.9: Aidan Bradford: Urinary
1.2.10: Kamalan Jeevaratnam: Endocrine
1.2.11: Kamalan Jeevaratnam: Neurology
1.3 Applied surgical pharmacology
1.3.1: Chris Brearton: Essential pharmacology for surgeons
1.4 Applied surgical pathology
1.4.1: David Lowe: Pathology
1.5 Applied surgical microbiology
1.5.1: Muhammad Raza: Sepsis
1.5.2: Manjusa Narayan and Jonathan Moore: Skin and soft tissue infections
1.5.3: Allison Sykes: Healthcare-associated infection
1.5.4: Shirelle Burton-Fanning and Sheila Waugh: Blood borne viruses
1.5.5: Louise Hall: Asepsis
1.6 Applied surgical radiology
1.6.1: Jonathan Spratt: Plain film radiology for surgeons
1.6.2: Ian Minty: Nuclear medicine for surgeons
1.6.3: Ian Minty: PETCT for surgeons
1.6.4: Ishmael Chasi: MRI for surgeons
1.6.5: Pallavi Mehrotra: CT for surgeons
1.6.6: Robert Kent: Ultrasound for surgeons
1.6.7: Daniel Kusumawidjaja and Peter A. Gaines: Essential interventional radiology for surgeons
2. Common surgical conditions
2.1 Assessing the acute abdomen
2.1.1: Tom Wiggins and James N. Crinnion: Assessing the acute abdomen
2.2 Abdominal wall and hernias
2.2.1: Peter Sedman: Abdominal wall and hernias
2.3 Upper gastro-oesophageal surgery
2.3.1: Bill Allum: Upper gastro-oesophageal surgery
2.4 Hepato-pancreato-biliary disorders
2.4.1: Graeme Poston and Robert Jones: Hepato-pancreato-biliary disorders
2.5 Colorectal
2.5.1: Adam Kimble and Ken Hosie: Colorectal
2.6 Breast Surgery
2.6.1: Amit Goyal and Malcolm Reed: Clinical assessment and management of benign breast disease
2.6.2: Amit Goyal and Malcolm Reed: Breast cancer treatment
2.6.3: Mymoona Alzouebi and Matthew Hatton: Non-surgical treatment of breast cancer
2.7 Vascular surgery
2.7.1: Christopher Butler: Chronic arterial insufficiency
2.7.2: Frank Smith and Timothy Beckitt: Acute limb ischaemia
2.7.3: Andrew W Bradbury and Katy Darvall: Venous and lymphatic disease
2.7.4: Rob Sayers and Robert Davies: Aneurysms
2.7.5: Ross Naylor: Transient ischaemic attacks and stroke
2.8 Cardiac and pulmonary surgery
2.8.1: Leslie Hamilton: Cardiac surgery
2.8.2: Sasha Stamenkovic: Pulmonary surgery
2.9 Genitourinary surgery
2.9.1: Neil Burgess: Stones and infections
2.9.2: Jim Catto and Aidan Noon: Genitourinary malignancies
2.9.3: Mary Garthwaite: Benign prostatic hyperplasis and obstructive uropathy
2.9.4: Ian Eardley: Benign scrotal and penile conditions
2.10 Orthopaedic surgery
2.10.1: Hemant Sharma and Kevin Sherman: Common fractures and complications
2.10.2: Pierre Nasr and Vikas Khanduja: Denererative and inflammatory joint disease
2.10.3: Jehangir Mahaluxmivala and Daoud Makki: Bone and joint infections
2.10.4: David Sharp: Back pain and sciatica
2.10.5: Helen Cattermole: Malignant and metastatic bone disease
2.11 Skin and soft tissue masses
2.11.1: Mandeep Kang and David Ward: Benign and malignant skin lesions
2.11.2: Mandeep Kang and David Ward: Soft tissue masses
2.12 Head and neck surgery
2.12.1: Y Ramakrishnan and Maurice Hawthorne: Benign and malignant lesions of the head and neck
2.12.2: Maurice Hawthorne: Upper airway obstruction
2.12.3: Maurice Hawthorne: Ear pain and hearing loss
2.13 Neurosurgery
2.13.1: Ian Sabin and Mark Wilson: Common neurosurgical emergencies
2.13.2: Ian Sabin: Neuro-oncology
2.14 Endocrine surgery
2.14.1: Sheila Fraser and Mark Lansdown: Endocrine surgery
2.15 Surgical oncology
2.15.1: Paul Sutton, Declan Dunne, Anita Hargreaves and Graeme Poston: Cancer screening
2.15.2: D. Gomes, H.Z. Malik, S. Fenwick and Graeme Poston: Principles of surgical oncology
2.15.3: Robert P. Jones, Derek McWhirter and Graeme Poston: Principles of chemotherapy
2.15.4: Chris D. Lee, Marcel Den Dulk and Arthur Sun Myint: General principles of radiation oncology
2.15.5: Declan Dunne, Derek McWhirter and Graeme Poston: Hormon therapy in cancer
3 Basic surgical skills
3.1 Principles of safe surgery
3.1.1: Amitabh Mishra and Peter NcCulloch: Principles of safe surgery
3.2 Anaesthetic techniques
3.2.1: Stephen Wilson and Daniele Dryden: Anaesthetic techniques
3.3 Basic surgical techniques
3.3.1: David Smith and Jamie Young: Basic surgical techniques
3.4 Surgical wounds
3.4.1: James N Crinnion: Surgical wounds
3.5 Surgical haemostasis
3.5.1: Yassar Qureshi and Nigel Tai: Surgical haemostasis
3.6 Anatomoses and drains
3.6.1: Dermot Burke: Anatomoses and drains
3.7 Principles of surgical endoscopy and minimal access surgery
3.7.1: Katie Schwab, Deepak Singh-Ranger and Timothy Rockall: Principles of surgical endoscopy and minimal access surgery
3.8 Simulation and assessment
3.8.1: Pram Sirimanna, Grace Lee, Sonal Arora and Rajesh Aggrarwal: Simulation and assessment
4. Assessment and management of the surgical patient
4.1 History taking and information gathering
4.1.1: Michelle Marshall and Caroline Woodley: History taking and information gathering
4.2 Physical examination
4.2.1: Caroline Woodley: Physical examination
4.3 Information sharing
4.3.1: Michelle Marshall: Information sharing
4.4 Surgical consent
4.4.1: Robbie Lonsdale: Surgical consent
5. Peri-operative management
5.1 Pre-operative assessment
5.1.1: Mireille Berthoud: Pre-operative assessment
5.2 Intra-operative Care
5.2.1: David Cressey: Intra-operative Care
5.3 Post-operative Care
5.3.1: Gary Mills and Jeremy Groves: Post-operative Care
5.4 Nutritional management
5.4.1: Mattias Soop and Gordon Carlson: Nutritional management
5.5 Enhanced recovery
5.5.1: Dileep Lobo: Enhanced recovery
5.6 Principles of transfusion and haemostasis
5.6.1: Jeff Garner and Andi Fletcher: Principles of transfusion and haemostasis
5.7 Venous thromboembolism: Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism
5.7.1: David Chadwick and Rob Robinson: Venous thromboembolism: Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism
5.8 Metabolic and endocrine disorders in the peri-operative period
5.8.1: David Chadwick and Rob Robinson: Metabolic and endocrine disorders in the peri-operative period
6. Assessment and management of patients with major trauma
6.1 Assessment of the multiply injured patient
6.1.1: Matthew Moran: ABCD of ATLS
6.1.2: Triage
6.1.3: Tissue response to injury
6.1.4: Shock
6.1.5: Priorities of care
6.1.6: Adult respiratory distress syndrome
6.2 Principles of management of soft tissue injuries
6.2.1: Nada Al-Hadithy: Skin loss
6.2.2: Burns: classification and princples of management
6.3 The acute management of major/multiple fractures and dislocations
6.3.1: John Keating: Classification
6.3.2: Pathophysiology of fractures
6.3.3: Complications
6.3.4: Joint injuries
6.4 Principles of specific injuries
6.4.1: John Clasper: Trauma of conflict zones
6.4.2: Lynn Myles: Head and neurological injury
6.4.3: Tim Graham: Chest injury
6.4.4: Bruce Tulloh: Abdominal injury
6.4.5: Zahid Raza: Vascular injury: latrogenic injury including intravascular drug abuse; crush injury and compartment syndrome; tourniquet use; shunts, revascularisation and amputations
7. Surgical care of the paediatric patient
7.1 Principles of paediatric
7.1.1: Nicola R.K. Anders: Principles of paediatric
7.2 Principles of child protection and governance
7.2.1: Alison Pike: Principles of child protection and governance
7.3 Common paediatric surgical conditions
7.3.1: Ross J. Craigie and James A. Morecroft: Common paediatric surgical conditions
8. Management of the dying patient
8.1 Management of the dying patient in consultation with the palliative care team
8.1.1: Katharine Burke, Bee Wee and William Noble: Management of the dying patient in consultation with the palliative care team
8.2 Terminal care of the dying patient, supporting their family, and ethical considerations
8.2.1: Katharine Burke, Bee Wee, and William Noble: Terminal Care of the dying patient, supporting their family, and ethical considerations
9. Principles of organ and tissue transplantation
9.1 Organ donation
9.1.1: Chris Callaghan and Pankaj Chandak: Organ donation
9.2 Principles of the transplant immunology
9.2.1: Eleanor Bolton and Andrew Bradley: Principles of the transplant immunology
9.3 Kidney transplantation
9.3.1: Andrew Bradley and M. Nicholson: Kidney transplantation
9.4 Pancreas transplantation
9.4.1: John Casey: Pancreas transplantation
9.5 Liver transplantation
9.5.1: Simon Harper and R. Praseedom: Liver transplantation
10. Evidence based surgery, research, and audit
10.1 Research in surgery
10.1.1: Alan Montgomery and Jane Blazeby: Research in surgery
10.2 Quality improvement
10.2.1: Rob Bethune and Jane Blazeby: Quality improvement
10.3 Statistics for surgeons
10.3.1: Vimal J Gokani and Matthew J. Bown: Statistics for surgeons
Index