MCST's logo
Burkitt, H. George.

Essential surgery : problems, diagnosis and management / H. George Burkitt, Clive R.G. Quick, Joanna B. Reed ; illustrations by Philip J. Deakin ; foreword by Andrew T. Raftery. - 4th ed. - Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2007. - 1 online resource (xii, 793 p.) : ill.

Includes index.

Conquering Your Surgical Clerkship -- Interpersonal and Communication Skills and Professionalism -- Health and Safety -- The Core Competencies -- Principles of Preoperative Care and Risk Assessment -- Fluid and Electrolyte Management -- Nutrition in Surgical Patients -- Blood and Bleeding: Transfusions, Control, and Prevention -- Wound Healing -- Prevention and Management of Surgical Infections -- Trauma -- Critical Care -- Burns -- Acute Abdomen -- Appendicitis -- Hernias -- Biliary System -- Liver -- Portal Hypertension -- Spleen and Hematologic Disorders -- Colon and Anorectum -- Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Motility Disorders -- Pancreas -- Small Intestine -- Stomach and Duodenum -- Esophagus -- Disorders of the Trachea, Chest Wall, Pleura, Mediastinum, and Lung -- Acquired Cardiac Disorders -- Congenital Cardiac Disorders -- Thyroid -- Parathyroid Glands -- Adrenal Glands -- Pituitary Gland -- Lymphatic and Venous Systems -- Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism -- Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease -- Aneurysms -- Cerebrovascular Disease -- Breast Cancer -- Principles of Surgical Oncology -- Diseases of the Bones and Joints -- Hand Surgery -- soft Tissue Injuries -- Fractures -- Pediatric Orthopedics -- Management of Patients with Neurosurgical Diseases -- Central Nervous System and Spinal Degenerative Diseases and Infections -- Neoplasms -- Otologic and Neuro-otologic Diseases -- Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery -- Pediatric Otolaryngology -- Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery -- Newborn and Pediatric Perioperative Care -- Pediatric Trauma and Burns -- Pediatric Head, Neck, and Thoracic Disorders -- Pediatric Gastrointestinal, Abdominal Wall, Inguinal, and Scrotal Disorders -- Vascular Anomalies, Tumors, and Twins -- Surgical Techniques and Wound Management -- Reconstructive and Aesthetic Breast Surgery -- Anatomy and Oncology -- Urinary Tract Dysfunction -- Urinary Tract Lithiasis and Infections -- Anesthesia -- Dermatologic Surgery -- Minimal-Access Surgery -- Transplantation.

9780443103452 (electronic bk.) 0443103453 (electronic bk.)


Surgery, Operative.
Pathology, Surgical.
Surgical diseases.
Diagnosis, Surgical.
Surgical Procedures, Operative.
Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical.


Electronic books.

RD31 / .B9265 2007

617.9 / ESB

2008 K-965 WO 500 / B959e 2007