Bailey and Love's short practice of surgery.

Previous ed.: / edited by Charles V. Mann, R.C.G. Russell, Norman S. Williams. London : Chapman & Hall, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to surgery - basic surgical principles; diagnostic and interventional radiology; wounds, tissue repair and scars; acute life support and critical care - fluid electrolyte and acid-base balance - blood transfusion; nutritional support and rehabilitation; anaesthesia and pain relief; wound infection; surgical infections and viruses; AIDS; sterile precautions; transplantation; tumours, cysts, ulcers and sinuses; plastic surgery; burns; arterial disorders; venous disorders; luymphatic system; accident and emergency surgery; warefare injuries; history taking and examination in musculoskeletal disorder; fractures and dislocations; shoulder and upper limb; pelvis and lower limb; bones and joints - infections; diseases of bones and joints - tumours; bones and joints - generalised disease; bones and joints - congenital disorders; disorders of growing skeleton; disorders of muscle, tendons, ligaments - sports medicine; wrist and hand; foot; neurological and musculskeletal; spine; nerves; cranium and head injury; the eye and orbit; developmental abnormalities of the face, palate and lips; maxillofacial injuries; the nose and sinuses; the ear; oral and oralpharyngeal cancer and precancer; salivary gland disorders; pharynx, larynx and neck; the thyroid gland and the thyroglossal tract; the parathyroid and adrenal glands; the breast; the thorax; heart and pericardium; anastromoses; the oesophagus; stomach and duodenum; the liver; spleen; gallbladder and bile ducts; pancreas; the peritoneum, omentum, mesentery and retroperitoneal space; the small and large intestines; intestinal obstruction; the veriform appendix; the rectum; the anus and anal canal; hernias - umbilicus - abdominal wall; urinary symptoms - investigation of the urinary tract; anuria; the kidneys and ureters; the urinary bladder; the prostrate and seminal vesicles; the urethra and penis; the testis and scrotum; day surgery; principles of laparascopic surgery; surgical audit; clinical trials; statistics; theatre safety; surgical ethics.

This edition offers information on trauma, orthopaedic surgery, plastic surgery, neurosurgery and maxillofacial surgery. Chapters have been added to include the role of radiology in surgical practice, surgical ethics among others.