Core Topics in General and Emergency Surgery: A Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice

Core Topics in General & Emergency Surgery provides a short, up-to-date and practical reference guide for surgical trainees and established consultants needing a refresher.

The seventh edition has been edited and fully revised by respected experts in their fields, and provides a full list of current references and relevant resources. It covers a range of topics relevant to all areas of surgical practice – beyond surgical knowledge – that are essential for enhanced patient outcomes. These include quality improvement in emergency surgery, evaluation of new technology, evaluation of surgical literature, and human factors.

This volume is part of the Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice series, the pre-eminent reference for trainees in general surgery and those preparing for the FRCS examinations. Each volume summarises key issues within each surgical sub-specialty and provides evidence-based recommendations to support practice.

New to this edition

• New chapters on surgical technology, quality improvement in emergency surgery
• All chapters revised and updated

Key Features

• Covers relevant topics not found in other surgical textbooks – essential to improve surgical outcomes
• Concise and easy to follow – ideal for exam revision or as a refresher aid
• Fully updated with latest evidence on recent developments, management issues and operative procedures
• International authorship offers a world view
• Evidence-based recommendations to support practice
• Key references to support content, plus a comprehensive list of references in the accompanying eBook
• Links to recommended online videos for further learning

1. Evaluation of surgical evidence
2. Perioperative care and enhanced recovery
3. Organisation of emergency general surgical services
4. Patient assessment and surgical risk
5. Perioperative and intensive care management of the surgical patient
6. Surgical nutrition
7. Abdominal hernias
8. Neck surgery for the general surgeon
9. Human factors and patient safety in surgery
10. Principles of organ donation and general surgery in the transplant patient
11. Early assessment of the acute abdomen
12. Perforation of the upper gastrointestinal tract
13. Acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding
14. Pancreaticobiliary emergencies
15. Acute conditions of the small bowel and appendix
16. Colonic emergencies
17. Anorectal emergencies
18. Paediatric surgical emergencies
19. Management of trauma for the general surgeon
20. Abdominal sepsis and abdominal compartment syndrome
21. Complications of bariatric surgery presenting to the general surgeon and considerations for the general surgeon when operating on the obese patient

Author Information

Edited by Hugh M. Paterson, BMedSci MBChB MD FRCS(Ed), Clinical Senior Lecturer Coloproctology, University of Edinburgh; Honorary Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK; Chris Deans, MBChB Hons, MD Distinction, FRCS GenSurg, Consultant General & Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, and Part-time Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland; Simon Paterson-Brown, MBBS MPhil MS FRCS(Ed) FRCS(Engl) FCS(HK) FFST (RCSEd), Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Clinical Surgery, The University of Edinburgh; Consultant General and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK and O. James Garden, CBE BSc MB ChB MD DSc(Hon) FRCS(Glas) FRCS(Ed), FRCP(Ed) FRSE FRACS(Hon) FRCSCan(Hon) FACS(Hon), FRCS(Hon) FCSHK(Hon) FRCSI(Hon), Professor Emeritus, Clinical Surgery, Director, Edinburgh Surgery Online, University of Edinburgh, UK.

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