Pocketbook of Surgery - E-Book, 6th Edition
Churchill’s Pocketbook of Surgery covers the fundamental principles of all the major surgical specialties including aetiology, diagnosis and management, pre-operative and post-operative care. It includes an overview of important considerations such as consent, clinical audit, common operations, and provides a checklist of emergency situations.
Fully updated, succinct and clearly structured, this is a must-have book that you will return to time and again.
Churchill’s Pocketbook of Surgery covers the fundamental principles of all the major surgical specialties including aetiology, diagnosis and management, pre-operative and post-operative care. It includes an overview of important considerations such as consent, clinical audit, common operations, and provides a checklist of emergency situations.
Fully updated, succinct and clearly structured, this is a must-have book that you will return to time and again.
Key Features
- New chapter on the heart and thoracic great vessels
- Updated content on new surgical approaches and minimally invasive surgery
- Shock chapter has been updated to reflect the tenth edition of ATLS
- Introductory chapter on consent, medicolegal issues, statistics and clinical audit
- New colour illustrations throughout
- Small, portable format – refer to it during your surgical rounds
- Succinct text and clearly structured – easy to navigate for doctors on the go
- Covers all the major surgical specialties
- Provides an overview of history-taking, relevant physical signs, differential diagnosis, investigations and practical treatment
- Outlines common operations such as appendicectomy and thyroidectomy
- Checklist of emergency situations for quick reference
- Hints and tips throughout
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