Full Description
Revision Lectures on General Principles of Surgery is a concise, high-yield revision guide for Final MBBS and MRCS students.
Adapted from the bestselling, two volume book 'Snippets in Surgery', it presents essential surgical principles in a clear, structured, and accessible format.
The layout follows a structured learning approach with a logical sequence - pathophysiology, clinical features, investigations, treatment.
Combining core concepts with historical context, clinical relevance, author-drawn diagrams and illustrations, and surgical trivia, the book enhances both understanding and retention.
Additional chapters on surgical nutrition, trauma response, insulin resistance, transfusion medicine, and damage limitation surgery, broaden the scope of this invaluable revision aid.
Contents
Chapter 1: The surgically ill patient
Chapter 2: Sepsis
Chapter 3: Nutrition of the surgical patient
Chapter 4: Metabolic response to trauma
Chapter 5: Insulin resistance and surgery
Chapter 6: Integrity of intestinal mucosa
Chapter 7: Wound healing
Chapter 8: Principles of clinical examination
Chapter 9: The acute abdomen
Chapter 10: Peritonitis
Chapter 11: Peptic perforation
Chapter 12: Acute appendicitis
Chapter 13: Hernia
Chapter 14: Varicose veins
Chapter 15: Cholecystitis and biliary disease
Chapter 16: Surgical jaundice
Chapter 17: Pancreatitis
Chapter 18: Bowel obstruction
Chapter 19: Diverticular disease of the colon
Chapter 20: Colostomy
Chapter 21: Rectal bleeding
Chapter 22: Anorectal problems
Chapter 23: Abdominal trauma - damage control surgery
Chapter 24: Blood transfusion - principles
Chapter 25: Breast lumps
Chapter 26: Gynaecological emergencies
Chapter 27: Urological emergencies
Chapter 28: Vascular emergencies
Chapter 29: Abscess, boils and carbuncles
Chapter 30: Skin lumps
Chapter 31: Postoperative care
Chapter 32: Postoperative complications
Chapter 33: Antithrombotic medications
Chapter 34: Deep vein thrombosis
Chapter 35: Acute kidney injury
Chapter 36: Cardiac problems in surgical patients
Chapter 37: Haemorrhagic shock
Chapter 38: Postoperative fluid management
Chapter 39: Enhanced recovery after surgery
Chapter 40: Cardiopulmonary exercise testing
Chapter 41: Suture materials
Chapter 42: Postoperative pain control
Chapter 43: Local anaesthesia
Chapter 44: Epidural infusion care
Chapter 45: Antibiotics and surgery
Chapter 46: Proton pump inhibitors
Chapter 47: Diabetes and surgery
Chapter 48: Oxygen
Chapter 49: Fat embolism
Chapter 50: Post-splenectomy care
Chapter 51: Hypothermia
Chapter 52: Surgery and hormones
Chapter 53: Brain-stem death
Chapter 54: Ethics
Chapter 55: Now test yourself?
