Rapid Surgery

This pocket revision guide is a must for all medical students preparing for a major exam in clinical surgery or needing a rapid reminder during a clinical attachment. Rapid Surgery is the sixth title in the new Rapid series and is the ideal companion for medical students and junior doctors, covering key facts in a simple and memorable fashion, using a mnemonic to aid recall. The text contains over 100 common surgical conditions and over 30 practical surgical procedures. The book contains over 35 illustrations and radiographs of numerous conditions to help aid in consolidating memory. Arranged in A-Z format, each topic is covered using the same headings - Definition, Aetiology, Associations / Risk Factors, Epidemiology, History, Examination, Pathology, Investigations, Management, Complications and Prognosis. The surgical procedures are divided using the headings - Indication, Anatomy, Preoperative Investigations, Procedure, Complications and Prognosis. A-Z format for easy and rapid access to information Strict organisation of facts on each page following the new Rapid series mnemonic with one side set aside for each condition Includes drawings to help vizualise difficult concepts Handy pocketbook for quick reference in a surgical setting Written by students and junior doctors with expert editorial advice. Rapid Surgery is authored by a team of students and junior doctors from the Royal Free and University Medical School, London.

List of Conditions. * Abscesses * Achalasia * Acoustic neuroma * Acute limb ischaemia * Anal carcinoma * Anal fissures and fistulas * Angiodysplasia * Aortic aneurysm * Appendicitis/Appendicectomy * Arterivenous malformations * Aortic dissection and rupture * Basal cell carcinoma * Benign prostatic hypertrophy * Bladder carcinoma * Bone tumours * Bowel obstruction * Bowel perforation * Branchial cyst * Breast carcinoma * Breast abscesses * Bronchocarcinoma * Burns * Cataracts * Carotid body tumour * Carotid artery disease * Cerebral abscess * Cholangiocarcinoma * Cholecystectomy * Chronic limb ischaemia * Cleft lip * Colorectal carcinoma * Colonic Polyps * Crohn's Disease * Cord compression & injury * Coronary artery disease * Congenital heart disease * Deep vein thrombosis * Diaphragmatic hernia (True diaphragmatic hernias) * Dislocation - shoulder * Disolocation - hip * Diverticular disease * Entrapment neuropathies (focussed on median/popliteal) * Epidydimitis * Extradural haemorrhage * Femoral hernias * Fibroadenoma, Fibroadenosis (Benign breast Disease) * Fractures - wrist * Fractures - hand * Fractures - hip * Fractures - tibia/ fibula * Fractures - ribs * Fractures - vertebral * Gallstone disease * Gallbladder carcinoma * Gangrene / necrotising fasciitis * Gastric carcinoma * Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease * Glaucoma, Open * Glaucoma, Closed * GI haemorrhage (upper & lower) * Haemorrhoids * Halux Valgus * Hirschprung's disease * Hydrocoele * Hydrocephalus * Inguninal hernias * Ingrowing toenail * Intestinal volvulus * Intracranial haemorrhage * Intracranial tumours * Intussusception * Ischaemic bowel * Lipomas * Liver abscesses * Liver tumours * Lymphoedema * Meckel's Diverticulum * Melanoma * Miscellaneous hernias (non-inguinal, non-femoral, non-diaphragmatic) * Nasopharyngeal carcinoma * Oesophageal carcinoma * Osteoarthritis of knee * Osteoarthritis of hip * Osteomyelitis(and septic arthritis) * Pancreatitis * Pancreatic carcinoma * Perianal abscess (and pilonodal sinus) * Pressure sores * Salivary gland tumours * Salivary gland swellings (benign) * Paralytic ileus (and pseudo obstruction) * Peritonitis (SBP, infectious, faecal) * Penile carcinoma * Peptic ulcer disease * Peyronie's disease * Pilonidal sinus and abscess * Prostate carcinoma * Prostatitis * Pulmonary embolus * Pyloric stenosis * Pyelonephritis * Radiculopathy * Rectal prolapse * Renal artery stenosis * Renal tumours * Sebaceous cysts * Splenic rupture * Squamous cell carcinoma * Subdural haemorrhage * Subarachnoid haemorrhage * Testicular carcinoma * Testicular torsion * Thyroid carcinoma * Toxic megacolon * Tracheo-oesophageal fistula * Thyroglossal cysts * Urinary tract calculi * Ulcerative Colitis * Urinary stress incontinence * Varicose veins * Volvulus (caecal and sigmoid) List of Procedures. * Amputations * Aortic aneurysm repair * Circumcision * Cardiac transplantation * Colorectal resections * Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) * Endartectomy * Gastrectomies * Valve replacement/ repair * Hickman line & central line insertion * Hip replacements * Kidney transplantation * Knee replacements * Lacerations (suturing) * Laparoscopic abdominal surgery * Liver transplantation * Liver resection * Mastectomies and lumpectomies (Breast surgery) * Orthopaedic fixations * Permanent pacemaker insertion * Skin flaps and grafts * Splenectomy * Stomas * Tracheostomy * Vasectomy * Vertebral fusion (spinal surgery) represents entries that will have an accompanying illustration.

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