Recent Advances in Surgery 31

31. New Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-85315-719-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 318 g

Recent Advances in Surgery 31 is the latest volume in the successful and well-established Recent Advances series. This title is updated annually, covering the latest trends within surgery and reflecting any changes to the professional examinations for surgeons.

Suitable for experienced medical professionals, as well as students and candidates of the MRCS/AFRCS, this edition reviews the latest trends within surgery and forms a useful update of general surgery for candidates of the Intercollegiate examination.

Over 30 contributors, who are recognized experts in their particular field, provide in-depth reviews of important topics relevant to the management of all surgical patients and advancing areas in surgical subspecialties.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, and Professional Training

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnson, Colin R.

Taylor, Irving

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Chirurgie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

TRAINING AND TECHNIQUES IN GENERAL SURGERY

1. Virtual reality simulation in surgery for objective assessment,

education, and training - Anthony G. Gallagher, Emily Boyle

2. The use of drains in gastrointestinal surgery - James A. Catton, Dileep N. Lobo

GENERAL ABDOMINAL SURGERY

3. Laparoscopic management of the acute abdomen - Miguel A. Cuesta, Donald van der Peet, Alexander A.F.A. Veenhof

4. General surgical procedures after liver or kidney transplantation - Gabriel C. Oniscu, John A.C. Buckels

GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY

5. Bariatric surgery: rationale, development and current status - Samer Humadi, Richard Welbourn

6. Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for pancreatic cancer - Sangeeta A. Paisey, Andrew R. Bateman

7. Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas - Mohammad Abu Hilal, Lashan Peiris, Roberto Salvia

8. Gastrointestinal stromal tumours - Gary K. Atkin, Jeremy I. Livingstone

9. Imaging the small bowel: new techniques and problems in clinical practice - Alistair F. Myers, Tim J.C. Bryant, Nicholas E. Beck

10. Laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer: current practice and training - Tahseen Qureshi, Daniel O’Leary, Amjad Parvaiz

11. TEMS for tumours of the rectum - Rowan J. Collinson, Neil J. McC. Mortensen

VASCULAR SURGERY

12. Stroke and cerebrovertebral reconstruction - Sayed Aly, John McHale, Stephen Barker

BREAST SURGERY

13. Sentinel node biopsy and axillary surgery in breast surgery - Fiona McCaig, Udi Chetty

CURRENT EVIDENCE

14. Randomised clinical trials in surgery 2007 - Marcello Spampinato, Hassan Elberm, Colin D. Johnson

Über Autor(innen)

Irving Taylor MD ChM FRCS FMedSci FRCPS(Glas) FHEAVice-Dean and Director of Clinical Studies Professor of Surgery, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, University College London, London, UK. Colin D. Johnson MChir FRCSReader and Consultant Surgeon, University Surgical Unit, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK.