Abstract

Recent Advances in Surgery 26 focuses on 'General Surgery' and also carries contributions on important topics relevant to the management of all surgical patients, providing in-depth reviews of important advancing areas in surgical subspecialties. This wide scope makes this book an ideal choice for the busy consultant as well as an essential read for students of surgery at all levels. Contents: Basic science 1 Fluid resuscitation and pre-optimisation before abdominal surgery - Dominic Errington, Simon V. Baudouin 2 Recognition and significance of cancer cells in the circulation - Timothy K. McCullough, Timothy G. Allen-Mersh 3 Matrix metalloproteinases: their potential clinical role - Simon R. Bramhall 4 Physiological concepts in the treatment of faecal incontinence including sacral nerve stimulation - Carolynne Vaizey Gastrointestinal surgery 5 Postoperative complications following oesophagectomy - Majid Hashemi 6 Endoscopic treatment of bleeding duodenal ulcers and assessment of risk - Timothy A. Rockall 7 Management of pseudomyxoma peritonei - Brendan J. Moran 8 Risk assessment and classification in septic diverticular disease - Charles H. Knowles, Peter J. Lunniss 9 Screening for colorectal cancer - Wendy Atkin, John Northover Vascular surgery 10 Management of recurrent varicose veins - Simon G. Darke 11 Management of mycotic aortic aneurysms - Constantinos Kyriakides, John H.N. Wolfe 12 Recent advances in vascular trauma - Karim Brophy, Eddie Chaloner, Matthew Mattson Breast surgery 13 Intra-operative radiotherapy for breast cancer - Jayant S. Vaidya; 14 Recent developments in the endocrine therapy of early breast cancer - Michael Baum, Richard Sainsbury General surgery 15 Comparative surgical audit - Richard J. Sutton, Sanjeev Sarin 16 Recent randomised controlled trials in general surgery - Michael Douek, Irving Taylor