Abstract

This title is updated annually, covering the latest trends within surgery and reflecting any changes to the professional examinations for surgeons. It provides a comprehensive survey of up-to-date knowledge for candidates of the MRCS/AFRCS examinations, and forms a useful update of general surgery for candidates of the Intercollegiate Examination. The contributors are recognised experts in their particular field and they provide in-depth reviews of important topics relevant to the management of all surgical patients and advancing areas in surgical subspecialties. Contents SURGERY IN GENERAL 1 Risk management in surgery Ami Mishra, Anthony E.B. Giddings 2 The surgical significance of MRSA A. Peter R. Wilson 3 Tissue engineering of blood vessels Sandip Sarkar, Alexander M. Seifalian 4 Newer procedures for day surgery Douglas McWhinnie, Ian Jackson BREAST SURGERY 5 Quality of life issues in breast surgery Narasimhaiah Srinivasaiah, Philip J. Drew 6 The management of high-risk familial breast cancer José A. Cid Fernández, John F.R. Robertson, D. Mark Sibbering 7 Latissimus dorsi flap in breast reconstruction Eva M. Weiler-Mithoff GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY 8 Acute gallbladder disease Thomas Armstrong, James A. Pain 9 Modern management of bleeding oesophageal varices Jake E.J. Krige, Stephen J. Beningfield, John M. Shaw 10 Haemorrhoid surgery: what is best practice? Malcolm A. Loudon 11 Functional outcome following restorative proctocolectomy Richard E. Lovegrove, Paris P. Tekkis VASCULAR SURGERY 12 Intestinal ischaemia Sayed Aly, Clom J. Power, Stephen G.E. Barker 13 Complications of arteriovenous haemodialysis fistulas Rovan E. D’Souza, Daryll M. Baker REVIEW OF RANDOMISED TRIALS 14 Review of recent randomised clinical trials in surgery M.P. Senthil Kumar, Irving Taylor