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Eureka: General Surgery & Urology

Eureka: General Surgery & Urology

Stephen Parker

(2018)

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Abstract

Eureka – an innovative series for students that fully integrates core science, clinical medicine and surgery. With its engaging and authoritative text, featuring insightful clinical cases, graphic narratives, SBAs and a wealth of other learning tools, Eureka has everything students need to succeed in medicine and pass their exams.

 

Eureka – content that reflects today’s medical degree courses with their emphasis on:

  • relevance and application of core science to clinical practice
  • skills required to examine and communicate with patients
  • integrated care across primary and acute care settings

 

Eureka – 15 clinical titles, 5 science titles:

  • Clinical titles – disease-based, clinical cases, system-specific core science
  • Science titles – bedrock biomedical principles, clinical cases


Series features across titles:

  • Engaging clinical cases show how skilled clinician would work through a presentation, and put diseases and biomedical principles into patient context
  • Innovative graphic narratives bring clinical cases to life, show how to approach difficult scenarios and convey the experience of being a patient
  • Starter questions - stimulating answers to intriguing questions make learning fun 
  • Boxes highlight tips, tricks and key learning points

 

General Surgery & Urology

  • First principles chapter clearly explains key concepts such as assessment of the patient fitness for surgery, patient consent and pain management
  • Clinical essentials chapter provides an overview of the symptoms and signs of surgical disease, investigations and management options
  • Disease-based chapters briefly describe, by system, relevant structure and function,  history and examination and main surgical presentations, each chapter introduced by engaging clinical cases that feature unique graphic narratives
  • Emergencies chapter covers the principles of immediate care in situations such as acute appendicitis
  • Self-Assessment – 80 multiple choice questions in clinical SBA format, in line with current exam format

 

 


Stephen Parker

Warwick Medical School, UK

 


Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Cover Cover
Half Title i
Title iii
Copyright iv
Contents viii
Series Editors’ Foreword v
About the Series Editors vi
Preface vii
Glossary x
Acknowledgements xi
Chapter 1 First principles 1
Preoperative issues 1
Perioperative issues 8
Postoperative issues 13
Chapter 2 Clinical essentials 23
Introduction 23
Common symptoms of surgical diagnoses 23
Common signs of surgical diagnoses 26
Investigations 35
Screening programmes 38
Surgical techniques 39
Chapter 3 Breast disease 45
Introduction 45
Case 1 Breast lump 46
Core sciences 47
Triple assessment 50
Disorders of breast development 54
Benign breast disease 54
Breast pain 57
Breast cancer 57
Gynaecomastia 62
Chapter 4 Endocrine surgery 65
Introduction 65
Case 2 Neck lump 66
Core sciences 68
History, examination and investigation 73
Altered thyroid states 76
Thyroglossal cysts 78
Solitary thyroid nodules 79
Thyroid neoplasms 80
Thyroiditis 82
Parathyroid conditions 83
Adrenal conditions 85
Carcinoid tumours 89
Chapter 5 Upper gastrointestinal surgery 91
Introduction 91
Case 3 Epigastric pain and weight loss 92
Core sciences 94
History, examination and investigation 98
Gastro-oesophageal reflux 100
Achalasia 101
Peptic ulcer disease 102
Oesophageal cancer 104
Gastric cancer 106
Chapter 6 Colorectal surgery 111
Introduction 111
Case 4 Groin lump 112
Case 5 Change in bowel habit 113
Core science 115
History, examination and investigation 118
Abdominal wall hernias 121
Intestinal stomas 124
Enterocutaneous fistulae 124
Inflammatory bowel disease 125
Diverticular disease 129
Colorectal polyps 130
Colorectal cancer 131
Perianal conditions 134
Chapter 7 Hepatobiliary surgery 139
Introduction 139
Case 6 Jaundice 140
Core science 141
History and examination 145
Obstructive jaundice 148
Gallstone disease 150
Pancreatic cancer 152
Liver and biliary cancer 155
Portal hypertension and ascites 157
Splenic disorders 160
Chapter 8 Urology 163
Introduction 163
Case 7 Abdominal pain and microscopic haematuria 164
Case 8 Urinary frequency 165
Case 9 Painless haematuria and a loin mass 166
Core science 167
History and examination 172
Urinary tract infection 176
Ureteric and bladder calculi 178
Renal cancer 180
Bladder cancer 182
Bladder outflow obstruction 183
Prostate cancer 185
Testicular disorders 186
Penile disorders 189
Chapter 9 Vascular surgery 193
Introduction 193
Case 10 Cold painful foot 194
Core science 195
History, examination and investigation 198
Intermittent claudication and chronic limb ischaemia 203
Acute limb ischaemia 205
Diabetic foot 207
Carotid artery disease 208
Abdominal aortic aneurysm 210
Vascular trauma 212
Varicose veins 213
Venous hypertension and leg ulceration 215
Lymphatic conditions 216
Raynaud’s disease 218
Chapter 10 Surgical emergencies 221
Introduction 221
Acute appendicitis 222
Acute mesenteric ischaemia 224
Upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage 225
Lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage 227
Intestinal obstruction 229
Sigmoid volvulus 231
Gastrointestinal perforation 232
Acute pancreatitis 234
Chapter 11 Self-assessment 239
SBA questions 239
SBA answers 247
Index 255
A 255
B 255
C 256
D 257
E 257
F 257
G 257
H 258
I 258
J 259
K 259
L 259
M 259
N 259
O 259
P 259
R 260
S 260
T 261
U 261
V 262
W 263