Includes bibliographical reference and index.

Professional and ethical responsibilities -- Patient safety and clinical human factors -- Evidence-based surgery -- Management of shock, fluid management and blood transfusion -- Nutritional support in surgical patients -- Infections and antibiotics -- Preoperative considerations, anaesthesia and analgesia -- Principles of the surgical management of cancer -- Trauma and multiple injury -- Practical procedures and patient investigation -- Postoperative care and complications -- The abdominal wall and hernia -- The acute abdomen -- The oesophagus, stomach and duodenum -- The liver and biliary tract -- The pancreas and spleen -- The small and large intestine -- The anorectum -- Plastic surgery, including common skin and subcutaneous lesions -- Breast surgery -- Endocrine surgery -- Vascular and endovascular surgery -- Cardiothoracic surgery -- Urological surgery -- Neurosurgery -- Transplantation surgery -- Ear, nose and throat surgery -- Orthopaedic surgery -- Global surgery and anaesthesia -- Appendix: Laboratory reference ranges.