Surgery at a Glance

by NeilR.Borley (Author), PierceA.Grace (Author)

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  Paperback
  2006

  $3.25

  Surgery at a Glance provides a concise and accessible introduction and revision aid for medical students undertaking their surgical attachment. The easy-to-use at a Glance format presents each topic as a double-page spread. The key facts are accompanied by clear diagrams and photographs encapsulating all that students need to know. Surgery at a Glance is the book for surgical finals. This new edition now includes colour to enhance understanding. It focuses on the core principles and the important diseases appropriate to the current curriculum. It is divided into clinical presentations followed by major surgical conditions. This title contains 5 new chapters on: stomas and incisions; anaesthesia; surgical infections; lymphoedema; and, solid organ transplantation. It features a new tinted box for the cancer chapters that provides the 2-week-wait referral criteria. Surgery at a Glance will appeal to all clinical medical students, junior doctors on the Foundation Program and surgical nurses. Reviews of last edition: 'This book is ideal for finals as diagrams help the revision numbed mind to retain information. It is extremely quick and easy to read and the list-based information is an ideal basis for short-answer questions' - Barts and the London Chronicle . 'Delightful book...the quality of the diagrams is such that for the majority of topics the text is almost superfluous' - British Journal of Surgery .

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  Paperback
  2002

  $3.25

  Surgery at a Glance has set a new standard for review texts in surgery. Following on from the success of the first edition, the authors have produced a revised and updated new edition, which continues to provide medical students with an indispensable introduction and guide to undergraduate surgery. If you are about to begin your surgical attachment or are revising for surgical exams, this book is just what you need! Surgery at a Glance follows the familiar, double page format of the at a Glance series. It covers the essential facts for the diagnosis and treatment of common presenting symptoms and surgical conditions. The core information is presented in a clear, easy-to-understand way. Each section provides the key facts, together with informative line diagrams illustrating the essential points. The following new chapters are included in this second edition: breast pain, dyspepsia, chronic abdominal pain, diarrhoea, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, basic principles of major trauma, and malabsorption. Part 1: Clinical Presentations at a Glance focuses on the signs and symptoms of common surgical presentations. Topics cover the differential diagnoses of common complaints, together with simple approaches to making a diagnosis. Part 2: Surgical Diseases at a Glance covers the major surgical conditions in a logical way, providing the reader with the basic facts necessary for an understanding of each topic. This extremely popular book provides medical students with a solid basis for the understanding of surgical disease. It is especially useful as an aide-memoire for examinations and for work in the clinic and on the ward.