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BASIC SURGICAL OPERATIONS
Basic Surgical Operations
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By
M. Foster, Consultant Surgeon, East Glamorgan General Hospital, Mid Glamorgan UK
Gareth Morris-Stiff, Department of Transplant Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK

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MRCS Study Guides,

Description
This small and straightforward guide depicts approximately 65 common operations that are routinely carried out in elective surgery. Each operation is described in detail, starting with the indications for selecting surgery, advice about setting up in advance, then descriptions in a simple format of the procedure and technique involved, finishing with a list of the key points. The book is well illustrated with simple line drawings and attractively laid out.

Audience
Trainees in surgery. MRCS/AFRCS candidates

Contents
Chapter 1. Ins and Outs
Preoperative preparation
Incisions
Laparotomy
Wound closure
Laparoscopy
Diathermy

Chapter 2. Lumps, Bumps and Others
Excision of skin lesions
Excision of lipoma
Excision of sebaceous cyst
Excision of lymph node
Radical excision of toenail Zadiks operation

Chapter 3. Hernias
Inguinal herniotomy  
Inguinal herniorrhaphy
Femoral hernia repair
Umbilical hernia repair
Paraumbilical hernia repair
Epigastric hernia repair
Incisional hernia repair

Chapter 4. Breast Surgery
Excision of breast lump
Wire-localisation biopsy
Wide local excision and axillary node clearance
Modified-Patey mastectomy
Subcutaneous mastectomy
Microdochectomy
Major duct excision - Hadfields procedure
Incision and drainage of breast abscess

Chapter 5. Upper Gastrointestinal
Oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
Gastroenterostomy
Closure of perforated peptic ulcer
Operation for bleeding peptic ulcer
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Open cholecystectomy
Splenectomy

Chapter 6. Lower Gastrointestinal
Appendicectomy
Small bowel resection
Meckels diverticulectomy
Right hemicolectomy
Left hemicolectomy
Hartmanns procedure
Formation of end colostomy
Formation of loop colostomy
Closure of loop colostomy
Formation of end ileostomy
Formation of loop ileostomy
Closure of loop ileostomy

Chapter 7. Anal/Perianal
Proctoscopy and sigmoidoscopy
Banding of haemorrhoids
Injection of haemorrhoids
Haemorrhoidectomy
Lateral internal sphincterotomy
Operation for anal fistula
Evacuation of perianal haematoma
Incision and drainage of perianal abscess
Excision of pilonidal sinus

Chapter 8. Vascular
Operation for varicose veins
Femoral embolectomy
Lower limb amputations

Chapter 9. Head & Neck
Thyroidectomy
Excision of thyroglossal cyst

Chapter 10. Urological
Circumcision
Vasectomy
Operation for hydrocele
Operation for varicocele
Excision of epididymal cyst
Orchidopexy for undescended testis
Exploration for testicular torsion

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 140 pages, publication date: JUL-2000
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-06359-6
ISBN-10: 0-443-06359-1
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE


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