Emergency Abdominal Surgery: In Infancy, Childhood and Adult Life - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0412819503 ISBN 13: 9780412819506

Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers, 1999

Synopsis

This book offers a comprehensive, detailed and accessible account of the whole field of emergency abdominal surgery. In this latest edition, each chapter has been thoroughly revised and updated by experienced surgeons qualified to offer extensive, practical, evidence-based guidance. They each provide an up-to-date review of the pathology, clinical presentation and diagnosis of their subject, before proposing tried-and-tested treatment options. Assessment is made of recent advances, consideration given to controversial options and attention drawn to areas of difficulty in the operative procedure, which is described and illustrated in detail. Finally, each chapter is fully indexed and cross-referenced.
Of particular significance is the comprehensive coverage given to the acute abdomen in infants and children who present a number of distinctive conditions and requirements. Such discussion will become increasingly relevant in the context of treatment outside of specialist centres.

About this title

About the Author

Peter F. Jones, Emeritus Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Aberdeen and Honorary Consulting Surgeon at the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital. Zygmunt Krukowski, Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen. George G. Youngson, Department of Surgery, Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital, Aberdeen.

Review

Surgical trainees will benefit from reading this worthwhile book.
The British Journal of Surgery

... wonderful volume...effortless reading...one of the best textbooks on emergency abdominal surgery at the present time..easy to read, authoritative in its facts, liberally referenced and provides well-balanced discussion where appropriate...essential surgical literature for every general surgeon.
Trevor Croft, The Royal College of surgeons of Edi

The text is well illustrated and referenced.The book achieves sf guidance on when a generalist can tackle a problem safely and when it is best to stop. I congratulte the authors of this book for bringing together a third edition of this text and they are to be applauded for using specialists in the areas that they no longer feel comfortable tackling themselves. It will continue to be a valuable resource for surgeons in training as well as those in practice.
GUT

Edition details

• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0412819503
• ISBN 13: 9780412819506
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 584
• Editor: Jones Peter F., Krukowski Zygmunt, Youngson George G.