SECTION 1 PRINCIPLES OF PERIOPERATIVE CARE Metabolic response to injury, fluid and electrolyte balance and shock Transfusion of blood components and plasma products Nutritional support in surgical patients Infections and antibiotics Ethics, pre-operative considerations, anaesthesia and analgesia Principles of the surgical management of cancer Trauma and multiple injury Practical procedures and patient investigation Post-operative care and complications Evidence-based practice and professional development SECTION 2 GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY The abdominal wall and hernia The acute abdomen and intestinal obstruction The oesophagus, stomach and duodenum The liver and biliary tract The pancreas and spleen The small and large intestine The anorectum SECTION 3 SURGICAL SPECIALTIES Plastic and reconstructive surgery The breast Endocrine surgery Vascular and endovascular surgery Cardiothoracic surgery Urological surgery Neurosurgery Transplantation surgery Ear, nose and throat surgery Orthopaedic surgery sakriti opis