Primary Surgery V1: Non-Trauma: Low P

ISBN-13: 9780192616944 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 658 str.

Maurice King

Opis

The four Primary Surgery volumes are manuals written for the non-specialist doctor and medical students. Two other volumes Trauma and Primary Anaesthesia have already been published and a fourth, Primary Mother Care is in preparation.

Recenzje

It is clear, thorough, well cross-referenced and deals with equipment and the organisation of the theatre, as well as with procedures themselves... almost certainly the best and most comprehensive text on surgery in developing countries. Africa Health

Spis treści

The background to surgery; Theatres, antiseptics, and antibiotics; The control of bleeding; Basic methods and instruments; The surgery of sepsis: draining abscesses; Pus in the pleura, the pericardium, the peritoneum, and the pelvis; Pus in the muscles, bones and joints; Pus in the hands and feet; Methods for abdominal surgery; The acute abdomen: intestinal obstruction; The stomach; The appendix; The gall-bladder, pancreas, and spleen; Hernias; The surgery of conception; The surgery of pregnancy; The medicine of pregnancy; The surgery of labour; Other obstetric problems; Gynaecology; The breast and the thyroid; Proctology; Urology; The eye; The ear, nose, and throat; The teeth and mouth; Orthopaedics; Paediatric surgery; Surgery, AIDS, and hepatitis B; The surgery of tubercolosis; The surgery of leprosy; The surgery of `tropical' diseases; Oncology; Terminal care; Miscellaneous; Appendices.