Emergency Surgery

Part 1 Approach.

1 The Initial Approach to the Emergency Surgery Patient (Adam Brooks & J. Alastair D. Simpson).

2 Preoperative Considerations (Paul Wood).

3 Emergency Anaesthesia (Giles R. Nordmann).

4 Analgesia (Jeff L. Tong).

Part 2 Abdomen.

5 Acute Appendicitis (Tom Palser, David J. Humes & Adam Brooks).

6 Colonic Diverticulosis (David Luke & Douglas M. Bowley).

7 Biliary Colic and Acute Cholecystitis (Tom Palser & Mark Taylor).

8 Perforated Peptic Ulcer (A. Morris & Mark J. Midwinter).

9 Fulminant Colitis (Deborah Nicol & Richard L. Wolverson).

10 Mesenteric Ischaemia (Justin Manley & Tracy R. Bilski).

11 Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage (John S. Hammond).

12 Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding (J. Alastair D. Simpson).

13 Acute Pancreatitis (Euan J. Dickson, Colin J. McKay & C. Ross Carter).

14 Small Bowel Obstruction (J. Edward F. Fitzgerald).

15 Surgical Jaundice and Cholangitis (John S. Hammond & Ian Beckingham).

16 Large Bowel Obstruction (Igor V. Voskresensky & Bryan A. Cotton).

17 Emergency Surgical Management of Herniae (John Simpson & David J. Humes).

Part 3 Vascular.

18 Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (Ross Davenport & Nigel Tai).

19 Acute Limb Ischaemia (Matthew Button & Nigel Tai).

Part 4 Soft Tissue Infection.

20 Superficial Sepsis, Cutaneous Abscess and Necrotising Fasciitis (Conor D. Marron).

Part 5 Urology.

21 Emergency Urology (Thomas J. Walton & Gurminder S. Mann).

Part 6 Trauma.

22 Abdominal Trauma: Evaluation and Decision Making (Lesly A. Dossett & Bryan A. Cotton).

23 Thoracic Trauma: Evaluation and Decision Making (Stella R. Smith, Thomas König & Nigel Tai).

24 Vascular Trauma (Nigel Tai & Nora Brennan).

25 Damage Control Surgery (Timothy C. Nunez, Igor V. Voskresensky & Bryan A. Cotton).

26 Trauma Laparotomy (Victor Zaydfudim & Bryan A. Cotton).

27 Operative Management of Thoracic Trauma (Thomas K¨onig & Nigel Tai).

28 Abdominal Trauma: Operative and Non-Operative Management (Roland A. Hernández, Aviram M. Giladi & Bryan A. Cotton).

Part 7 Critical Care.

29 Critical Care (Andrew McDonald Johnston).

30 Postoperative Complications (Abeed Chowdhury & Adam Brooks).

Index.