Emergency Surgery provides both a practical guide and an understanding of the issues that need to be considered in the management of emergency surgery patients. It presents a clear account of the key issues involved in the assessment, investigation, resuscitation and surgical management of patients who present to the on-call emergency team. It considers the full breadth of issues encountered in these patients including anaesthesia, pre-op resuscitation/optimization, and initial post-operative care including preliminary high dependency/critical care, as well as the complications and acute issues found in acute surgical patients on the ward.
It is ideal for surgical trainees as well as trainees from other specialties involved in the care of these complex and challenging patients.
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Table of Contents:
List of Contributors vii
Part 1 Approach
1 The Initial Approach to the Emergency Surgery Patient 3
Adam Brooks & J. Alastair D. Simpson
2 Preoperative Considerations 6
Paul Wood
3 Emergency Anaesthesia 14
Giles R. Nordmann
4 Analgesia 20
Jeff L. Tong
Part 2 Abdomen
5 Acute Appendicitis 29
Tom Palser, David J. Humes & Adam Brooks
6 Colonic Diverticulosis 34
David Luke & Douglas M. Bowley
7 Biliary Colic and Acute Cholecystitis 40
Tom Palser & Mark Taylor
8 Perforated Peptic Ulcer 43
A. Morris & Mark J. Midwinter
9 Fulminant Colitis 46
Deborah Nicol & Richard L. Wolverson
10 Mesenteric Ischaemia 50
Justin Manley & Tracy R. Bilski
11 Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage 56
John S. Hammond
12 Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding 61
J. Alastair D. Simpson
13 Acute Pancreatitis 67
Euan J. Dickson, Colin J. McKay & C. Ross Carter
14 Small Bowel Obstruction 74
J. Edward F. Fitzgerald
15 Surgical Jaundice and Cholangitis 80
John S. Hammond & Ian Beckingham
16 Large Bowel Obstruction 86
Igor V. Voskresensky & Bryan A. Cotton
17 Emergency Surgical Management of Herniae 92
John Simpson & David J. Humes
Part 3 Vascular
18 Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm 101
Ross Davenport & Nigel Tai
19 Acute Limb Ischaemia 106
Matthew Button & Nigel Tai
Part 4 Soft Tissue Infection
20 Superficial Sepsis Cutaneous Abscess and Necrotising Fasciitis 115
Conor D. Marron
Part 5 Urology
21 Emergency Urology 127
Thomas J. Walton & Gurminder S. Mann
Part 6 Trauma
22 Abdominal Trauma: Evaluation and Decision Making 139
Lesly A. Dossett & Bryan A. Cotton
23 Thoracic Trauma: Evaluation and Decision Making 145
Stella R. Smith, Thomas König & Nigel Tai
24 Vascular Trauma 153
Nigel Tai & Nora Brennan
25 Damage Control Surgery 161
Timothy C. Nunez, Igor V. Voskresensky & Bryan A. Cotton
26 Trauma Laparotomy 169
Victor Zaydfudim & Bryan A. Cotton
27 Operative Management of Thoracic Trauma 180
Thomas König & Nigel Tai
28 Abdominal Trauma: Operative and Non-Operative Management 185
Roland A. Hernández, Aviram M. Giladi & Bryan A. Cotton
Part 7 Critical Care
29 Critical Care 195
Andrew McDonald Johnston
30 Postoperative Complications 203
Abeed Chowdhury & Adam Brooks
Index 213
About the Author :
Adam Brooks, FRCS (Gen Surg), DMCC
Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust and Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham Bryan A. Cotton, MD, MPH
The University of Texas Health Science Center
Lt Col Nigel Tai, MS, FRCS (Gen Surg), RAMC
Royal London Hospital and Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham
Col Peter F. Mahoney, OBE, TD, MSc, FRCA, RAMC
RCDM Birmingham Research
Associate Editor: David J. Humes, BSc, MBBS, MRCS
Lecturer in Surgery, University of Nottingham
Review :
"The editors have done a marvelous job - this is a very useful book not only for various medical specialists and surgeons, but also for medical students, residents, surgical trainees and others intending to specialize in the types of surgeries covered in this book." (Biz India, 6 February 2012) "The reader will enjoy the range of diagrams and tables that break up the text . . . this text may be useful for emergency care practitioners, surgical care practitioners, advanced scrub practitioners and experienced scrub practitioners looking to broaden their scope of practice or simply just extend their knowledge." (Journal of Perioperative Practice, 1 January 2011)
"It will be a useful tool in education in general surgery. The price is also affordable. For those who want to immerse themselves a bit more, Current surgical therapy (1) is recommended." (Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association, 18 November 2010)
