Designed for use by seasoned professionals as well as students and candidates for the UK's MRCS/AFRCS and Intercollegiate examinations, this edition includes seven articles on gastrointestinal surgery along with seven articles on other topics of interest. General subjects include training and techniques in general surgery (on virtual reality simulation and the use of drains), general abdominal surgery (laparoscopic techniques for the acute abdomen and procedures to follow after kidney or liver transplantation), vascular surgery (stroke and cerebrovertebral reconstruction after stroke), sentinel node biopsy in breast surgery and current evidence from randomized trials. The articles on gastrointestinal surgery address such issues as bariatric surgery, neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for pancreatic cancer, neoplasms of the pancreas, stomal tumors, imaging, laparascopic surgery and treatment for rectal tumors. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Recent Advances in Surgery 31, part of the successful and well established "Recent Advances" series. This title is updated annually, covering the latest trends within surgery and reflecting any changes to the professional examinations for surgeons. It provides a comprehensive survey of up-to-date knowledge for candidates of the MRCS/AFRCS examinations, and forms a useful update of general surgery for candidates of the Intercollegiate Examination. The contributors are recognized experts in their particular field and they provide in-depth reviews of important topics relevant to the management of all surgical patients and advancing areas in surgical subspecialties.
