This book should be of interest to general surgeons, surgeons at all levels involved in the management of breast cancer.
Part One: Pre-and postoperative care. Bacteriology and preparation of
the skin; Bowel preparation; Respiratory management of the surgical patient;
Caridiac evaluation of the surgical patient; Perioperative urological care;
Techniques in intravenous therapy; Gastrointestinal intubation; Pain relief
in relation to operations; Skin protection in the presence of fistulae;
Prevention and treatment of decubitus ulcers (pressure sores); Managing the
surgical operative specimen; The general therapy of malignant disease. Part
Two: Environment, safety and basic techniques. Design and safety in the
operating theatre; Operative techniques. Part Three: Wounds. Ligatures and
suture materials; Wound closure; Wounds: principles of management of
different tissues; Principles of small grafts and flaps; Wound drainage;
Wound dressings and techniques; Local care of burns in the early surgery of
the burned patient; Part Four: Sepsis. Principles and practice of drainage of
abscesses; Hand sepsis; Procedures for pilonidal disease; Surgery of
hidradenitis suppurativa; The gangrenes. Part Five: Surface lesions. Excision
of surface lesions; Biopsy of specific tissues; Operative management of
cutaneous melanoma; Isolated limb perfusion for chemotherapy of tumours. Part
Six: Breast. Operations for benign breast disease; Fine needle aspiration of
solid tumours of the breast; Modified-radical and radical mastectomy; Total
mastectomy and axillary node sample; Partial mastectomy for carcinoma of the
breast; Restorative prosthetic mammaplasty (non-mutilating mastectomy) in
mastectomy for carcinoma and benign lesions; Chest wall coverage after
radical surgery; Breast reconstruction after modified-radical and radical
mastectomy; Augmentation mammaplasty. Part Seven: Thyroid. Thyroid needle
aspiration and biopsy; Thyroglossal duct cyst; Thyroidectomy: subtotal
lobectomy and lobectomy; Thyroid cancer; Total thyroidectomy; Retrosternal
goitre. Part Eight: Other endocrine glands. Parathyroid gland exploration;
Thymectomy; Operations on the adrenal glands; Operations on the pancreas for
insulinoma; Gastrointestinal endocrine tumours.
