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This book offers a comprehensive, detailed and accessible account of the whole field of emergency abdominal surgery. In this latest edition, each chapter has been thoroughly revised and updated by experienced surgeons qualified to offer extensive, practical, evidence-based guidance. They each provide an up-to-date review of the pathology, clinical presentation and diagnosis of their subject, before proposing tried-and-tested treatment options. Assessment is made of recent advances, consideration given to controversial options and attention drawn to areas of difficulty in the operative procedure, which is described and illustrated in detail. Finally, each chapter is fully indexed and cross-referenced.Of particular significance is the comprehensive coverage given to the acute abdomen in infants and children who present a number of distinctive conditions and requirements. Such discussion will become increasingly relevant in the context of treatment outside of specialist centres.
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Emergency Abdominal Surgery, Peter F. Jones, Zygmunt H. Krukowski, George G. Youngson
- Language
- Released
- 1998
- Binding
- (Paperback),
- Book condition
- Good
- Price
- €39.99
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- Title
- Emergency Abdominal Surgery
- Subtitle
- In Infancy, Childhood and Adult Life - Third Edition
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Hodder Education Publishers
- Released
- 1998
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 584
- ISBN10
- 0412819503
- ISBN13
- 9780412819506
- Series
- Tags
- Medicine
- Description
- This book offers a comprehensive, detailed and accessible account of the whole field of emergency abdominal surgery. In this latest edition, each chapter has been thoroughly revised and updated by experienced surgeons qualified to offer extensive, practical, evidence-based guidance. They each provide an up-to-date review of the pathology, clinical presentation and diagnosis of their subject, before proposing tried-and-tested treatment options. Assessment is made of recent advances, consideration given to controversial options and attention drawn to areas of difficulty in the operative procedure, which is described and illustrated in detail. Finally, each chapter is fully indexed and cross-referenced.Of particular significance is the comprehensive coverage given to the acute abdomen in infants and children who present a number of distinctive conditions and requirements. Such discussion will become increasingly relevant in the context of treatment outside of specialist centres.