Section 1 PRINCIPLES OF PERIOPERATIVE CARE
1 Metabolic response to injury,fluid and electrolyte balance and shock
2 Transfusion of blood components and plasma products
3 Nutritional suppot in surgical patients
4 lnfections and antibiotics
5 Ethics,preoperative considerations,anaesthesia and analgesia
6 Principles of the surgical management of cancer
7 Trauma and multiple injury
8 Practical procedures and patient investigation
9 Postoperative care and complications
10 Day surgery
Section 2 GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY
11 The abdominal wall and hernia
12 The acute abdomen and intestinaI obstruction
13 The oesophagus,stomach and duodenum
14 The liver and biliary tract
15 The pancreas and spleen
16 The small and large intestine
17 The anorectum
Section 3 SURGICAL SPECIALTIES
18 Plastic and reconstructive surgery
19 The breast
20 Endocrine surgery
21 Vascular and endovascular surgery
22 Cardiothoracic surgery
23 Urological surgery
24 Neurosurgery
25 Orthopaedic surgery
26 Transplantation surgery
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