Bailey & Love's Short Practice of Surgery 25th Edition

Bailey & Love's Short Practice of Surgery remains one of the world's pre-eminent medical textbooks, beloved by generations of surgeons, with lifetime sales in excess of one million copies.

Now in its 25th edition, the content has been thoroughly revised and updated while retaining its traditional strengths. Under the stewardship of the eminent editorial team, comprising two editors with experience gained over previous editions and a third editor new to this edition, and in response to reader feedback, the content has been sub-divided into parts to ensure a logical sequence and grouping of related chapters throughout while the text features enthusiastically received in the last edition have been retained. The new edition opens with sections devoted to the underlying principles of surgical practice, investigation and diagnosis, and pre-operative care. These are followed by chapters covering all aspects of surgical trauma. The remainder of the book considers each of the surgical specialties in turn, from elective orthopaedics through skin, head and neck, breast and endocrine, cardiothoracic and vascular, to abdominal and genitourinary.

Key features:
Authoritative: emphasises the importance of effective clinical examination and soundly based surgical principles, while taking into account the latest developments in surgical practice.
Updated: incorporates new chapters on a wide variety of topics including metabolic response to injury, shock and blood transfusion, and surgery in the tropics.
Easy to navigate: related chapters brought together into clearly differentiated sections for the first time.
Readable: preserves the clear, direct writing style, uncluttered by technical jargon, that has proved so popular in previous editions.
User-friendly: numerous photographs and explanatory line diagrams, learning objectives, summary boxes, biographical footnotes, memorable anecdotes and full-colour presentation supplement and enhance the text throughout.

Bailey and Love has a wide appeal to all those studying surgery, from undergraduate medical students to those in preparation for their postgraduate surgical examinations. In addition, its high standing and reputation for unambiguous advice also make it the first point of reference for many practising surgeons. The changes that have been introduced to the 25th edition will only serve to strengthen support for the text among all these groups.

Table of Contents:
PART ONE: PRINCIPLES
The metabolic response to injury
Shock and blood transfusion
Wounds, tissue repair and scars
Surgical infection
Surgery in the tropics
Principles of paediatric surgery
Principles of oncology
Surgical audit and research
Surgical ethics
PART TWO: INVESTIGATION AND DIAGNOSIS
Diagnostic imaging
Gastrointestinal endoscopy
Tissue diagnosis
PART THREE: PERIOPERATIVE CARE
Preoperative preparation
Anaesthesia and pain relief
Care in the operating room
Perioperative management of the high-risk surgical patient
Nutrition and fluid therapy
Basic surgical skills and anastomoses
Principles of laporoscopic and robotic surgery
Postoperative care
PART FOUR: TRAUMA
Introduction to trauma
Early assessment and management of trauma
Head injury
Neck and spine
Trauma to the face and mouth
Chest and abdomen
Extremity trauma
Burns
Plastic and reconstructive surgery
Disaster surgery
PART FIVE: ELECTIVE ORTHOPAEDICS
Clinical examination
Sports medicine and sports injuries
The spine
Upper limb - pathology, assessment and management
Hip and knee
Foot and ankle
Inflammation and infection and musculoskeletal tumours
Paediatric orthopaedics
PART SIX: SKIN AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE
Skin and subcutaneous tissue
PART SEVEN: HEAD & NECK
Elective neurosurgery
The eye and orbit
Cleft lip and palate: developmental abnormalities of the face, mouth and jaws
The nose and sinuses
The ear
Pharynx, larynx and neck
Oropharyngeal cancer
Disorders of the salivary glands
PART EIGHT: BREAST & ENDOCRINE
The thyroid and parathyroid glands
Adrenal glands and other endocrine disorders
The breast
PART NINE: CARDIOTHORACIC
Cardiac surgery
The thorax
PART TEN: VASCULAR
Arterial disorders
Venous disorders
Lymphatic disorders
PART ELEVEN: ABDOMINAL
History and examination of the abdomen
Hernias, umbilicus and abdominal wall
The peritoneum, omentum, mesentery and retroperitoneal space
The oesophagus
Stomach and duodenum
The liver
The spleen
The gall bladder and bile ducts
The pancreas
The small and large intestines
Intestinal obstruction
The vermiform appendix
The rectum
The anus and anal canal
PART TWELVE: GENITOURINARY
Urinary symptoms and investigations
The kidneys and ureters
The urinary bladder
The prostate and seminal vesicles
The urethra and penis
Testis and scrotum
Gynaecology
PART TEN: TRANSPLANTATION
Transplantation
APPENDICES
Common instruments on the general tray

Reviews:

"This is superb value and a great revision for us all."
Liam Flood, Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 2008

"This is unique among books of its size. It is a worthy successor to Hamilton Bailey's original, and it remains true to the spirit of that text. It has been brought completely up to date with this most recent edition. 4 Stars!"
Carol EH Scott-Conner, University of Iowa Hospitals, Doody Publishing

"This is the sort of book that inspires people to study medicine ... I would heartily recommend this book to any medical student, and it is essential and fascinating reading for students aiming for a career in surgery."
Ann-Louise Lowson, GKT Gazette

"beautifully illustrated with clear and descriptive colour photographs of a very high quality ... This book remains a useful reference for final-year surgical students and for first and second-year surgical trainees who are looking for a broad view of surgery prior to sitting membership examinations. There is no doubt that Bailey and Love provides exceptional background information for all of surgery in general. For these reasons, the book remains at the very forefront of surgical texts and I have no doubt that the 25th edition of Bailey and Love will prove as popular as its predecessors."
Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England

Awards
Highly commended in the Surgery category of the BMA Medical Book Competition (2009)

Judges comments:
"The book successfully covers the breadth of surgical practice, across subspecialties. This book continues to be an excellend reference text."

O autorze:

Norman S. Williams MS FRCS FMedSci, Professor of Surgery and Centre Lead, Centre for Academic Surgery, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London; Elected Member of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England; President Elect of The Society of Academic and Research Surgery, UK

Christopher J.K. Bulstrode MCh FRCS(Orth), Professor and Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, University of Oxford; Member of Council, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh; and Elected Member of the General Medical Council of the UK 

P. Ronan O'Connell MD FRCSI FRCPS(Glasg), Professor of Surgery, University College Dublin and St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland