Breast Surgery, 4th Edition A Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice

The Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice series provides surgeons in higher training and those wanting an update with a practical reference source of the most current information on recent developments, the latest management issues and operative procedures in each of the major sub-specialties. The series is thoroughly referenced and supported by evidence-based data. The eight volumes comprising the series are written and produced to a very tight schedule allowing these aspirations to be met.

In order to meet the increasing interest in Evidence-Based Medicine the authors have cited wherever available the meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials, systematic literature reviews and observational studies and have identified key references within the text that support evidence-based practice. Test sections and references are highlighted using a ‘scalpel code' to indicate the presence of evidence for the interventional procedures under discussion.

The titles in the series are:

Core Topics in General and Emergency Surgery
Oesophagogastric Surgery
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery
Colorectal Surgery
Breast Surgery
Endocrine Surgery
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Transplantation Surgery

Key Features

• A standardised approach is used across the series to provide up-to-date information in a way that will be consistent and familiar to the reader.

• Each volume gives a current and concise summary of the key topics within each major surgical sub-specialty.

• Each volume highlights evidence-based practice both in the text and by also identifying the key papers in the extensive list of references at the end of every chapter.

New to this Edition

• This new Fourth Edition is presented in colour throughout, including colour photographs of operative procedures, investigations and clinical signs throughout.

• The entire contents have been comprehensively updated with particular reference to the evidence-based content of each chapter.

• An expanded group of authors provides an increased international dimension to the content of all volumes.

• Available for purchase as a single volume or as part of a set of all eight volumes in an elegant slipcase. Also now available as eBooks as part of a Companion series eLibrary.

• Provides a full reassessment of current practices in breast surgery with the addition of new topics and a more comprehensive coverage of other areas such as benign disease, locally advanced and metastatic breast cancer.

• A new chapter on how to perform a satisfactory mastectomy

• Full updates on the chapters on imaging, pathology and ductoscopy

• An extended chapter on breast-conservation surgery

• A revised chapter on the numerous advances in the understanding of the genetics of breast cancer.

Table of Contents:

• The role of imaging in breast diagnosis including screening and excision of impalpable lesions
• Pathology and biology of breast cancer
• Ductoscopy and the intraductal approach to breast cancer
• Breast-conserving surgery: the balance between good cosmesis and local control
• Techniques of mastectomy - tips and pitfalls
• Oncoplastic procedures to allow breast conservation and a satisfactory cosmetic outcome
• The axilla: current management including sentinel node and lymphoedema
• Prevention of breast cancer: the genetics of breast cancer and risk-reducing surgery
• Breast reconstruction
• Breast cancer treatments of uncommon diseases
• Treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ
• The role of systemic therapy in patients with operable breast cancer
• Locally advanced breast cancer
• Metastatic disease and palliative care
• Adjuvant radiotherapy in the management of breast cancer
• Psychosocial issues in breast cancer
• Benign breast disease
• Litigation in breast disease
• Index

O autorze:

J. Michael Dixon, BSc, MB ChB, MD, FRCS, FRCS (Ed), FRCP, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Clinical and Surgical Sciences (Surgery), University of Edinburgh and Consultant Surgeon, Edinburgh Breast Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK