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List of contributors
Preface
1 General responses to injury and acute illness 3
2 Fluid and electrolytes 8
3 Nutrition 19
4 Shock 31
5 Respiratory emergencies 37
6 Cardiac emergencies 48
7 Bleeding disorders and blood transfusion 58
8 Medicolegal aspects of emergency surgery 77
9 Preoperative assessment and principles of postoperative care 83
10 Primary care of the injured patient 97
11 The surgery of urban violence 110
12 Wounds and war injuries 121
13 Burns 137
14 Blood-borne viruses and the surgeon 143
15 Principles of infection: general and specific 157
16 Head injuries 175
17 Intracranial compression and sepsis 188
18 The spine 194
19 Face, jaws, mouth and teeth 207
20 The eye 238
21 The neck 263
22 Ear, nose and throat 270
23 Thoracic injury and sepsis 285
24 Heart and great vessels 289
25 Oesophagus 294
26 Diagnosis 301
27 Laparotomy and intraperitoneal sepsis 307
28 Resection and anastomosis of bowel 327
29 Hernia and other conditions of the abdominal wall 333
30 Stomach and duodenum 343
31 Acute gastrointestinal bleeding 357
32 Acute gallbladder disease: acute cholecystitis and biliary colic 373
33 Acute pancreatitis 384
34 Small bowel and related structures 393
35 Acute appendicitis 399
36 Inflammatory bowel disease 411
37 Intestinal obstruction: general principles 420
38 Small bowel obstruction 427
39 Large bowel obstruction 436
40 Abdominal trauma 446
41 Emergency laparoscopy 472
42 The acute anus and perineal injuries 477
43 Emergency surgery in children 489
44 Emergencies in the newborn 497
45 Emergencies in the older child 514
46 Gynaecological emergencies 523
47 Obstetric emergencies 534
48 Access to the urinary tract 545
49 Upper urinary tract obstruction 561
50 Lower urinary tract obstruction 572
51 Upper urinary tract trauma 585
52 Lower urinary tract trauma 596
53 Genital emergencies 602
54 Acute urinary tract bleeding and infection 610
55 Venous emergencies 623
56 Vascular injuries and exposure of blood vessels 635
57 Critical ischaemia 660
58 Amputations 672
59 Fractures 685
60 Ligaments and joint injuries 712
61 Nerves injuries 725
62 Injuries of the hand 734
63 Infections of the hand and foot 742
64 Surgery in developing countries 755
65 Gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary emergencies in the tropics 762
66 Attack by animals: bites, stings and other injuries 787
Index 798