This surgery textbook, written by Anil Agarwal, provides a compact and practical guide for surgical trainees and medical students. It has been thoroughly revised with the latest guidelines and management algorithms, and offers an accessible overview of essential surgical principles and procedures.
The content has been expanded with new chapters on day surgery, surgery in remote areas, and emergency surgery. The handbook includes clear information on anatomy and physiology and focuses on evidence-based practice with relevant references.
Product features
- Author: Anil Agarwal (Consultant Surgeon, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust; Honorary Lecturer, Durham University, UK)
- Series: Oxford Medical Handbooks
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication date: 21 March 2022
- Number of pages: 1056
- ISBN: 9780198799481
- Theme: General surgery
- BISAC: MEDICAL / Surgery / General
About the author
Rhiannon Harries is a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at Morriston Hospital, Swansea. With an extensive background in complex abdominal wound reconstruction and publications on colorectal and hernia surgery, she contributes to clinical research, including as a co-investigator in the Hughes Abdominal Repair Trial (HART), an NIHR-funded randomized study on suturing techniques.