Endocrine surgery

This chapter discusses the anaesthetic management of orthopaedic surgery. It begins with general principles of the anaesthetic management of orthopaedic surgical patients, includin...

This chapter presents common cases that are clinically relevant to endocrine surgery. These include common surgical presentations often encountered at outpatient clinic, such as th...

This chapter provides information on common endocrine operations. Techniques of ultrasound—guided fine-needle aspiration cytology of a thyroid nodule is described. Operations of to...

This chapter begins by discussing the basic principles of oncology, cancer diagnosis and classification, and cancer treatment, before focusing on the key areas of knowledge, namely...

Breast:Fine needle aspiration cytology 148Core biopsy 150Breast conservation surgery—wide local excision 152Mastectomy 154Axillary surgery 156Breast reconstruction 160Incision and ...

The hazards of anaesthesia should be considered in the context of the hazard of surgery and of the pathology for which the surgery is being undertaken. Anaesthesia has become progr...

Seventy-five per cent of all elective surgery will soon be day surgery. Thirty to fifty per cent of the patients do not take post discharge analgesia around the clock regularly as ...

This is the booklet that accompanies the Empowered Journeys exhibition, a co-curated display of artworks and text created by Alexandra Perry, Elizabeth Lydiate, Frankie Vale, Kathe...