Emergency surgery

List of Contributors. Part 1 Approach. 1 The Initial Approach to the Emergency Surgery Patient (Adam Brooks & J. Alastair D. Simpson). 2 Preoperative Considerations (Paul Wood). 3 Emergency Anaesthesia (Giles R. Nordmann). 4 Analgesia (Jeff L. Tong). Part 2 Abdomen. 5 Acute Appendicitis (Tom Palser, David J. Humes & Adam Brooks). 6 Colonic Diverticulosis (David Luke & Douglas M. Bowley). 7 Biliary Colic and Acute Cholecystitis (Tom Palser & Mark Taylor). 8 Perforated Peptic Ulcer (A. Morris & Mark J. Midwinter). 9 Fulminant Colitis (Deborah Nicol & Richard L. Wolverson). 10 Mesenteric Ischaemia (Justin Manley & Tracy R. Bilski). 11 Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage (John S. Hammond). 12 Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding (J. Alastair D. Simpson). 13 Acute Pancreatitis (Euan J. Dickson, Colin J. McKay & C. Ross Carter). 14 Small Bowel Obstruction (J. Edward F. Fitzgerald). 15 Surgical Jaundice and Cholangitis (John S. Hammond & Ian Beckingham). 16 Large Bowel Obstruction (Igor V. Voskresensky & Bryan A. Cotton). 17 Emergency Surgical Management of Herniae (John Simpson & David J. Humes). Part 3 Vascular. 18 Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (Ross Davenport & Nigel Tai). 19 Acute Limb Ischaemia (Matthew Button & Nigel Tai). Part 4 Soft Tissue Infection. 20 Superficial Sepsis, Cutaneous Abscess and Necrotising Fasciitis (Conor D. Marron). Part 5 Urology. 21 Emergency Urology (Thomas J. Walton & Gurminder S. Mann). Part 6 Trauma. 22 Abdominal Trauma: Evaluation and Decision Making (Lesly A. Dossett & Bryan A. Cotton). 23 Thoracic Trauma: Evaluation and Decision Making (Stella R. Smith, Thomas Konig & Nigel Tai). 24 Vascular Trauma (Nigel Tai & Nora Brennan). 25 Damage Control Surgery (Timothy C. Nunez, Igor V. Voskresensky & Bryan A. Cotton). 26 Trauma Laparotomy (Victor Zaydfudim & Bryan A. Cotton). 27 Operative Management of Thoracic Trauma (Thomas K onig & Nigel Tai). 28 Abdominal Trauma: Operative and Non-Operative Management (Roland A. Hernandez, Aviram M. Giladi & Bryan A. Cotton). Part 7 Critical Care. 29 Critical Care (Andrew McDonald Johnston). 30 Postoperative Complications (Abeed Chowdhury & Adam Brooks). Index.