Aligned to the topics within the Intercollegiate Surgical Programme (ISCP) curriculum, this case-based volume covers the common clinical presentations encountered across general surgery. It outlines the key essentials for investigation, diagnosis and management in a wide variety of clinical scenarios.

Judith E. Ritchie, General Surgical Registrar, Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery, Leeds, K. Raj Prasad, Consultant Surgeon in Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds

• 1. Upper GI Surgery
  


• Corinne Owers and Roger Ackroyd


• 1.1: Elective: Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
  


• 1.2: Elective: Metabolic (bariatric) surgery
  


• 1.3: Elective: Gastro-oesophageal cancer
  


• 1.4: Emergency: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding
  


• 1.5: Emergency: Perforated duodenal ulcer
  


• 1.6: Emergency: Complications of Upper GI Resectional Surgery
  


• 1.7: Emergency: Complications of metabolic surgery
  


• 2. Hepatobiliary Surgery
  


• K. Raj Prasad and Imeshi Wijetunga
  


• 2.1: Elective: Colorectal Liver Metastases
  


• 2.2: Elective: Hepatocellular carcinoma
  


• 2.3: Elective: Cholangiocarcinoma
  


• 2.4: Emergency: Symptomatic gallstones
  


• 2.5: Emergency: Acute ascending cholangitis
  


• 2.6: Emergency: Complications following laparoscopic cholecystectomy
  


• 3. Pancreatic Surgery
  


• Judith Ritchie and Ahmed Al-Mukhtar
  


• 3.1: Elective: Pancreatic cystic mass
  


• 3.2: Elective: Pancreatic cancer
  


• 3.3: Elective: Chronic Pancreatitis
  


• 3.4: Emergency: Acute pancreatitis
  


• 3.5: Emergency: Pancreatic trauma
  


• 4. Colorectal Surgery
  


• Peter Webster, Judith Ritchie and Veerabhadram Garimella


• 4.1: Elective: Constipation
  


• 4.2: Elective: Anal fistula
  


• 4.3: Elective: Colorectal cancer
  


• 4.4: Elective: Faecal incontinence
  


• 4.5: Elective: Fissure in ano
  


• 4.6: Elective: Haemorrhoids
  


• 4.7: Elective: Hernias
  


• 4.8: Elective: Inflammatory bowel disease
  


• 4.9: Emergency: Pilonidal abscesses
  


• 4.10: Emergency: Anorectal sepsis
  


• 4.11: Emergency: Acute diverticulitis
  


• 4.12: Emergency: Ischaemic bowel (acute mesenteric ischaemia)
  


• 4.13: Emergency: Large bowel obstruction
  


• 4.14: Emergency: Rectal bleeding
  


• 4.15: Emergency: Rectal prolapse
  


• 5. Breast Surgery
  


• Jenna Morgan and Lynda Wyld
  


• 5.1: Elective: Breast lump
  


• 5.2: Elective: Nipple discharge
  


• 5.3: Elective: Breast cancer
  


• 5.4: Emergency: Breast abscess
  


• 6. Endocrine Surgery
  


• Jenna Morgan and Saba Balasubramanian


• 6.1: Elective: Goitre and thyroid cancer
  


• 6.2: Elective: Parathyroid disease
  


• 6.3: Elective: Adrenal lesion
  


• 6.4: Emergency: Perioperative management of the thyroid patient
  


• 7. Emergency Surgery
  


• Jonathan Wild, Emma Nofal, Imeshi Wijetunga and Antonia Durham Hall
  


• 7.1: Emergency: Acute abdominal pain
  


• 7.2: Emergency: Acute appendicitis
  


• 7.3: Emergency: Sigmoid volvulus
  


• 7.4: Emergency: Small bowel obstruction
  


• 7.5: Emergency: Obstructed groin hernia
  


• 7.6: Emergency: Blunt abdominal hernia
  


• 7.7: Emergency: Necrotising soft tissue infection
  


• 7.8: Emergency: Kidney transplant
  


• 7.9: Emergency: Cutaneous abscesses