Clinical Surgical Skills Made Easy

Dr Ahmed Farag Ahmed Farag MDEmeritus Professor of General and Colorectal surgery - Cairo UniversityEx-Head of the Colorectal Surgery Unit - Cairo UniversityEx-Head of Department of G. Surgery - Kasr Al-Ainy University HospitalEx-President of the Egyptian Group of Colorectal Surgeons (EGCRS)Member of ASCRS & ESCPReader on BMJ "Cochrane Library" and referee in the Journal of Colorectal Disease Prof Des Winter MB, FRCSI, MD, FRCS(Gen)St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, IrelandDes is a Clinical Professor and Consultant Surgeon with a special interest in gastrointestinal and minimally invasive surgery. His clinical and biological research (doctorate by thesis) training spanned Ireland and USA, finishing first place in the 2004 professional examination for completion of surgicaltraining in UK and Ireland. Having completed a fellowship at the Mayo Clinic, Des returned to his alma mater to take up his current position in 2006. He has published over 400 peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and books and has been involved in journal publishing for 15 years. Des succeeds E. Hey Groves, Cecil Wakeley, H. H. G. Eastcott, Crawford Jamieson, David Carter, Chris Russell, Robin Williamson, John Farndon, John Murie, Derek Alderson, and Jonathan Earnshaw, who steered British Journal of Surgery (OUP) as Editors-in-Chief from 1910-2020. Clinical Research and Professional MembershipsClinical AssociateProfessor in Surgery – University College DublinEditor, British Journal of SurgeryInternational advisory board member, Archives of SurgeryEditorial board member, Irish Journal of Medical ScienceJames IV Travelling Fellow 2009-2010Finn Hanberg Sørensen Honorary Lecturer, Denmark, 2010 Mr Ehab A. Mansour FRCS FRCSI DLS DHSM MD MSc Surgery MBBch General and Colorectal Surgery Consultant at St Vincent University Hospital, Dublin, IrelandSr. Lecturer in Surgical Training and MRCS examiner RCSI, Dublin, IrelandHonorary visiting Consultant Armed forces  College of Medicine Hospital, Cairo, Egypt Ex Assistant Professor in General Surgery, TCD, IrelandMember ASGBI, EAES, ESCP, MSCPReviwer for:ECGDS Journal, UkArab Journal Gastroenterology, Cairo

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: A Qualifying Statement.- Chapter 3: General Examination Sheet.- Chapter 4: Examination of Swellings.- Chapter 5: DD. of swelling in the femoral triangle.- Chapter 6: Swelling in the Popliteal Fossa.- Chapter 7: Examination of an Ulcer.- Chapter 8: Lymphadenopathy Sheet and D.D. of Multiple swellings.- Chapter 9: General Limb Sheet.- Chapter 10: DD. of Limb edema.- Chapter 11: Limb Pain Sheet.- Chapter 12: Examination of the Thyroid.- Chapter 13: Abdominal Examination Sheet.- Chapter 14: Digital Rectal Examination “DRE”.- Chapter 15: Pelvic and Rectal Clinical Examination.- Chapter 16: Acute Abdomen.- Chapter 17: Urology Sheet.- Chapter 18: Hernia Sheet.- Chapter 19: D.D. of Inguinoscrotal Swelling.- Chapter 20: Vascular Examination Sheet.- Chapter 21: Breast Examination Sheet.- Chapter 22: Examination of the Axilla.- Chapter 23: Examination of the Head and Neck.- Chapter 24: Examination of a Mass in the Head and Face.- Chapter 25: Clinical Examination of Thoracic Surgery.- Chapter 26: Peripheral Nerve and Hand Examination.- Chapter 27: Neurological Examination.- Chapter 28: Examination of the spine.- Chapter 29: Orthopedic examination.- Chapter 30: Sheet for of a Swelling from the Bone.- Chapter 31: Peri-Operative Care.- Chapter 32: Management of the patient in the post-operative setting.- Chapter 33: Stoma Examination.- Chapter 34: Conclusion.