Recent Advances in Surgery

Michael Douek MB ChB MD FRCS (Eng) FRCS (Gen) EBSQ (Breast)Rosetrees and Royal College of Surgeons of England Director of Surgical Interventional Trials Unit, and Professor of Surgical Sciences and Breast Cancer, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, UKRachel Hargest BSc MBBS FRCS MD FRCS (Gen)Co-Director, Global Surgery Policy Unit, Royal College of Surgeons of England & London School of Economics and Political Science; Co-Lead, World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Health Policy and Impact in Emergency, Critical and Operative (ECO) Care; Clinical Senior Lecturer in Colorectal Surgery, Cardiff China Medical Research Collaborative and Honorary Consultant Surgeon, University Hospital of Wales and Velindre Hospital, Cardiff, UK

• Section 1: Principles of General Surgery1. Sustainability in Surgery2. Optimisation Prior to Surgery3. Recent Advances in Understanding the Role of Human Factors in Patient Safety and Surgical Team PerformanceSection 2: Emergency Surgery4. Improving Outcomes in Emergency Surgery5. Management and Prevention of Burst AbdomenSection 3: Breast Surgery6. Neoadjuvant Endocrine Therapy and Agents for Early Breast Cancer7. Percutaneous Treatment for Breast CancerSection 4: Hepatobiliary Surgery8. Contemporary Management of Incidentally Detected Gallstones9. Recent Advances in Management of Acute CholecystitisSection 5: Intestinal Surgery10. Management of Rectal Injuries11. Recent Advances in Intestinal TransplantationSection 6: Vascular Surgery12. Modern Management of Aortic Dissection13. The Role of Tranexamic Acid in Reducing Surgical BleedingIndex