Recent Advances Series Edited by Irving Taylor Professor of Surgery, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK Colin Johnson Reader in Surgery, University of Southampton, UK £35.00,  978-1-85315-720-2,  248pp,  Paperback,  March 2007

The Royal Society of Medicine Press is delighted to publish Recent Advances in Surgery 30, which is part of the successful and well established Recent Advances series.

This title is updated annually, covering the latest trends within surgery and reflecting any changes to the professional examinations for surgeons. It provides a comprehensive survey of up-to-date knowledge for candidates of the MRCS/AFRCS examinations, and forms a useful update of general surgery for candidates of the Intercollegiate Examination. The contributors are recognised experts in their particular field and they provide in-depth reviews of important topics relevant to the management of all surgical patients and advancing areas in surgical subspecialties.

Contents:
Surgery in general
1 Risk management in surgery
Ami Mishra, Anthony E B Giddings
2 The surgical significance of MRSA
A Peter, R Wilson
3 Tissue engineering of blood vessels
Sandip Sarkar, Alexander M. Seifalia
4 Newer procedures for day surgery
Douglas McWhinnie, Ian Jackson

Breast Surgery
5 Quality of life issues on breast surgery
Narasimhaiah Srinivasaiah, Philip J Drew
6 The management of high-risk familial breast cancer
Jose A. Cid Fernandez, John F R Robertson, D. Mark Sibbering
7 Latissimus dorsi flap in breat reconstruction
Eva M Weiler-Mithoff

Gastrointestinal Surgery
8 Acute gallbladder disease
Thomas Armstrong, James A Pain
9 Modern management of bleeding oesophageal varices
Jake E J Krige, Stephen J Beningfield, John M Shaw
10 Haemorrhoid surgery: what is best practice?
Malcolm A Loudon
11 Functional outcome following restorative proctocolectomy
Richard E Lovegrove, Paris P Tekkis

Vascular Surgery
12 Intestinal ischaemia
Sayed Aly, Clom J Power, Stephen G E Barker
13 Complications of arteriovenous haemodialysis fistulas
Rovan E D'Souza, Daryll M Baker

Review of Randomised Trials
14 Review of recent randomised clinical trials in surgery
M P Senthil Kumar, Irving Taylor

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