Recent Advances Series, 31 Edited by Colin Johnson Irving Taylor £35.00,  978-1-85315-719-6,  214pp,  Paperback,  April 2008

The Royal Society of Medicine Press is delighted to publish Recent Advances in Surgery 31, 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.

Review from previous edition:

'...recommended to all candidates for certification of general surgery. Furthermore, more specialist surgeons will find it helpful both in the management of patients and in discussions with other specialists within multidisciplinary teams.'
British Journal of Surgery

Contents
TRAINING AND TECHNIQUES IN GENERAL SURGERY
1- Virtual reality simulation in surgery for objective assessment, education, and training
Anthony G. Gallagher, Emily Boyle
2 - The use of drains in gastrointestinal surgery
James A. Catton, Dileep N. Lobo

GENERAL ABDOMINAL SURGERY
3 - Laparoscopic management of the acute abdomen
Miguel A. Cuesta, Donald van der Peet, Alexander A.F.A. Veenhof
4 - General surgical procedures after liver or kidney transplantation
Gabriel C. Oniscu, John A.C. Buckels

GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY
5 - Bariatric surgery: rationale, development and current status
Samer Humadi, Richard Welbourn
6 - Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for pancreatic cancer
Sangeeta A. Paisey, Andrew R. Bateman
7 - Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas
Mohammad Abu Hilal, Lashan Peiris, Roberto Salvia
8 - Gastrointestinal stromal tumours
Gary K. Atkin, Jeremy I. Livingstone
9 - Imaging the small bowel: new techniques and problems in clinical practice
Alistair F. Myers, Tim J.C. Bryant, Nicholas E. Beck
10 - Laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer: current practice and training
Tahseen Qureshi, Daniel O’Leary, Amjad Parvaiz
11 - TEMS for tumours of the rectum
Rowan J. Collinson, Neil J. McC. Mortensen

VASCULAR SURGERY
12 - Stroke and cerebrovertebral reconstruction
Sayed Aly, J. McHale, S. Barker

BREAST SURGERY
13 - Sentinel node biopsy and axillary surgery in breast surgery
Fiona McCaig, Udi Chetty

CURRENT EVIDENCE
14 - Randomised clinical trials in surgery 2007
Marcello Spampinato, Hassan el-Berm, Colin D. Johnson

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