The 28th edition of Bailey & Love’s Short Practice of Surgery is the leading surgical resource for medical students and surgeons in training. It encompasses the basic principles of careful history taking, observation, deductive reasoning, technical knowledge and post-operative patient care to ensure safe surgical practice.

Key features

Relevant - the content matches both undergraduate and post-graduate curriculae

Readable – features summary boxes of core knowledge throughout the text. The consistent layout and style of tables, graphics, and diagrams aids easy understanding of key concepts. Also includes algorithms to assist the reader in understanding patient care pathways

Current- highlights where major developments in surgical practice have occurred or are likely to transform surgical practice in the next decade

Contemporary – includes expanded coverage of paediatric surgery and of transplant surgery. Emphasizes the importance of the multidisciplinary team approach, together with patient engagement in difficult decision making

Authoritative – every chapter has been revised by expert authors, and the most up to date content has been included in a familiar format

Digital Resources – Readers can access extra content via the dedicated Bailey and Love website which includes Questions and Answers, Expanded Content, Videos, Author interviews and more

Bailey & Love’s Short Practice of Surgery 28th edition continues to provide the essential knowledge required for surgical training. It remains a familiar friend, venerated by generations of medical students as well as surgeons young and old as a rite of passage and a repository of the core learning needed for clinical practice.

Table of Contents

Preface

Contributors

Part 1: Basic Principles

Metabolic response to injury　

Iain D. Anderson

Shock and blood transfusion

Karim Brohi

Wounds, healing, tissue repair

Sarah L. Benyon and Kai Yuen Wong

Tissue engineering and regeneration

Andrew W. McCaskie & Liam M. Grover

Surgical infection

H.Paul Redmond & Zeeshan Razzaq

Tropical infections and infestations

Sanjay De Bakshi & Pawanindra Lal

Basic surgical skills

Mark Coleman & Joshua Franklyn

Diagnostic imaging

Mathew Mattson, Muaaze Z. Ahmad and Niall Power

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Philip Woodland and Dr Rao

Principles of minimal access surgery

Ara Darzi and Leanne Harling

Tissue and molecular diagnosis　

Roger Feakins & Rondell P. Graham

Principles of oncology

Grant Stewart & Tim Eisen

Surgical audit and research

Thomas Pinkney and Birgit Whitman

Ethics and law in surgical practice

Robert Wheeler

Human factors, patient safety and quality improvement

Kenneth Mealy & Deborah McNamara

Global Health and surgery

Christopher B.D. Lavy and Nobhojit Roy

Part 2: General Paediatrics

General Paediatrics

Anthony D.Lander

18. Neonatal Surgery

Anna-May Long

19. Trauma in children

Elizabeth Gavens

20. Paediatric Urology

Mohan Gundeti

Part 3: PERIOPERATIVE CARE

21. Pre-operative care including the high-risk patient

Amy J. Thomas

22. Day case surgery

Kim Russon

23. Anaesthesia and pain relief

Vivek Mehta and Serene H.-L.Chang

24. Postoperative care, including perioperative optimisation

Anand Sardesai and Anita Balakrishnan

25. Nutrition and fluid therapy

Anita Balakrishnan

Part 4: Trauma

26. Introduction to trauma　

Robert C.Handley and Peter Giannoudis

27. Early assessment and management of severe trauma

Chris Moran and Dan Deakin

28. Traumatic brain injury

Harry Bulstrode and Antonio Belli

29. Torso & pelvic trauma　

Kenneth D. Boffard and Mansoor Ali Khan

30. The neck and spine

John R. Crawford and Douglas Hay

31. Maxillofacial trauma

Peter Brennan and Rabindra Singh

32. Extremity trauma

Lee Van Rensburg & Jaikirty Rawal

33. Disaster surgery

Mamoon Rashid

34. Conflict Surgery

Jon Clasper and Phill Pearce

Part 5: Elective Orthopaedics

35. History taking and clinical examination in musculoskeletal disease

Stephen McDonnell and Hemant G Pandit

36. Sports medicine and sports injuries

Peter J. Millet and Joseph J. Ruzbarsky

37. The spine

Brian Freeman and Christopher B.D. Lavy

38. The upper limb

David Limb and Samuel R. Vollans

39. The hip

Vikas Khanduja and Karadi H Sunil Kumar

40. The knee

Wasim S. Khan and Andrew J. Porteous

41. The foot and ankle

Bob Sharp

42. Musculoskeletal tumours

W. Paul Cool and Craig Gerrand

43. Infection of the bones and joints

Martin A. McNally

44. Paediatric orthopaedics

Deborah Eastwood

Part 6: Skin, Plastic & Reconstructive

45. Skin and subcutaneous tissue

Adam R. Greenbaum

46. Burns

John E. Greenwood and Lindsay Damkat-Thomas

47. Plastic and reconstructive surgery

James K.-K.Chan and Marc C.Swan

Part 7: Head and Neck

48. Cranial neurosurgery

Liam Gray and Harry Bulstrode

49.The eye and orbit

Keith R. Martin

50. Developmental abnormalities of the face mouth and jaws: cleft lip and palate

David A Koppel and Mark F Devlin

51.The ear, nose and sinuses

Iain F. Hathorn and Alex Bennett

52.The pharynx, larynx and neck

Vinidh Paleri and Anusha Balasubramanian

53.Oral Cavity

Andrew Schache and John Edward O'Connell

54. Disorders of the salivary glands

Prathamesh S Pai, Deepa Nair,and Manish D.Mair

Part 8: Endocrine and Breast

55.The thyroid gland

Richard M. Adamson & Iain Nixon

56.The parathyroid glands

Ruth S. Prichard

57. The adrenal glands and other abdominalendocrine disorders

Michael Stechman and David Scott-Coombes

58. The breast

Anurag Srivastava, Suhani Suhani, and Anita Dhar

Part 9: Cardiothoracic

59.Cardiac surgery

Mustafa Zakkar

60.The thorax

Carol Tan and Ian Hunt

Part 10: Vascular

61.Arterial disorders

Robert S.M.Davies

62. Venous and lymphatic disorders

Ian C.Chetter and Daniel Carradice

Part 11: Abdominal

63.History and examination of the abdomen

Dhananjaya Sharma

64.The abdominal wall, hernia and umbilicus

Bruce R.Tulloh and Barbora East

65.The peritoneum, mesentery, greater omentum, and retroperitoneal space

J. Calvin Coffey

66.The oesophagus

Simon Y.K Law and Ian Y.H.Wong

67.The stomach and duodenum

Timothy J Underwood, John N. Primrose

68. Bariatric and metabolic surgery　

Richard Welbourn and Dimitri J. Pournaras

69. The liver

Ashley R. Dennison & Guy J. Maddern

70. The spleen

Pawanindra Lal

71. The gall bladder and bile ducts

Avinash N.Supe and Ramkrishna Y.Prabhu

72. The pancreas

Satyajit Bhattacharya

73. Functional disorders of the intestine

Charles H. Knowles

74. The small intestines

Gordon L. Carlson and Jonathan C. Epstein

75. Inflammatory bowel disease

P. Ronan O'Connell and Nicola S. Fearnhead

76.The vermiform appendix

Jurgen Mulsow

77. The large intestines

Stephen Brown and Cat Boereboom

78. Intestinal obstruction

James Hill

79. The rectum

David G. Jayne and Aaron J.Quyn

80. The anus and anal canal

Malcolm A. West and Karen P. Nugent

Part 12: Genitourinary

81. Urinary symptoms and investigations

Rajeev Kumar and John K. Mellon

82. The kidney and ureters

Nitin Kekre

83. The urinary bladder

Sachin Malde

84.The prostate and seminal vesicles

Anant Kumar and Oussama Elhage

85.Urethra and penis

Sanjay B.Kulkarni

86. Testis and scrotum

Tet L.Yap

87.Gynaecology

Monica Mittal, Prasanna Raj Supramaniam,and Christian M. Becker

Part 13: Transplantation

88.Kidney transplantation and the principles of transplantation

Michael L. Nicholson

89.Liver transplantation

Mohamed Rela & Abdul Rahman Hakeem

90. Pancreas transplantation

James P. Hunter and Peter J.Friend

91. Intestinal and multivisceral transplantation

Neil Russell & Andrew Butler

92. Heart and Lung Transplantation

Stephen C. Clark

Renowned as a superb and unique collection of surgical knowledge suitable for both undergradiuates, postgraduates and professional surgeons. Content reflects the curricullum needs of both surgeons in training and undergraduate medical students > Retains it's celebrated all - embracing coverage of surgery, from surgery of the neonate through to conditions of the elderly. International authors reflect the curricullum needs of medical undergraduates and trainee surgeons Expanded coverage of paediatric surgery and of head and neck surgery Fully updated and including new developments in the specialties of transplantation, plastic surgery, breast surgery and urologic surgery. Includes free access to the online Bailey & Love Digital Learning Resource which includes MCQs, Advanced Learning Content, Web Links, and other resources Includes new footnotes, summary boxes, tables, clear illustrations, reading lists, and anecdotes to enhance its memorable style.

Renowned as a superb and unique collection of surgical knowledge suitable for both undergradiuates, postgraduates and professional surgeons. Content reflects the curricullum needs of both surgeons in training and undergraduate medical students > Retains it's celebrated all - embracing coverage of surgery, from surgery of the neonate through to conditions of the elderly. International authors reflect the curricullum needs of medical undergraduates and trainee surgeons Expanded coverage of paediatric surgery and of head and neck surgery Fully updated and including new developments in the specialties of transplantation, plastic surgery, breast surgery and urologic surgery. Includes free access to the online Bailey & Love Digital Learning Resource which includes MCQs, Advanced Learning Content, Web Links, and other resources Includes new footnotes, summary boxes, tables, clear illustrations, reading lists, and anecdotes to enhance its memorable style.