本书由H.George Burkitt（澳大利亚）、 Clive R.G.Quick（英国）、 Dennis Gatt（马耳他）三位医生合著，是国际上应用较广的医学院教材，同时也可以作为低年资住院医师的临床手册。本书的主要内容为基本外科和泌尿外科，特点为：①提出问题并解决问题:②包括了外科实践进展、调查方法及麻醉学内容；③将病理生理学作为基础医学和临床医学的桥梁；④用图表来表述重要概念，学生容易接受；⑤补充了心血管外科内容；⑥扩展了外科常用器械的相关内容；⑦包括有医学生和年轻住院医师可以施行的外科手术的纲要；⑧书后索引详尽、系统。

Preface

Acknowledgements

SECTION ONE  Basic surgical principles

1.Pathophysiological processes of surgical importance

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SECTION TWO  Principles of accident surgery

5.Accidents,head injuries and burns

SEETION THREE  Symptoms, diagnosis and management

6.Non-acute abdominal pain and other abdominal symptoms

7.The acute abdomen and acute gastrointestinal haemorrhage

8.Gallstone diseases and related disorders

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SECTION FOUR  Management problems of surgical inpatients

33.Medical problems in surgical patients

34.Complications of surgery and trauma and their prevention

35.Preoperative assessment and preparation

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d. Stress

Psychological stress associated with injury, severe illness or elective surgery has a similar effect to pain on sympathetic function and hypothalamic activity.