ABSTRACT

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.

part 1|253 pages

Basic principles

chapter Chapter 1|10 pages

Metabolic response to injury

chapter Chapter 2|13 pages

Shock, haemorrhage and transfusion

chapter Chapter 3|14 pages

Wound healing and tissue repair

chapter Chapter 4|12 pages

Tissue engineering and regenerative therapies

chapter Chapter 5|16 pages

Surgical infection

chapter Chapter 6|28 pages

Tropical infections and infestations

chapter Chapter 7|23 pages

Basic surgical skills

chapter Chapter 8|26 pages

Diagnostic imaging

chapter Chapter 9|19 pages

Gastrointestinal endoscopy

chapter Chapter 10|15 pages

Principles of minimal access surgery

chapter Chapter 11|21 pages

Tissue and molecular diagnosis

chapter Chapter 12|20 pages

Principles of oncology

chapter Chapter 13|9 pages

Surgical audit and research

chapter Chapter 14|9 pages

Ethics and law in surgical practice

chapter Chapter 15|14 pages

Human factors, patient safety and quality improvement

chapter Chapter 16|4 pages

Global health and surgery

part 2|31 pages

General paediatrics

chapter Chapter 17|9 pages

Paediatric surgery

chapter Chapter 18|10 pages

Neonatal surgery

chapter Chapter 19|5 pages

Trauma in children

chapter Chapter 20|7 pages

Paediatric urology

part 3|57 pages

Perioperative care

chapter Chapter 22|5 pages

Day case surgery

chapter Chapter 23|11 pages

Anaesthesia and pain relief

chapter Chapter 24|14 pages

Postoperative care including perioperative optimisation

chapter Chapter 25|13 pages

Nutrition and fluid therapy

part 4|130 pages

Trauma

chapter Chapter 26|12 pages

Introduction to trauma

chapter Chapter 27|6 pages

Early assessment and management of severe trauma

chapter Chapter 28|11 pages

Traumatic brain injury

chapter Chapter 29|17 pages

Torso and pelvic trauma

chapter Chapter 30|17 pages

The neck and spine

chapter Chapter 31|11 pages

Maxillofacial trauma

chapter Chapter 32|30 pages

Extremity trauma

chapter Chapter 33|15 pages

Disaster surgery

chapter Chapter 34|11 pages

Conflict surgery

part 5|167 pages

Elective orthopaedics

chapter Chapter 36|8 pages

Sports medicine and sports injuries

chapter Chapter 37|18 pages

The spine

chapter Chapter 38|24 pages

The upper limb

chapter Chapter 39|12 pages

The hip

chapter Chapter 40|6 pages

The Knee

chapter Chapter 41|11 pages

The foot and ankle

chapter Chapter 42|16 pages

Musculoskeletal tumours

chapter Chapter 43|14 pages

Infection of the bones and joints

chapter Chapter 44|30 pages

Paediatric orthopaedics

part 6|63 pages

Skin, plastic and reconstructive

chapter Chapter 45|25 pages

Skin and subcutaneous tissue

chapter Chapter 46|17 pages

Burns

chapter Chapter 47|21 pages

Plastic and reconstructive surgery

part 7|148 pages

Head and neck

chapter Chapter 48|22 pages

Cranial neurosurgery

chapter Chapter 49|14 pages

The eye and orbit

chapter Chapter 51|24 pages

The ear, nose and sinuses

chapter Chapter 52|39 pages

The pharynx, larynx and neck

chapter Chapter 53|18 pages

Oral cavity cancer

chapter Chapter 54|19 pages

Disorders of the salivary glands

part 8|94 pages

Endocrine and breast

chapter Chapter 55|23 pages

The thyroid gland

chapter Chapter 56|15 pages

The parathyroid glands

chapter Chapter 58|30 pages

The breast

part 9|53 pages

Cardiothoracic

chapter Chapter 59|30 pages

Cardiac surgery

chapter Chapter 60|23 pages

The thorax

part 10|54 pages

Vascular

chapter Chapter 61|28 pages

Arterial disorders

chapter Chapter 62|26 pages

Venous Disorder

part 11|396 pages

Abdominal

chapter Chapter 63|7 pages

History and examination of the abdomen

chapter Chapter 64|25 pages

The abdominal wall, hernia and umbilicus

chapter Chapter 66|42 pages

The oesophagus

chapter Chapter 67|34 pages

The stomach and duodenum

chapter Chapter 68|9 pages

Bariatric and metabolic surgery

chapter Chapter 69|28 pages

The liver

chapter Chapter 70|13 pages

The spleen

chapter Chapter 71|28 pages

The gallbladder and bile ducts

chapter Chapter 72|28 pages

The pancreas

chapter Chapter 73|18 pages

Functional disorders of the intestine

chapter Chapter 74|12 pages

The small intestine

chapter Chapter 75|17 pages

Inflammatory bowel disease

chapter Chapter 76|19 pages

The vermiform appendix

chapter Chapter 77|21 pages

The large intestine

chapter Chapter 78|18 pages

Intestinal obstruction

chapter Chapter 79|24 pages

The rectum

chapter Chapter 80|30 pages

The anus and anal canal

part 12|148 pages

Genitourinary

chapter Chapter 81|19 pages

Urinary symptoms and investigations

chapter Chapter 82|20 pages

The kidney and ureter

chapter Chapter 83|36 pages

The urinary bladder

chapter Chapter 84|16 pages

The prostate and seminal vesicles

chapter Chapter 85|20 pages

The urethra and penis

chapter Chapter 86|17 pages

The testis and scrotum

chapter Chapter 87|20 pages

Gynaecology

part 13|52 pages

Transplantation

chapter Chapter 89|13 pages

Liver transplantation

chapter Chapter 90|8 pages

Pancreas transplantaion

chapter Chapter 91|7 pages

Intestinal and multivisceral transplantation

chapter Chapter 92|11 pages

Heart and lung transplantation