Core Principles and Practice of Medical-Surgical Nursing

Surgery is the branch of medicine that is concerned with the treatment of injuries, diseases, and other disorders by manual and instrumental means. Surgery involves the management of acute injuries and illnesses as differentiated from chronic, slowly progressing diseases, except when patients with the latter type of disease must be operated upon. This book is the general surgery textbook, providing essential core knowledge in a user-friendly format.This book describes the principles of surgery along with a dedicated section on surgical subspecialties. This includes the complete text, images and references.The text is enhanced by full color images and illustrations including clinical and diagnostic photographs. This is a comprehensive surgery book, written and edited by a world-class team of surgeons at an appropriate level for both residents and practitioners. This user-friendly, all-in-one reference provides with easy access to surgical information on the management of diseases and injuries. This book grasps and keeps vital information, succinct text, and dynamic illustrations that facilitate learning in a highly visual approach. Surgeons, physicians, scientists and students will find this book valuable.