This superb new edition updates the 25th edition published in 2008. Bailey & Love remains a standard textbook encapsulating current surgical practice across all the major surgical specialties. There are large, well written sections on the abdomen, elective orthopaedics and genitourinary systems. Shorter sections cover transplantation, cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, breast and endocrine surgery, and the skin and subcutaneous tissue. The first four sections cover principles of surgery and surgical care, investigation and diagnosis, perioperative care and the management of trauma.
This book has a thoroughly modern feel. Each chapter is written by recognised experts in the field, and the writing is clear and well structured. It is well illustrated with radiographs, coloured line diagrams and photographs. The photographs illustrating clinical examination are particularly helpful. The combination of illustrations and summary boxes provides an easy-to-follow route for quick revision before postgraduate examinations.
In short, this book encapsulates in one volume all that is required for a trainee surgeon approaching an examination in surgery in general and for a general surgeon whose practice crosses subspecialty boundaries.