Section A: Principles of Surgical Care 1 Mechanisms of Surgical Disease and Surgery in Practice Disease Processes 2 Managing Physiological Change in the Surgical Patient 3 Immunity, Inflammation and Infection 4 Shockand Resuscitation Diagnostic Techniques 5 Imaging and InterventionalTechniques in Radiology and Surgery 6 Screening for Adult Disease Section B: Perioperative Care 7 Preoperative Assessment and Management of Postoperative Problems 8 Medical Problems 9 Blood Transfusion 10 Principles and Techniques of Operative Surgery Including Neurosurgery 11 Elective Orthopaedics 12 Complications of Surgery 13 Principles of Cancer Management 14 Principles of Transplantation Surgery Section C: Principles of Trauma Surgery 15 MajorTrauma 16 Head and Maxillofacial Injuries 17 Soft Tissue Injuries and Burns Section D: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Management Abdomen, General Principles 18 Nonacute Abdominal Pain and Other Abdominal Symptoms and Signs 19 The Acute Abdomen and Acute Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage Upper Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary 20 Gallstone Diseases and Related Disorders 21 Peptic Ulceration and Related Disorders 22 Disorders of the Oesophagus 23 Tumours of the Stomach and Small Intestine 24 Tumours of the Pancreas and Hepatobiliary System; the Spleen 25 Pancreatitis Coloproctology 26 Appendicitis 27 Colorectal Polyps and Carcinoma 28 Chronic Inflammatory Disorders of the Bowel 29 Disorders of Large Bowel Motility, Structure and Perfusion 30 Anal and Perianal Disorders Thoracic Surgery Excluding Cardiac 31 Thoracic Surgery Groin and Male Genitalia 32 Hernias and Other Groin Problems 33 Disorders of the Male Genitalia Urology 34 Symptoms, Signs and Investigation of Urinary Tract Disorders 35 Disorders of the Prostate 36 Tumours of the Kidney and UrinaryTract 37 Stone Disease of the Urinary Tract 38 Urinary Tract Infections