Recent Advances in Surgery, Volume 22

Taylor (U. College London Medical School) and Johnson (Southampton General Hospital, UK) compile 15 chapters from primarily British perspectives on advances in surgery. The first chapter introduces the roles of learning theory and current technologies in surgical training, especially stimulation-based systems. Other chapters address such topics as improving outcomes in high-risk patients, treating the rising incidence of cases of abdominal tuberculosis and melanoma, and laparoscopic procedures for obesity. The volume includes color plates of conditions requiring surgery, and highlighted key points for clinical practice. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR