Publisher's Synopsis
The latest issue in this highly successful review series. The series provides an update every year with individual chapters reviewing the important developments in surgery and reassessing subjects which need updating. Chapters are concise and clinically focused giving surgeons guidance on keeping the way they practice up to date. Each issue is completed by a roundup of developments in general surgery over the past year by Professor Irving Taylor, one of the editors, reviewing what has published in the major surgical journals. The series is essential reading for trainee and practising surgeons.