Publisher's Synopsis
The latest issue in this highly successful review series which is essential reading for trainee and practising surgeons. 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. This issue is completed by a round-up of recent randomised controlled trials in general surgery by Professor Irving Taylor, one of the editors.