Core Topics in General and Emergency Surgery

Evidence-based practice in surgery

Outcomes and health economic issues in surgery

Day case surgery

Abdominal hernias

Organisation of emergency general surgical services and the early assessment and investigation of the acute abdomen

Perforations of the upper gastrointestinal tract

Acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Pancreaticobiliary emergencies

Acute conditions of the small bowel and appendix

Colonic emergencies

Anorectal emergencies

Paediatric surgical emergencies

Abdominal trauma

Venous thromboembolism

Patient assessment and surgical risk

Perioperative and intensive care management of the surgical patient

Surgical nutrition

Abdominal sepsis and abdominal compartment-syndrome

Complications of bariatric surgery presenting to the general surgeon