Machine derived contents note: Abbreviations -- Perioperative management and anaesthetics -- Postoperative complications -- Theatre procedures -- Tools of the trade -- Surgical knots and the acquisition of skills -- General and gastrointestinal surgery -- Laparoscopy in general surgery -- Stapling in surgery -- Pancreatic surgery -- Surgery of the breast -- Peripheral vascualr surgery -- Urology -- Trauma -- Orthopaedic and trauma surgery -- Index