Short Textbook of Surgery (STBS) 1st edition: Surgery (General and Systemic) (Volume 1)

PREFACE This book is born out of desire to provide a complete, authoritative, current short textbook on surgery. We are fortunate to have been guided by our teachers and supported by our colleagues throughout this goal. An attempt has been made to make this book reader-friendly, while not compromising on the aspect of providing students with necessary information and a better clinical understanding of surgery. Text has been presented in a simple and lucid language so as to help understand and give a summary of the subject better. New topics like fascinating signs, misnomers, triads and other interesting chapters like “Day Care Surgery” have been included. While this book has been compiled with undergraduates in mind, we are confident that it will serve as a useful reference for postgraduates. In compiling this book we have consulted many authoritative books (Bailey and Love’s, SRB’s Manual of Surgery, Clinical Surgery by S.Das.) and we sincerely express our appreciation and gratitude to all of them. We are grateful to our chairman Prof: Akmal Jamal for guiding us throughout the writing of this book. We thank Dr. PK lohana for guiding in every step till the publication of the book. In the end we are grateful to our all classmates and our friends Dr. Dilnawaz Samoon, Dr. Faisal Memon, Dr. Ali Kashif Malik and Dr. Bilal Memon for their moral support. We do pray for the students who will read this book and apply the knowledge in their respective fields. Your valuable comments and constructive criticism is welcomed. Our correspondence address is stbsurgery@gmail.com. December 2011 Farhad Hussain Memon (IZAZ-E-SABQAT) LUMHS Jamshoro MBBS Arif Ali Jatoi MBBS