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Liver and pancreatobiliary surgery with liver transplantation
the surgeon 8 (2010) 296
available at www.sciencedirect.com
The Surgeon, Journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland www.thesurgeon.net
Book review Liver and pancreatobiliary surgery with liver transplantation. Sutcliffe R.P., Antoniades C.G., Deshpande R., Tucker O., Heaton N.D. Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Surgery This addition to the Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Surgery series covers the subspecialties of HPB surgery and Liver transplantation. It describes itself as being “aimed primarily at trainees in general surgery, hepatology, gastroenterology, radiology and anaesthesia.” While the choice of topics covered is to me logical it does cut across the Intercollegiate Examination in Surgery sub-specialization arrangements which put HPB and Oesophagogastric surgery together and group solid organ transplantation as a separate subspecialty. There is good coverage of a wide breadth of topics and although a ‘bulleted list’ format is used extensively, the book is easily understood. There are a few examples where a more narrative style would convey
the nuances of decision making better but on the whole the subject areas are comprehensively covered. The text is illustrated with black and white photographs and line drawings which are good quality and add value to the text. Explanations of investigations and procedures will provide useful reading for those earlier in their career and descriptions of complications and their management are pitched at a more Intercollegiate level. Stephen J. Wigmore Royal Infirmary of Edinberg, United Kingdom
1479-666X/$ e see front matter doi:10.1016/j.surge.2010.05.002
available at www.sciencedirect.com
The Surgeon, Journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland www.thesurgeon.net
Book review Liver and pancreatobiliary surgery with liver transplantation. Sutcliffe R.P., Antoniades C.G., Deshpande R., Tucker O., Heaton N.D. Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Surgery This addition to the Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Surgery series covers the subspecialties of HPB surgery and Liver transplantation. It describes itself as being “aimed primarily at trainees in general surgery, hepatology, gastroenterology, radiology and anaesthesia.” While the choice of topics covered is to me logical it does cut across the Intercollegiate Examination in Surgery sub-specialization arrangements which put HPB and Oesophagogastric surgery together and group solid organ transplantation as a separate subspecialty. There is good coverage of a wide breadth of topics and although a ‘bulleted list’ format is used extensively, the book is easily understood. There are a few examples where a more narrative style would convey
the nuances of decision making better but on the whole the subject areas are comprehensively covered. The text is illustrated with black and white photographs and line drawings which are good quality and add value to the text. Explanations of investigations and procedures will provide useful reading for those earlier in their career and descriptions of complications and their management are pitched at a more Intercollegiate level. Stephen J. Wigmore Royal Infirmary of Edinberg, United Kingdom
1479-666X/$ e see front matter doi:10.1016/j.surge.2010.05.002