Essential Surgery is well-established as one of the leading textbooks of surgery for medical students core surgical trainees and those in professions allied to medicine. Covering general surgery trauma orthopaedics vascular surgery urology paediatric surgery cardiothoracic surgery neurosurgery maxillofacial surgery and ENT it also incorporates appropriate levels of basic science throughout. The book is ideal to accompany clinical courses as well as being a practical manual for readers at more advanced levels requiring a revision aid for exams. Its main aim is to stimulate the reader to a greater enjoyment and understanding of the practice of surgery.