Oxford Handbook of Clinical Surgery

This is a high-quality offering in a field where there are several similar books. This book provides a wealth of information in a portable format while being affordable and highly practical. The new edition amply justifies replacing the previous edition. * Carol Scott-Conner, Doody’s *this book is excellent and lives up to the high-quality bar set by other Oxford Handbooks in the series … an excellent and substantial textbook of surgery packed into the dimensions of a handbook. It is a win win situation for all users * Dr Harry Brown, Glycosmedia *Review from previous edition I found it friendly and easy to find any source of information in a systematic order. I would recommend it for junior doctors and final year medical students. * BMA Book Awards 2014. Highly Commended *’[It] perfectly summarises surgery in all its glory - highly recommended for anyone embarking on a surgical rotation.’ * GKT Surgical Society *‘In short, it’s a little surgical gem.’ * Glasgow University Medical Journal *

Rhiannon Harries is a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon based at Morriston Hospital, Swansea. She qualified from Peninsula Medical School in 2007, completed her surgical training within the Wales Deanery and undertook a post-CCT fellowship in complex abdominal wall reconstruction at Exeter. Her clinical interests lie in colorectal and hernia surgery, and wound healing, and she has published widely with over 50 peer-reviewed papers. She was previously awarded a RoyalCollege of Surgeons Research Fellowship towards her MD awarded by Cardiff University for her research investigated the clinical relevance of Pigment Epithelial Derived Factor in colorectal cancer andwound healing. She is extremely active in collaborative clinical research, currently being a co-investigator for the Hughes Abdominal Repair Trial (HART), a NIHR funded randomised controlled trial comparing suturing techniques for abdominal wall closure in order to prevent incisional hernia formation.

Ruwan Weerakkody studied Medicine at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. He completed foundation training in Cambridge, and worked as a Senior House Officer in Melbourne, Australia. Heundertook an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship and Wellcome Trust Clinical Training (PhD) fellowship, based at Imperial College London and the University of Edinburgh, where he studied the genetics of EhlersDanlos syndrome and Aortic aneurysm. He is currently a Vascular Surgery Registrar in the London Deanery, currently at the Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.