Amazon.com description: Product Description: Based on material from fifth editions of the renowned "Rob & Smith's Operative Surgery" series, this revised edition presents details of virtually all the operations likely to be encountered in general surgery practice. Leading international contributors cover step-by-step operative procedures, patient evaluation, complications and post-operative management, and there are diagrams demonstrating operative technique. This reference for trainee and practising general surgeons covers basic surgery, the gastro-intestinal tract, vascular surgery, urology, abdominal wall, breast and endocrine surgery.