This book presents a step-by-step reference on how to perform general surgical procedures. Using colour diagrams, intraoperative photographs and descriptive text, the contributors demonstrate their successful techniques and guide the reader through such operative procedures as endocrine surgery, thoracic surgery, oesophageal surgery, breast surgery, surgery of the stomach, duodenum and small intestine, surgery of the pancreas and spleen, surgery of the liver and biliary tree, surgery of the colon, rectum and anus, hernia surgery, vascular surgery, and renal and hepatic transplant surgery.