The series provides an update every year with individual chapters reviewing the important developments in surgery and reassessing subjects which need updating. Chapters are concise and clinically focused giving surgeons guidance on keeping the way they practice up to date. Each issue is completed by a roundup of developments in general surgery over the past year by Professor Irving Taylor, one of the editors, reviewing what has published in the major surgical journals.

• offers the examination candidate an excellent review and update of topics that could be covered in the exams and viva.
• uses a clinically focused approach to help surgeons keep their practice up to date.
• provides readers with an up to date short review of a wide range of topics covered in a large number of journals.
• annual publication means a regular dependable update - CME made easy.
• supplies information, guidelines, advice, data, etc. which may be difficult to find elsewhere.
• formats content in short, concise chapters to allow quick access to information on a particular subject.
• includes key points boxes in all chapters.